TLDW #21 - Making a Tanto Habaki with simple tools
**WARNING: This is the longer process version intended for serious students of knifemaking. Watch the overview edit here: • TimeWarp #10 - Forging Habaki for a Tanto
Making a classical tanto style habaki forged from reclaimed copper, silver soldering in the charcoal forge.
Material is scrap copper from an electrical bus bar, shape is forged and bent, soldering done with hard silver solder in the charcoal forge with fuigo, finish work done with files and rasps.
Machigane info: http://islandblacksmith.ca/2014/10/cl...
See the finished tanto and process here: http://islandblacksmith.ca/2019/08/fu...