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piratecaptain — Wooden Katana 1
Published: 2007-02-21 03:21:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 12432; Favourites: 89; Downloads: 0
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Wooden Katana, carved pine full tang.First attempt, though I'm quite pleased with the result. Will post a better photo later with crossguard carving detail, and add links to other views.
Materials:
Pine
Mahogany (crossguard)
Cloth taping (hilt wrap)
Cardboard + duck tape [temporary sheath, not shown]
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Comments: 32
Wow, you've come a long way! Are you still up and on with your sword making?
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A MAHOGANY TSUBA?! isn't that a kinda pricey wood to use on a pine sword?
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A company near me makes incredible tables and kiosk solutions for corporations and big companies and they use prime wood. I can get the scrap they generate for free, so a little piece of mahogany is nothing big. And I'm a big believer in overkill.
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wow, that's a lot of work!!! The Tsuba is awesome. I don't have the patience for an art like this, so i think I will stick with my bokken
But awesome job
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Thanks very much! I put a lot of effort into them.
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yes i love them so much!!
you put a new perspective on wood working esp swords!!
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Thanks so much! I'm glad you like it!
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Very well done though next time use maple there are no knots and it will give you a stiffer blade. I love the hand guard. Did you carve the curve or steam form it. I am now steam forming mine.
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Yeah, I've been looking to get into different wood types soon. I carve my curves. How long does the steam process take. Being able to do that would make the time to make these much shorter.
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I steam my blades for about an hour, but I allow about a week for them to dry properly. I remove it from the mold every day and turn it to dry the other side evenly.
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No, that design is carved in with a knife.
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thanks im struggling to make my own atm lol
really hard so ill appreciate your work gtz man
ive got some 3d swords on my deviant art check em out
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Good luck with your sword then! Let me know how it turns out, and I will check out those 3d's
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Really good work!
I think I figured out the wrapping, do you just twist the tape every other quarter turn and spiral down the hilt?
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glad you like it. yeah, thats pretty much it for the wrap, its really basic, but it still looks good. just remember to twist it all the way around so the sticky part is down. i kept messing that up cause it was late at night
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and if you decide you wanted to do rukia as a shinigami for boston i could make you your own
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Oh, I think I am going as your mini me.
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thanks very much, i'm glad you like it, i hope to have a better one up there soon, with a little better quality wood
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Your welcome. I love the fish on it. I can't wait to see one.
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haha, i'm glad you like it, lemme know if you decide to be a shinigami/other zanpaktou wearing person and i should have time to make you one allright?
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Ooooh, I have it in writing!
Thank you, I'll let you know if I do. But only if you have enough time.
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really, it only takes a little time, so please do lemme know. and if you just want one for kicks, i could do that too later
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