Polish service and more

[Stephen]

do it your self tapes are scary hate to think what may happen, anyone know who this is?

 

http://www.islandnet.com/~gaijin/guide.htm

[Stever]

If you think that's scary, check this out:

 

http://www.arscives.com/bladesign/hybridpolish.htm

 

/stever

[Brian]

The Gaijin site is run by Don Myrna from Vancouver.

He had been ill for a while, and there were delays sending out the videos causing some consternation (a friend ordered them, I have not seen them)

Not sure what the situation is currently.

There is some info here: http://ejmas.com/tin/tinart_blain_0203.html

I won't comment on the work, since I have not seen the tapes or the results, but I have seen good comments and bad comments about these hybrid polishes.

IMHO...they should be left to Showato and modern copies, and traditional polishes is what this forum will always advocate.

 

Brian

[BenoitD]

Don Myra is a sword polisher from Vancouver, Canada.

 

I have bought the seven video tapes he sells on his internet site.

 

The videos are very well done, very instructive and very funny.

 

Don has a lot to say about Japanese swords and his knowledge

is vast.

 

You can be against his modern adaptation of sword polishing with sand

paper and all but he also has a lot of informations about habaki making,

shirasaya making, tsukamaki ...

 

The information is there on the tapes and it is fun to watch.

 

I also know that there has been a lot of complaints about ordering

and not receiving his tapes. He told me he had been sick the last time

I wrote him.

 

Benoit