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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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look further into my gallary with the words "scabbard"
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Are you sure it's 1/2 a centimeter I think that might be too thin, and I've never heard of people being able to buy wood being that thin...
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Trust the guy whos been woodworking for several years
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OK...
Also is wood that thick available in all countries, 'cuz I live in the United States?
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Thank you for the tutorials, I am making Neliel's zanpakuto and this is wonderful thank you so much.
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hope you have fun making it
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I am. Again, thank you so much.
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this is like the holy grail of sword making. Nice work! I'm going to use these as references when I make one of my zanpakutos. (If I get the chance and have the time to.)
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everybody always has time to make a sword
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I know, but I'm also sewing stuff too. I hope I can make one.
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as wide as you want it to be
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what is mdf wood because i cant find any in lowes
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then damn no swordmaking for you
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is strip pine wood the same thing as normal pine wood?
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hi! IΒ΄m working in my sword bu I have a doubt about the curve of the katan awhat is the width of the curve? because I did it with the pvc tube and itΒ΄s starts in 3cm and end in 1.9cm. thanks a lot
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have you tried a wider piece of wood?
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Quick question! If you wanted to make a sword like Hakumen's from Blazblue, you would do a straight-edge Katana or a wedged-shaped blade that tapers down towards the hilt, right?
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Proberbly the latter option, if you make a straight edge katana you would have to constantly layer it up
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did the thick of the plank wood is equal to the thick of mdf wood because 0.5cm is equal to 5mm?
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I have another question for you, chioky. Have you found another method of creating the curve? I've made up my mind to make my own katana but I don't have any pvc to use for this. I already bought the board and other things, just trying to avoid spending more if possible. *me broke right now*
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PVC is proberbly one of the cheapest tools to buy
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Ah I see that now, I hadn't realized it was that cheap. My mistake. xD
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how thick can the mdf wood be??
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thank you for the great tutorials chioky! ^_^
using it to make my first katana now 8D
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and I hope it will be a good katana
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helpful, but uh, can use other woods for the blade/tsuba?,
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I dont know, try experimenting
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well, i was think about making one with some MDF, because...well its cheaper xD, anyway do ya think that'll work?
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I just said, experiment, thats what I did
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lol, good enough then, thanks ^^
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can i use this when i make both of sasuke sword?
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Sure you can, just make the blade straight
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I have a piece of pine wood that is 3/4ths of an inch thick. In your guide it says that it has to be .5 cm thick. Does it have to be .5 cm thick, or will it be okay the way it is?
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the thinner the blade is the easier it is to work with, by all means make it thicker if you think you can handle it
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Is there another wood that can possibly be substituted for this? The only thing I can find with that thickness or anything close to .5cm is plywood.
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you are looking at wooden planks you need to look for
STRIP WOOD
the key word is strip wood, ask for that and find it
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which tsuba is the most simple to make in your opinion?? i was thinking grimjows or Ryujin Jakka???
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I like it
Thanks for sharing this information
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