Frank Fusco
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Yes, the doctor. He has the family inherited bad shoulders. Two surgeries on one of them so far. Now, he is taking up a new martial arts class and wants me to make something for him.
He is taking lessons on how to use the German longsword. That sounds real good for the shoulders. Not.
Oh, well. He wants me to make him a training sword. They are called 'wasters'. Not sure what gets wasted. The sword or the user.
Of course, I said yes. Not much turning on it. Just the pommel as far as I can see. The rest will be hand shaping.
Tapering the sides of the blade is what I'm puzzling over the most. The wood will be hickory or ash. I'm considering using the drawknife but not sure how hard those woods will be to work that way. Or, possibly, a plane. Last time I picked up a plane it was to post a picture here. Can't remember the time before that. Don't know if I have ever even really used one.
Any thoughts on how you would proceed would be appreciated.
He is taking lessons on how to use the German longsword. That sounds real good for the shoulders. Not.
Oh, well. He wants me to make him a training sword. They are called 'wasters'. Not sure what gets wasted. The sword or the user.
Of course, I said yes. Not much turning on it. Just the pommel as far as I can see. The rest will be hand shaping.
Tapering the sides of the blade is what I'm puzzling over the most. The wood will be hickory or ash. I'm considering using the drawknife but not sure how hard those woods will be to work that way. Or, possibly, a plane. Last time I picked up a plane it was to post a picture here. Can't remember the time before that. Don't know if I have ever even really used one.
Any thoughts on how you would proceed would be appreciated.