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The tools are simple and few, but the work is long and hard. See the finished works and read more about the process of making them: islandblacksmith.ca/category/featured-work/ islandblacksmith.ca/process/ A collection of clips documenting the steps and sounds involved at many stages of the process of crafting charcoal forged classical tanto and mountings from reclaimed materials. Footage from several recent projects is included, some extended and some previously unreleased, some from Japan and some from Canada, photos of several finished works appear at the end of the video.

I'm blown away , I have been a sk8brder my whole life , only became a bladesmith lil over 1yr just clicked on the link and was taken back from that sound u only would know less you've been there , bravo on the board slide the anvil , n oh yeah I've subscribed and am extremely stoked on your blade skills , thank you so much 4 sharing, your now long time subscriber , peace n blessings most of all much love ty

It's one of the best tanto made by non-Japanese that I've seen in youtube! Congratulations for your skill and hard labor!

Great work,closest to a traditional Japanese work,very nice blades you make...love it...just keep doing it my friend...not a lots of people like you on this world!!!Ones again...GREAT WORK!!!!

本来の日本との造りとは少し違うけど外人さんがこうやって日本の文化を、海外で継承することにすごく嬉しく思います。これからも誰かに伝わるといいですね

Amazing. That tanto was excellence at its best. This is the work of a true master.

I am Japanese and I’ve never Sean some one making Japanese Tanto this good. すごく良くできてました、日本の職人レベルですね

Now THAT'S a tanto! I can't stand all of these "tanto knives" with the hideous sharp-angled kissaki. I can't believe you make your saya's and tsukas as well, it's incredibly impressive. Thank you for sharing!

С начала видео, появилось к вам уважение. Приятно смотреть на вашу работу.

Absolutely stunning work. Every piece is beautiful, unique and perfectly fit.

I've studied the tanto knife and the procedures from plenty sources, and this is a good example of making one plus the scabbard and handle. well done.

you are the real man in the this world

That is a Tanto knive... very nice. Whole story around how was produced step by step, I am really enjoy that watching and trying to replicate even something but still not on reqire skill level from my point of view. Thank you for sharing.

Okay now this is impressive! Beautiful work!

Кузнец молодца!!! Хорошая работа - красивое изделие!!! Уважение за ваш труд!!!!

+Crossed Hear Forge - islandblacksmith This is the most beautiful Tanto I have evr seen

Such craftsmanship! Very, very well done sir

u are not human no human cant be good as this well done master

You make very beautiful knifes

respect. no machine. he did it all with his bare hands.

What you do is beautiful, I only recently started forging and my goal is to make weapons someone close to what you do. I have a lot to learn but wow what you do is an art. And that yari blade is amazing and was always going to be the first blade I want to make

You create amazing art. Thank you for sharing it with us. God has given you a great blessing.

Great craftsmanship!!! Great piece of arts.

Really beautiful - elegant lines. Very impressive attention to detail. Thanks for posting it :)

I really love your work, you do an amazing job on all of your Tanto blades. I always visited your website for inspiration, or just to look at their beauty to pass the time, but I never knew you had a RU-vid channel as well. Keep up the good work, and keep smithing!

you took it to the next level when you also made a sheath...

Excellent.Please come to Japan someday.

あなたの「刃物」に対するこだわりは、すごい！ 今後も続けてください。剣術者として、あなたの技術の向上を願っています。

Beautiful work!

Beautiful work, man. Sick board slide by the way.

Oh My God. That's beautiful

Beautiful steel - Gyönyörű acél You're an artist.

before the WW2, Japan was importing scrap metal from USA, due to being unable to produce high quality steel like USA, and the major material for "military sword(not traditional Japanese sword but partly like saber)" was actually the scrapped vehicle's flat spring. so his style is somehow "semi-traditional"

Brilliant! True craftsmen at work

the tanto it's a beauty

a real work of art....no other words can explain...nice video.. :-)

Мастер с большой буквы.

Pretty darn good sir.

wow what craftsmanship 👍👍

Very nicely done !

He is like a Japan Sword Master. Çok beğendim.

Excellent work!

