Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
**WARNING: This is the longer process version intended for serious students of knifemaking. Watch the overview edit here: youtu.be/LS8T71Soqyk
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: islandblacksmith.ca/2014/10/classical-tanto-construction-habaki-%E3%81%AE-machigane
See the finished tanto and process here: islandblacksmith.ca/2019/08/furusato-tanto
**WARNING: This is the longer process version intended for serious students of knifemaking. Watch the overview edit here: youtu.be/LS8T71Soqyk
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: islandblacksmith.ca/2014/10/classical-tanto-construction-habaki-%E3%81%AE-machigane
See the finished tanto and process here: islandblacksmith.ca/2019/08/furusato-tanto
