Tsuba school The Ginko leaf inlay class Part 5

[@yazman4040]

"Poor dears" he says... Love these videos my friend. Much respect from the oldest part of the colonies.

[@chriscox52282]

Thanks for making this video. I'm 12 minutes in and am amazed in the presentation and info. As a beginner this is making me giddy. Thank you so much. You should have a donation button for those who appreciate a good teacher. (Now I'm off to immediately removing the golf balls on my 6" files 😁👍 )

[@OtherTheDave]

I don’t remember when I subbed, but I sure am glad I saw this video in my feed! Time to ring that bell...

[@draven3838]

I watched this episode a few days ago and have made all the chisels, looking forward to the other episodes

[@TeknoXI]

Oh wow. The second you said mini Japanese sword tip (kissaki), it all clicked together. I was have quite a bit of trouble wrapping my head around this geometry. Thanks again for the wonderful detailed information!

[@s.spencertenagodus8051]

Simply stunning. Perfect square in stage 1. And synchronised exactitude to completion. By hand and by eye with exemplarie symplicity by a Master craftsman. A delight to watch. Thank you.

[@angus1667]

Thank you Ford. You make people feel, they can be great, just like in Mark Twain great man definition.

[@anasevi9456]

thank you so much for making this series and all others that teach this incredible art.

[@leoszes]

beautiful video, I followed the instructions and can say that I will refer to this as the "definitive" version of making a V-Graver(for hand engraving). the first chisel I made took me nearly 2 hours of fiddling and learning, the second I made after, only took 20-30 minutes.

[@HeARTwood-DIY]

Ford, hello! I watch all your videos with constant interest. If you will allow me, I will give a little advice on the description. To divide a timeline in a video into parts, you must at the beginning indicate the time stamp 0:00 and write for example "intro". Thank you for sharing your skill with us.

[@FordHallam]

thanks, I'll do that next time. To be honest the time stamp was an accident, I didn't know that they would become active links when I copied and pasted the text in.

[@HeARTwood-DIY]

@@FordHallam The zero mark will allow you to additionally split the timeline in the player when viewed. Each part on the timeline will be active if you hover over it with the mouse. Although, this is not necessary. I do not use this function, but suddenly the information will be useful.

[@OtherTheDave]

24:44 It starts out as a square? And the “roof” goes from the middle of the top down to ⅓ of the way up from the bottom? That’s 73.7398° (I was hoping there’d be some nice & neat exact value for it that maybe involved square roots or something, but if there is WolframAlpha didn’t give it to me).

[@FordHallam]

ha ha, can you imagine the consternation if I was to provide these crazy micro measurements and super exact ratios and angles...someone would be trying to use them. Ultimately,though, what we're aiming for is an instinctive sense of what shapes and angles work best, just like being able to see when a surface is true, without having to rely on a straight edge etc.

[@OtherTheDave]

@@FordHallam Oh I know, I just have a love of unreasonably precise measurements 😁

[@matako89]

Hi Ford, your W1 tool steel, are you getting from a UK supplier I'm struggling to find a good supplier in the uk, I've been told the edge retention on W1 lasts much longer than O1.

[@jkr3008]

ah, here we go - a ko-kissaki kibori is complete.

[@raducelsorin]

Thank you, Sir. A question, if I may: what brand of magnification visor do you use. I have one but I would like to have one like yours. Thank you, again, you make my life better.

[@FordHallam]

I use a no4 Optivisor

[@Ywassilie]

Do you sell blanks

[@FordHallam]

no. sorry

[@fenrisulfur666]

LoL roasted badgers indeed

[@leighchristopherson2455]

I had noticed you dragging a file. You were making another chisel, it was when you were breaking the edges where you grip. I could clearly hear the file drag back, it made the machinist in me wince. I have been trained that you only ever push a file, as dragging it knocks the cutting edge off.

[@FordHallam]

I'm sure your training was suitable for a machinist but as a Goldsmith trained in both the European and Japanese traditions I've found a multitude of approaches all dependant on the desired results and indeed demands of the task. I suppose what I've learned in my career is that there is rarely any single and absolute right way of doing practically anything.

[@leighchristopherson2455]

@@FordHallam Mr. Hallam, I'm a little star struck. I never expected a response. Your training is far more extensive than mine, and we use different materials, for different purposes. In my career filing was for sizing and shaping, never for a texture for esthetic effect, and performed on ferrous metals. Different media, different goals, different techniques. I have been a fan for a couple of years, one of the best channels on KZbin. I have only found a handful of craftsmen such as yourself on here, everybody wants to take a shortcut, use a Foredom instead of a chisel. Thank you very much for the great content.