Here she folks, what you have all been waiting for.
I made this for my wife. It's on a 210 Kohetsu SLD. The handle is Tulip wood with a stabilized redheart ferrule. I stabilized the ferrule myself.
The balance point is on the pinch.
Thanks everyone,
Josh Cooper
First Wa handle
Re: First Wa handle
Thanks Steve. It was much easier than I thought it was going to be. No bump between handle and ferrule. The install is tight and straight.
Josh Cooper
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Re: First Wa handle
That's a good looking handle, especially for the first one. Great job!
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Re: First Wa handle
Looks like a beauty! As a hobbyist woodworker I tend to do impractical things for the fun of it. How did you stabilize the redheart wood? I think it would be fun and totally impractical to put wa handles on my Artiflex gyutos.