/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>757348
Yeah but they had a bunch of millefiori pieces that were less.
Is there something really tricky about this process or something?

Can someone who knows about glass work tell me why this is so expensive?

>>736886
Not as interested in degeneracy.

>>736793
>>736794
>>736795
>>736796
Purdy.

Do you ever do any millefiori stuff? Do you sell your stuff?

>>736022
I don't own this but I'm sharing it nonetheless.

Thought I'd shar my Murano Christmas Trees. I didn't make them but I thought someone might get a kick out of them.

Conex boxes.

>>735096
this

>>735468
>These swords have souls
shit, at it's age it probably has killed a couple people.

>The chances of you getting that sword out of the country are exceedingly slim
That's what they said about the Land Rover Defender I bought in Bahrain but I figured it out.
It hasn't been graded so it hasn't been declared a national treasure or anything. but it probably isn't a very special sword anyway.
What I might end up doing is sending it back through the mail. We have a USPS outlet on base. I could stick it in the box and declare it as a "decorative sword" and it probably wouldn't get a second glance from anyone.

>>735456
Oh I'm gonna keep it. I wouldn't throw it away even if it was the ugliest piece of garbage on the face of the earth. After all the time I spent making the damn thing I'd convince myself that I liked it.

>>735415
Well it is a small apartment but it's all my shit inside it. That "stien" is a coffee mug that belonged to one of my old captains.
And fuck that guy if he doesn't like my curtains or painting.

>>735246
That might have looked cool but it's not really my style.

>>735071
First of all, how it looks is irrelevant. The sheath and handle are just trappings that can be changed.
As for getting it taken care of, probably will before I leave Japan but that shit is not cheap. it's like 60 bucks per inch.
> all you are doing it at the moment like using it as some sort of trophy
M8, it's a souvenir. It's a really awesome souvenir but still just a souvenir.

Since you care so deeply, can you tell me what the back side says?

>>735062
Most cost 7k and up. I got this for 3.7k but I waited to find a good deal. It was cheaper than most I've seen before because it wasn't professionally appraised and really needs a professional polishing.
It's nothing too special but it's good enough for me.

>>735063
The blade is in the neighborhood of 400 years old. The guy I bought it from said the rest of it is more like 100-200 years old. I looked up the smith after I bought it, he worked for some family in northern Japan. I forget the details, it's all written on the registration card but I can't read it.

>>735060
You can kinda see the signature, it didn't photograph very well.

>>735058
Thanks, m8.
I'll post a close up of the tang next.

I know a guy who once found a pallet made of walnut. He makes shadow boxes with them.

>>735047
*Chop saw

>>735032
A table saw, a shop saw and a little bit of a band saw and a lot of sanding.

>>735035
It's the registration card. After ww2 all Katanas had to get registered as weapons.

>>735026
>Even tho it's obviously not diy'd
I'm flattered.

>>735019
It looks good up there. I didn't buy it so I could keep it wrapped up in a closet or something.
it's in a corner so I'm not going to walk past it or anything.

>>735017
I paid far out the ass for it. I'm in the US Navy and I'm stationed in Japan atm.

>>735013
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>>735014
Thanks!