Kami Tsuba

[Patrick Hastings]

Here is something I finished up recently.

More details and pics here

[wunderlich]

Hi Patrick,

 

this is a really nice and subtle carving! Did your kakihan really means P. Hastings?

 

regards,

Karl

[Patrick Hastings]

Hi Patrick,

 

this is a really nice and subtle carving! Did your kakihan really means P. Hastings?

 

regards,

Karl

 

 

Thanks Karl,

Ford Picked that mei out for me so I would have something Japanese to chisel on my work. It translates roughly to High Spirit. The name characters are Taka and Ki. The third character is "made by" I forget the word. I need lots of practice cutting the characters in. They are pretty sloppy. I just keep practicing though. The improvement is slow, but it is getting slightly better hehe.

I have another Sig that is my English initials on there side. It almost looks like a Kanji

Regards,

Patrick

[Brian Chan]

"The third character is "made by" I forget the word."

 

Hi Patrick, the word is "saku", or in Chinese, "tzuo". Nice work, it looks like it was drawn quite effortlessly. I mean, the lines are very natural like I'd see in a well-drawn ink painting. I didn't know that shibuichi would patinate that color either, at first I thought it was a dark brass, but it didn't show as much yellow. Looking forward to more,

 

Congrats on the baby, I saw your pictures.

[Patrick Hastings]

"The third character is "made by" I forget the word."

 

Hi Patrick, the word is "saku", or in Chinese, "tzuo". Nice work, it looks like it was drawn quite effortlessly. I mean, the lines are very natural like I'd see in a well-drawn ink painting. I didn't know that shibuichi would patinate that color either, at first I thought it was a dark brass, but it didn't show as much yellow. Looking forward to more,

 

Congrats on the baby, I saw your pictures.

 

Thanks Brian,

the Left portion of the scene holds a bit of tension for me, but i like the right side very much. It was not effortless, but it worked out decent. Thanks for the positive comment. I replied to your email. Thanks for the third character info. May I pic your brain on some related topics sometime?

Regards,

Patrick

[Guest ford hallam]

Hi Patrick,

 

very well done, your sense of overall form is developing nicely. I was going to say maturing...but you probably feel tired enough after the new arrival

 

As Karl mentioned, the carving itself is sensitive, you are obviously feeling more and more at one with the chisel , there's no going back now.

 

If I might also add; the mei ( signature ) on Patricks tsuba does translate as he writes, this is also what the name "Patrick" means, hence the choice. The whole matter of signing work in his genre can be a tricky one. If you sign in kata-kana it just looks childish, or plain awkward. Signing in English can really detract from the overall feel of the piece too. A possible compromise would be to design a monogram, perhaps a bit like a "kao" or "Kakihan" that is actually based on ones name but that had a suitable look to it. Ultimately though it must be up to the induvidual.

 

Regards, Ford

[Bartosz Ulatowski]

Patrick wonderful tsuba. Very nice patina on shibuischi. Mine is always darker. I love this alloy, I will be doing new shibuishi plate for tsuba so this time I use more silver I'm wonder what effect I will get.

 

It almost looks like a Kanji

This is the problem, I think when European people write kanji without many years of studding it looks ridiculous. That's why I don't sign my fittings.

(Lethal elegance p 110?)