I'm so glad that you didn't disable the comments on this video! What you do is truly amazing! Where'd you learn how to do it? :D

I respect this dude so much OMG bro👌🏽

beautiful just amazing craftsmanship

Very nice

Hey diresta after all créations this is the most beautiful at my eyes and it's my favorite

Holy smokes that is amazing work!

Это произведение искусства , душа мастера , не когда не устанешь смотреть на это , как можно приобрести вакидзаси ! Возможно это буду Рат ,муегаси тоже класс !!!

I am just lost for words the details that you put in to your work is great thank you for sharing your talent. by the way can I have one lol

wish there was new stuff to watch, love your style my friend!

Sir you got my respect

Nossa esse cara e fera mesmo ,toda ferramenta que ele usou e do tempo da inauguração do sol ,imagina o Que um cara desse consegue fazer se colocar ele numa oficina com máquinas modernas

that was beautiful.

Yeaaa it is a good board rail

เยี่ยมยอด...ทำออกมาจากวิญญาณธาตุ..

Simply amazing work!

Beautiful, great job your very talented !

This knife is the best

DUUUUDDE!!!! WTF THAT LOOKS SO COOL!!

クオリティ高い。 ぜひ次は鋼を鍛えるところからやって欲しい。

素晴らしい！ awesome!

very nice making

brilliant craftsmanship.

Awersome handmade

Very good

Wuuou!! Arte puro y neto, saludos desde chile

good job! well done! good luck 👍🍀

I like you’re style dude!

JUST FANTASTIQUE

Your a fucking god. I hope your realize you've created a work of pure beauty

My senses convey to my mind, and into the sanguine chambers of my beating heart, something I cannot hope to fully express with language, nor truly decipher with cognition. It is fleetingly rare, like a wisp in the woods, that the very core of my being is so completely quaked and my imagination made so incendiary by a process such as this. Each process of this eminence becomes a bewitching performance of craftsmanship honed from the crucibles of dedication and epochal efforts. These rare displays of talent are witnessed so sparsely in a lifetime that they become extratemporal entrancements, sublimations of sensorium. From the ashes before me gracefully emerges a glowing blade of limitless purity and refinement. These raw materials are fused with such elegance that their final amalgamation emits whispers of sentience. A blade is born, vision and artistry made manifest, steadfast commitment imbues its adamantine body with a spirit of its own. Sparked into life by hammer and flame, a living blade rises within a cloud, buttressed with the serpentine hissing of water and cyclonic steam, its essence transmuted into legend, held firmly in place by the unerring grasp of a metallic messiah, his gauntlets glimmering in the glorious incandescence of a red-hot hearth. You have my highest possible admiration as a genuine master of an art form.

beautiful craftmenship alot of old style to i like it alot

Magic

That is pure beauty

couple of stupid questions but first a complement. Your Tontos are real pretty. 1 If a ninja had a bushcrafting/combat tanto what would that look like. 2 what would it cost? :}

Amazing

beautiful

You dont have enough equipment bro. But hats off

so beautiful very good👍

awesome tanto

Those are awesome creations. I can only imagine wielding those. Do you have like knife test vids? Those don't look like ordinary knives for ordinary hands though

Beautiful...

Extreme Craftsmanship.👍

so beautiful

Isnt that a wakizashi? Excuse me if I'm wrong, but aren't tanto only supposed to be a relatively small knife?

c est magnifique !!!!

Hey quick question, you know the bamboo or wooden pegs you drive through Japanese blades, do you have to drill the holes on the tang and handle at slightly different angles to make them stay in better?

素晴らしい…。

art

Muy buenos trabajos

Very nice by the way! Just curious how much do they run?

Wow ...very nice...very nice!

Beautiful blade . There is no adhesive / glue to help keep the handle on the blade tang ? Thanks for your video .

I have to have to ask why were the comments disabled on your Lewis Mills video?

Nice work 😘

Perfect thanks .i like it.i love knife.

I realy love your work such a good bladesmith!! What wood do you use for the tsuka and the saya?

This may be a dumb question, but in your experience just how hardy is the bamboo peg construction? I'm not talking about standing up to outright abuse like the batoning that seems to have become so popular, but does it tend to loosen through regular use such as would be put on your tools for satoyama? do pegs ever get replaced due to shrinkage or ware?

굿! 대단하신 기술자입니다..