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The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 6 (Sculpting the Details)Have you ever asked yourself "How do I make a sword?"more pricesely a katana. Well If you have asked that question then I am here to help you answer that. This swordmaking Tutorial will cover everything you need to know about swordmaking. It has an attractive layout, easily readable discriptions, easier to understand discriptions and step by step pictures to know which process you are at. These swordmaking tutorials are aimed towards swordmakers and propmakers, however anybody is free to use them at their own leisure to try swordmaking.
Now you have successfully sharpened all the parts of the sword and now its all smooth. Is it time to paint yet? the answer is no you still have to create the fine details on the katana before you paint it. These fine details are the habaki which seperates the tsuba from the blade. Also if you have embossed or relief details on your tsuba you will be taught how to cut out those details from balsa wood and stick them on. This part of swordmaking you have to take care with theres not much manual labour and you wont exhuast yourself. With that said this part of The Swordmaking Tutorial is all about accuracy.
The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 1 (Tools and Equipment) [link] The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 2 (Planning and Drawing) [link] The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 3 (Cutting out the Sword) [link] The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 4 (Cutting out the Tsuba) [link] The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 5 (Sharpening the Sword) [link] The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 6 (Sculpting the Details) [link] The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 7 (Painting and Glossing) [link] The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 8 (Constructing the Sword) [link]
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Alright, another step closer to finishing my blade! Thx again for this! Now, to painting!
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One more great tutorial for the DeviantArt world!
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one more tutorial for the entire world of swordmaking XD
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Maybe because of you the world of swordmaking got bigger...
^_____^
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Another nice tutorial that'll really help me out. Now the balsa wood, did you get that at the same place as the wood for the rest of the sword or did you get it at some hobby or crafts store?
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hobby crafts store sells balsa wood ^^
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There's a habaki? We didn't pay much attention to it. Oh well, we glued the tsuba onto the handle so we don't need it anyway (hope the tsuba doesn't fall off)
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a habaki is just as important as a tsuba on a katana lol XD
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You should do one of Kenshin's sword, the backward bladed sword. ^ ^ Or did you? xD Sorry then if you did.
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I might make that sword next year I guess XD
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the completion of these swordmaking tutorials is not far off ^^
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Thank you for posting these! Oh! Have you ever made a bokken? (I wonder if it's written like that... that's how my aikido sensei pronouces it xD)
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bokens are made out of hard wood and I dont have any lieing around im afraid XD
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¬¬ i will use this when i actually get that far, which should be soon hopefully *fingers crossed*
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it seems the popularity of these tutorials seems to decreasing T,T
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dont say that ...
they are great !!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE ALL LOVE U AND YOUR TUTS. !
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I still like your tutorials, Mr. C! I might not use this one, but I still like the others you've made!
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