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The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 2 (Planning and Drawing)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.
This second part of the Swordmaking Tutorial is all about planning the dimensions of the sword you are going to make. Once you have the correct dimensions you will then be shown how to accurately draw those sword plans onto your piece of strip pine wood. This tutorial is the 1st step into swordmaking and with that if you make a mistake at this early stage of swordmaking that mistake will stay with the sword until the end. So follow the instructions and successfully complete them all and you all ready to start the art form of swordmaking.
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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ahk, my eyes... sorry
your tutorial was awesome, but please and please, change the color of this page (and other), black and purple don't match each other (dark on dark).
i don't know how everyone in this comment don't get bother by that. even for aesthetic purpose, please considering the reading comfort, use light color on dark background
or maybe next time when you are planning on making another tutorial if this is too old for that.(i don't know if anybody have pointed this out and you already change)
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I know it's been asked already but I'm still stuck, really hyped to get stuck in, but finding the right sized pine strip is proving difficult, I need it to be the same length +depth but the width needs to be 20 cm (not 9)Β
All pine strips I've found so far are way too thinΒ
Is there any chance you could mention certain websites or stores which you get your materials from?
Would be loads of help and your tutorials are great! Cheers
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you will be very hard pressed to find a piece of wood that is thin but also at 20cm wide, 10cm wide is the maximum that I have seen, you will have to make it out of two pieces, so split the blade in half, and jigsaw it together again
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cheers
would you still recommend wickes as the supplier as pine stripwood doesn't give any promising results
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BTW the reason it needed to be 20cm wide was that I was gunna experiment and attempt Zangetsu but in Shikai formΒ
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hello,Β
first I want to say awsum tutorial!
I browsed through the comments but couldn't find an answer so I guess I'm just gonna ask it.
I'm going to make neliel's zanpaktou and so far I've found all the things I need.
I just have the problem that there aren't any stores selling balsa wood, and the thinnest wood I can find beside that is 3,6mm thick.
do you maybe have any idea what I can use instead of the balsa wood?
thank you
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You can ussually buy balsa wood online, you only need one small sheet like an A5 size anyway. If the thinnest wood you can find is only 3.6mm then you need then you are mistakenly finding planks of wood, you need to look for "strips" of pine wood
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I did look on internet for it, it's only 1,50 euro for a 1mm plank so that not that bad,Β
but for them to send it to my house is like 8 euro's, the plank is 1meter long so it can't go with letter mail.
I went to 3 construction markets ( not sure if that's a right translation for the word sorry)
I asked there if they had any wood 1 or 2 mm thick but 3,6mm is all they got.Β
I do have another question.Β
is the whole sword 3cm wide (except the tip piece)?Β
I drew it on the wood and in the piece that curves it's getting thinner nearing the tip of the sword
sorry for all the questions
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Β by the time wood reaches the tip the width of the blade should be 2cm from 3cm
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okj, thanks I thought I might have done it wrong,Β
but i'm relieved I didn't.
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Great tutorial series! I'm looking to make a sword following your steps but it would be more of a broad/longsword. What do you think would be the major changes I would have to make to your method?
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just dont make the blade curved
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look for the tutorial in my gallary
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im trying to make Ichigo's first zanpaktou. is 2cm good bieng so long???
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hi i'm making all three of zoro's katana what size mdf wood should I use to make the guard
Β
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im planning on making ikaku's bankai what materials would you sugest using?
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hello, good design and execution of the sword.
What dia meter PVC pipeing did you use??
nick
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doesnt matter but about 2cm diameter
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its how to make swords
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yes thanks i have see
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i couldnt find any strip pine wood here. what would be the best alternative for it ?
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you really need to head to a timber mill try jelutong
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hmm. ill try that, thank u !! =]
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On average, how long does it usually take you to make one katana?
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Wow, thats not what I expected. I thought it took over a month.
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Why does the wood plank have to be 0.5 cm thick? Would it work if it's thicker?
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not too much thicker then 0.5cm thick
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chioky
would it work if the wood i used for the katana is 2cm thick
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why does it have to be .5cm
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Thanks for creating this tutorial! I am trying to make a nodachi sword, (used by Trafalgar Law in One Piece), and its 5 feet long in total length (1' hilt, 4' blade). I have a slight hunch that the width of that sword is a bit wider than 3 cm .___. and the thickness of the blade worries me cos Im afraid if I pull the sword out of the scabbard, the blade will break >< any advice?
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the blade wont break coming out of the scabbard as long as there is atleast a 2mm or 3mm gap on other side, thats the answer to your main question
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these tutorials are fantastic. I do have a question as to MDK wood "for the Tsuba" does MDK wood go by any other names that I can use to purchase it?
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well firstly its name is MDF and thats the only name you need
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thanks for that. and the PVC does it have to be a certain size or am I just using it to create the curve for the blade?
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Is there anyway that I would be able to do this with a 2cm thick piece of pine?
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it needs to be about 4 times less thicker
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Okay, then I'll just have to go and buy another piece of wood. :3
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Do you have a tutorial on how to make a sheath for it?
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