Solder/braze free Habaki

[Doug Humbarger]

Since I pretty much suck at soldering/brazing I was looking for an easier way to make a habaki. This is what I came up with. A blade is more or less a flattened circle. Sooo measure the flats on the blade; in the case of my dagger there are four flats. Each flat is .625. .625x4= 2.5 which is C (the circumference)
2.5 divided by 3.14 (Pi)= .796 ( the inside diameter). I machined a copper ring on my lathe with an ID of .796 & a thickness of .050. flattened it out till it would start on the blade and kept tapping it farther up the blade with a corian block. Hammered it completely flat & sanded out the hammer marks. This is the results.

 

[Frank Niro]

Great way to go ! Frank

 

[Doug Humbarger]

Thank you Frank. Especially coming from you. My next attempts will be out of Damascus then one out of mokume.

 

[Dwane Oliver]

Awesome , that makes for a real seamless fit

Good thinking.



Dwane

 

[Doug Humbarger]

Thanks Dwane. I appreciate that.

 

[Tom Militano]

Thanks for posting that. I have to try it as soon as I get some of the other blades off my bench.

 

[backtines]

Great idea and great job ! Beautiful fit and finish. I think you did a great job on that knife !