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chioky — The Swordmaking Tutorial: Pt 1
Published: 2008-01-21 21:02:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 119328; Favourites: 891; Downloads: 1592
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The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 1 (Tools and Equipment)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.
The first part of this swordmaking tutorial is (tools and equipment). In this first part you will learn which tools and equipment you will require to do swordmaking. The discriptions will say why you need to use the tools, how to use the tools and finnaly which part of the swordmaking process you will need to use it for. All these tools and equipment are basic hand tools, cheap to buy and find saving in money and to be more safe.
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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Sorry I didnt mean it in a bad way i ment in a
omg exsited way YA know...... Clapps hands ....
exsited ^^ sorry ><
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I'm really soon gonna start on my hyonimaru mate 
#1 fan ^_^
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so your gonna make a hyorinmaru eh? You can promise me that you will make a better one then mine XD For that you will need my good luck, so goodluck ^^
and out of 520 watchers your my Number 1 fan eh XD
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i'll get nowhere near the quality of your hyorinmaru I can only try make a semi-decent first attempt lmao.
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It will be cool if you could actually use it XD
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Yeah I love swords there so elegant!
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an obligatoryu thankyou XD
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Maybe I'll try and become a swordman like you ^^
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Im not a swordsman im a swordmaker XD
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I'll be watching for the next steps..
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And I shall be working on the next steps XD
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I of course will be using them for my latest swords XD
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that will be great is the swords people will make after reading this guide ^^
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Yay! Looking forward to the next part ~<3
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I wouldnt hold your breath these tutorials take a long time to write and take photos XD
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I can wait! They're good enough for me to
(i think that makes sense ^^'
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owo Ooo... very nice...
Hmm.. I think I only have two things in that list... D:
A pencil and an eraser... TwT;;
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You only have a eraser and pencil? well atleast you can draw swords thats somthing XD
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XD; yes only those...
owo good idea. XD;; i need to work on drawing weapons.
thank you~
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that looks really good, i won't unfav your old ones because i still think they're good, these are just..better
*thinks* actually i know my dad has most of this stuff...maybe one day...
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All the old stuff must be thrown away to make space for the new and improved tutorials ^^
maybe one day you can help me reach my goal by making a sword so I know that I encouraged you XD
I actually dont have a hand drill, not only are they rare to find but expensive XD
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^^ i will make a sword, and i will remember who's tutorials i used
well i think my dad has a hand drill ¬¬ i'm not sure, if he does i think the hardest part will be finding it somewhere in the garage which is full of stuff
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and you shall make a fantastic sword in the process XD
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I'll try, thanks, when I finish I'll show you
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Ahhhh i try making a sword but i suck at it XD lol but i'll try with all of that. Just hope i dont lose my arms lol but it look great ^_~
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If you dont have faith in yourself dont even attempt swordmaking. You need optomism XD
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Ohhh but i do ^^ i just dont want to get cut thats all lol. But i will try and make one with your tutorial
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Awesome!! Instructional and easy to follow!!! Excellent job Chioky!!!!
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this is of course just the start ^^
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As It is with most quests and Journey's! Lolz!!
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Here's the link for my sword: [link]
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It looks like it could be use for actual combat as a boken XD
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maybe, though since the blade isn't completely straight it might miss a little
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It's so funny i have all this items XD
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consider yourself very lucky that you need not buy anything else XD
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XD yeah I know!!! But I have been working with this tools since I was 10 XD My dad always made me help him do stuff like this it's his hobby.
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lol, i have made a wooden sword out of a piece of a vine that was wrapped around my pine tree.
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thats what we call a natural sword straight from a tree XD
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i was surprised. It had 2 knots at the same level with the same size and a handle!
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more a tutorial, very well, sorry that I have none of that, I will stay in hopes of the Part 2
ps: Sorry my bad english, google translate sux ¬¬
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Im sure part 2 will live up to your hopes and expectations ^^
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I have made swords before , but I used a bamboo slice , a slender and flat pice of metal and some industrial glue
haha they suck anyway xD
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