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mini-sword: Miyakawa
Published: 2007-12-07 01:17:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 22137; Favourites: 952; Downloads: 347
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1:12th scale. This was a birthday present I made for my friend Yoko Miyakawa. It may be the smallest real sword ever. The blade was forged and folded with yoko's name engraved in the blade in Japanese kanji. It has a full tang with a leather handle brass caps, a brass guard and The scabbard is bamboo with brass caps on leather end. The sword took me 2 weeks to finish and the only flaw is it's balance is off. oh well!
Here is another image of one of my mini swords: ledious.deviantart.com/art/Criβ¦
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Comments: 363
this is incredible. I would love to see how you work!
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little swords require little hammers and a little forge
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yus it is %100 made like a real sword, just tiny
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Best tooth pick ever then !!
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haha expensive tooth brush
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Very cool.Sadly I don't know the english money size.How big if you measure to your hand?
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thanks 
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how much would you sell this for and would you do a commision?
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These are real swords, the art of making them is very tedious and requires significant expertise. Because of this, I usually don't sell them because the costs are far too high. If I were to sell one however, this sword could be around $200 my newer ones are in the $500 range.
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ok it's about what i expected. have you ever thought about making them with less time and cheaper material for a cheaper price? im sure you could get many commissions and make a lot of money
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most people want around $75 for a blade but that would almost require them to be factory made and they would not be authentic swords.
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I have, however making them with cheaper material is not the problem. The reason they cost so much is because of the time ant effort it takes to produce. Most of the materials used in my recent models don't cost anything; they are mined from the ground as black sand and then melted down into the steel used. The wood is often hand picked by me from Ceder, Osage or mulberry trees. the only things that cost money are leather and other metals used but those costs are usually miniscule due to how much is actually used in one blade.
I am however planning on making tools that will allow me to produce cheaper less authentic versions; a stamp tool that I can stamp blades out from steal sheets and other components such as hilts and plumes. But that is yet not implemented into the development process.
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sounds cool
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This one was forged from a Street sweeper bristle so it is just folded low carbon steal.
I am currently working on updating my design and I am collecting black sands to make Tamahagane steel. eventually I hope to develop a miniature sword that is to a T, exactly like it's real life counterpart.
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You're so very welcome
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OMG how the hell did u make this?! its sooooooooo awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I don't know o_O thanks!
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XD kwlio! lol your welcome!!
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Dang. even if the balance if off that is encredible, and you engraved it damn that's epic
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omg... im so jeaous... ive always wanted a tiny sword!! How did u do thattt??
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haha thanks. It takes a lot of work because they are real swords. They are made 100% in the traditional methods just in a much smaller scale. The blade is foraged and it has a full tang. The scabbard is made of bamboo with brass caps on either end and the sword has a leather handle.
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this....is .....AWESOME!Im sooooooooo faving this
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whoa, how do you even do that? It's so teensie! It's amazing!
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I don't know...lots of patience I guess. 
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