Missing Bindings Japanese Type 3 44 Sword Shin Gunto WW2

Is there someone in Perth Western Australia who know how to properly wrap the biddings on a Type 3 44 Sword Shin Gunto WW2 ? Met a chap here ages ago who said he was trained to do the binding but lost contact (or is there somewhere else local -Australia- i could get this professionally done .

cheers

Phil

Please tell us about the blade. Any photos of the nakago and mei, please??? Does it have a star stamp??

Regards,

BaZZa.

Hi Phil,

I'm in Perth myself, but I don't know of anyone here who does it. There used to be a chap Wally Dennison years ago who I think did it...I have not seen his work and I have not seen him around for some time but he used to sell at the local Arms Fair...I think there is one at Cannington this Sunday (1/2 day?) so you might catch up with him there.

I think also Fred Lohman and others (links on this board) do it in the US.

There are plenty of self-help sites on the web that explain how to do it and where to buy materials.

Regards,

Cameron Appleford, who is a member here, runs Jigoku Studios, in Qld. http://jigokustudios.com.au/about/

Thank you gentlemen for your replys , ill checkout the online binding and if its beyond me i'll contact the chap in Qld . I was only talking about Wally Dennison today with Greg Holtham who'll be working at the cannington show with geoff smith, and he was saying he's not seen him for a few shows since wallys wife was crook but believes hes still about, but just not into the shows as such .

Thank you all again

Well George, you are pretty good in Type 3 tsuka wrapping, aren't you!

Shhhh Bruno...I only did 2 of them, for myself. I wouldn't like to do it as a career.

regards,

Ha ha ha, you are too modest George! :D Sorry if I let the cat out of the bag!