Closed, PRE-ORDER, K20.1 Wakizashi

Nathan the Machinist said:
This pre-order will open at 5:00 eastern time

This pre-order is a do-over of the original run. It was my intention on that first run to leave the sale open for a week but (as you may recall) it ended up filling surprisingly quickly (under a minute).

To our good and appreciated customers who attempted to order on the last sale, you are not forgotten. I'm so sorry that last sale closed so quickly. We had a specific amount of steel rolled to our specifications available here for that project and when we ran out, we ran out. If you still want a sword you can order on this sale and regardless of where you are in the line, your order will be place in queue as if the tail end of the last sale is actually the beginning of this sale. Even if the numbers in this sale get crazy and we end up closing it early, if you posted in the first day on the last one of these sales you will be accommodated in this sale, even if it is closed. This is possible because we're going to have the steel made for this order rather to force the sale to fit within the amount of material we'd already had made. I wish we could honor the original pricing structure of the first run for you guys, but we have seen enormous inflation on steel, abrasives, carbide and labor costs over the last two years.


This sale will (hopefully) be open for a full week. In an effort to keep things sane, please limit your order to a maximum of three swords. If we do end up needing to close this sale early, please be aware that orders are taken on a first-come-first-serve basis.








Due to limited quantities please limit your order to three swords unless you are someone like Brian who is buying one for each of his boys and you have talked to me or Jo.


Please post only one time to this thread. Please do not make multiple posts or chat. If you need to change something, edit your post, don't add an additional post. This is my order list and it needs to stay simple and uncluttered or it isn't going to work.

This is a pre-order. There are no proxies in pre-orders.

Please read and understand the sword and the ordering process before ordering. I will post some disclaimers in a second post to this one. Please do not order anything until you have read those disclaimers and contemplated how they apply to you. If you're international and your sword is lost or confiscated by customs, I'm sorry but there is nothing that I can do about that and the risk for this falls on you, the buyer. If you have a problem with that, please do not buy from me.

I intend to start shipping these within about a year, but some sword projects take much longer so come into this with your eyes wide open. I'm making no hard promises on a delivery time other than you can request a refund of your "non-refundable" deposit if I haven't shipped these after two years. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Projects like this that are pushing the outer boundaries of our process and capabilities are experimental in nature and surprises sometimes do happen.


Here are some cool pictures of what it might not really look like

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(pictures used without permission)


I may tweak this sword a little bit for the second run.


It is the size and weight of a traditional wakizashi and it more or less falls within the dimensional and kinetic windows of that kind of weapon however we are not saddled with the relatively low quality steel that traditional smiths were encumbered with and we will be able to make a sword here that will tolerate use that would destroy a historical sword. With that in mind I am pressing the primary grinds a little more narrow than normal for enhanced cutting ability, I'm giving it a little extra blade height to reduce the tendency of a long thin blade to wrap around a hard target, and I am adding a weighted pommel which moves the center of gravity back to only 3/4" ahead of the guard for excellent one handed control and the addition of a little weight in the tang translates into a little bit more cutting power in a hit (trust me, it works). If you remember the traditional sword on "Knife-or-death", it got all screwed up in that cutting competition. This sword won't be like that. This sword could probably cut that sword in half.


Specs:
Delta 3V, .190" 60.5 HRC
Total length 28.75
Blade length 20.0
Weight 1lbs 11 oz
Edge angle 20 DPS
Grippy 3D machined scales, grey or green TT

No sheath

As machined and ground, and tumbled

These are Utility Field Grade, milled and tumbled with visible tool and grind marks. You're buying a real and fully functional high performance sword built to cut stuff, not a shiny wall hanger, please don't buy this if you're looking for some flawless art piece.

Price is $1,800. Shipping is $30, so total shipped domestically for a utility field grade K20 Wakizashi Sword (no scabbard) is $1,830


The sword comes with TT scales. It is balanced with these scales. It is a high quality and high-performance material that offers grip, shock absorption, durability and it is a very good material for this sword. However, I have found that both wood and micarta work well with this sword also, so I will offer these as alternatives if you don't like TT.

standard price:
TeroTuf (Gray, OD Green, Orange)
Double Black Linen <----this looks really good on this sword
Double Red Canvas
Blue Canvas (denim)
Natural Burlap


Black or Natural Canvas micarta subtract $20 (this is what I have on my sword, I really like it)

Black Linen or Double Black Canvas micarta subtract $10 (also an excellent choice)

+ $10
Double Red and Black Linen micarta
Scarlet Linen micarta
Bright Blue micarta
Tri-color Canvas micarta

Vintage International Paper Micarta + 50
Vintage International Paper Micarta (crunchy) + 100
ECAM + $175

Wood + $250


Other options:
Acid wash: $150
Color the titanium screws: $20

Here is the order process:

I'm going to take a 50% non-refundable deposit in advance. Once your order is confirmed there are no refunds, changes or cancellations other than accommodations for change of address.

Once your sword is out of heat treat and it is clear that the sword that you ordered will be viable I will request the second half of your balance.

International orders will need to pay 100% in advance.

These will ship as they're finished in approximately the order that they are ordered in this thread. As I'm building them, most of them will go to this pre-order but a few will be sold in regular sales. This means you will see swords being sold while you're waiting for yours.


If you're ordering a sword in this pre-order: post in this thread first and then send an email to Jo at jocarothers (at) gmail (dot) com with this subject line: "K20 preorder" and include your post# in that subject line.

Please include the following information in your email:

1: Your post number on this pre-order thread.

2: Bladeforums name. (for example "Jo the Machinist")

3: Real Name.

4: PayPal email address so we can send a paypal invoice (or ask about other payment options)

5: Shipping address.

6: Your order

Once we receive this information, if everything is there, Jo will send you a PayPal invoice. If information is missing or you have additional questions, Jo will reply to your email. When your email is read and processed we will send you a reply letting you know we've received your information.

Please pay your paypal invoice within one month, otherwise we will need to cancel your order.

Jo, Bo, Mark, Ben, Carl, Tanto, Dan and I appreciate all of your continued interest in our work and your support.

Thanks for looking.
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