January 9, 2012

The little tanto is still available, and a new L-6 wakizashi added today.

Today I have a little san mai tanto that was made a while back, but never finished until now. It is in much higher grade polish than usual for me, but could still do with some attention from a real polisher to highlight things a bit better. It is 7"/17.8cm nagasa, 3-5/8"/92mm nakago, .210"/5.5mm thick, and of shobu-zukuri style, with almost no sori. Copper habaki included.

The second picture shows the hada, sort of. I sure wish I was as good at the pictures as Keith Larman is. White specs on the first pic are dust

Priced at only $1200 to make someone a very merry Christmas !

Added to the site 1/9/2012

And L-6 wakizashi. 23-7/8" or 60.7cm nagasa, 7-1/2" or 19cm nakago

1-3/16" or 30mm motohaba, 1" or 25mm sakihaba

.260" or 6.4mm motokasane, .215" or 5.5mm sakikasane

7/16" or 1cm tori sori, chu kissaki weight 730 grams and available right now $2850

"The Howard Clark L6 Bainite Katana" DVD

Is available

We have both DVD and VHS ready to ship. This 27 minute film, produced by Applied Art and Technology in Des Moines, IA is a high quality film that gets very intimate with the L6 bainite katana made only by Howard Clark. You will hear from Ted Tenold of Legacy Arts, Keith Larman of Summerchild Polishing, Mike Blue DO who is a bladesmith in his own right as well as good friend and soul mate to Howard, Big Tony Alvarez of Senpokan Dojo who is, in our unhumble opinion, the number one competitor world wide in sword arts and cutting competition, James Williams president of Bugei Trading Company, Inc. and of course Howard Clark himself. You will see great cutting by James Williams, Big Tony and Mike Blue. Finally you will see normal target cutting and ultimate destruction of a fully polished and mounted L6 blade that had cracks down the spine of the blade from the start. This has been an absolutely awesome project and we are excited to be able to offer you this film.

DVD $35.00 includes shipping

VHS $30.00 includes shipping

All figures are in US dollars

To order your VHS or DVD send check or money order to

Howard Clark, 115 35th Place, Runnells, IA 50237

Please provide your name and address to ship to.

 

 

e-mail: howard@mvforge.com

Or call on the telephone (515) 966-2126 and leave a message.