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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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how do you bend the pcp pipe so that it has a curve in it, i have been carving swords for a long time. it is nice to see a different way of doing it
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have you ever actually held one? they bend very easily like tooth pics XD
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yes but if you let go you will loose the angle that you had
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then you dont let go, how hard is it to understand XD
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you are right i got it *slaps self for being so idotic
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is the guard from bleach (or some other anime with swords)? or did you design that one your self?
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The guard is from bleach
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oops,sorry about the double posting,my computer is messed up
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bastard I'll kill you! jk 8D
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Great Tutorials there Chioky,but is there even such thing as a 0.5 cm thick plank of pinewood?
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no there isnt im afraid
there is a 0.5cm thick STRIP pinewood though 8D
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lol yeah ok just a little confusion
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Great Tutorials there Chioky,but is there even such thing as a 0.5 cm thick plank of pinewood?
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this is really helpful.....i just can't really get my tsuba how i would like it.. i have no imagination for that kind of stuff. could you give me a suggestion for it.
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your not being detailed enough with your question lol
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sorry.....i answered my own question.......sry for that though....i ws asking if you had any designs for the tsuba but about 3 hours ago i got some insperation for the tsuba design.....but thanks for the swordmaking tutiorials : happy :
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how do you draw a curved line using a pvc pipe? i dont really understand how u use the pipe. thanks in advance.
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You use the PVC pipe as a bendable ruler lol and get a pencil and draw a line XD
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about the wood for the guard,
are there any specifics i need to know for the wood?
(i'm getting ready to make my sword right now, and have been checking out what supplies i need to get)
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Hmm....
:/
How thick does the MDF wood have to be?
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5mm always keep that number in your mind when swordmaking lol
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40 inches ? sorry 'im french i use meters...
Why do you use cm and after inches ? I'm confused @__@
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swords are measured in inches thats why lol when you measure a sword inches are always used becuase of the long lenghs XD
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@__@ okey strange...
thank you !
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First things, I think you rock for posting this up. It'll be great fun to try and make myself a weapon - even if it's only wooden. ;]
Hm... I'm not pretending to know anything about sword making - seeing as the one I'll be attempting once school is over will be my first.
But 0.5 cm thickness seems awful skinny for the amount of sanding you have to do. That's only about this thick: |..|
I just thought it was odd, is all. Any particular reason that is has to be that thin?
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Lol did you know If you measure the thickness of a blade of a katana, its only 4mm? if were making replica katana's then atleast 5mm thick wood is needed ^^
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This one is a little bit more detailed than the old one, isnΒ΄t it?
Maybe it just seems to be, cause the description ist right there under every foto.
Anyway itΒ΄s genial.
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this was also updated with my newest set of skills aswell teaching should always be improved to better help the students ^^
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If only my maths-teacher would think the same way...
^__^Β°
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0,5cm?! They're really thin
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in wood terms yep thats thin but in metal terms thats pretty thick and a replica sword must look like metal ^^
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awesome. .
i'd love to try your tutorials out...but i couldnβt even tho i wanted to. i have none of the things required for sword making:
--~Patients.
--~Skills T_+
--~supplies D:
...well thereβs more..im sure - but i can't think of anymore because i'm no sword maker |D
the only thing i do have is the inspiration- from you, that is ^-^
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how about then you just continue to support and motivate me and I will do the swordmaking XD
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lol there you go. ^_~
oh i forgot to mention, i didnt get into capa.
im #4 on the waiting list...
now i can't forgive myself because i know i didn't give it my best..
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Excellent instructions!!! (Nice choice using ulqliorra's guard for this as well!!) Easy to follow as well!!!
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As always!!! It's looking good!!! 
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wat kind of wood do u normally use?
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We'll be needing wood with good quality such as yours, since wood from VN is pretty cheap and pretty suck.
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with low quality wood your chances of snapping it in hald doubles XD
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ah thank you very much ^^
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