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The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 3 (Cutting out the Sword)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.
Right in this part of the swordmaking tutorial this is the start of when you get your hands dirty. Now your actually going to be cutting out the tang and handles at this stage only. If you cut wrongly the parts of the katana out at this stage your katana is going to carry those mistakes all the way until its finished. Might I advise that you take care when using the coping and hack saw when cutting out the parts. You wont be able to cut off your fingers but you can seriously cut them. Remember to saw quickly but to cut out the lines slowly.
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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Comments: 79
Is it okay to make my katana a little thicker than yours ?
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Hmm, I recognize this tutorial from school... I actually got copies from these in shop class 5 years ago! Nice to know where they came from, I guess xD
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wow that is indeed a long time ago
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Could you use a jig/scroll- saw for this instead?
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yes you could indeed
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I am not very good with words, Thank yu fer tha tools!!!
You ar the man!!!
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ahah, finished drawing, tomorrow the cutting begins! Great tutorials sensei
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i dont know if you did this on purpose or not but your using the wrong saw to cut wood. the saw your using in the pic is used for cutting metal plastics and pipe.
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I know im using the wrong sawm but it's my lucky saw 8P
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Thank you for this tutorial, it'll be useful for my next katana.
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and make a fine katana you shall
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out of curiosity, would a scroll saw work as well?
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yes that would work, must have a steady hand though
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on benihime how thick should the tsuba be
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my benhime will make you proud i hope your guide is awsome
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then make sure to link me back the completed product ^^
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i'm replying my self
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Thank you, this helped so much, and I had most of the material to begin with.
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Well now you can make scabbards now 8D
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My only question is how big shouls the tsuba be?
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Larger then your rolled up fist
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i was cutting the tip of my sword, and a small crack appeared, about 1.5 inches long. i dont think it will be too much of a problem, but i figured i should see if i can fix it before something bad happens.
is there anything i can do to fix the crack?
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hmm well could of been avoided by sawing real slowly lol
but all you can try and do is cover up the crack with woodfiller just brushed over the surface
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Hey Chioky, I finally got a nice coping saw! Now I can start using your tutorials! On to Kyoka Suigetsu!
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congratulations O.O
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YouΒ΄ll remake all the old tutorials?
This ones are amazing.
ItΒ΄s like seeing how a sword is made.
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im an artist always striving to improve and so the same applies when teaching people ^^
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ThatΒ΄s a goodness you should never lose.
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This tutorial will definitely help me a lot when I start making my weapons! Thanks 
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no need to say thankyou just showing me a link of the finished sword is good enough XD
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Excellent! And finally, the stuff learned in Tech Ed has a practical use in an easy-to-understand way. Well, as practical as making prop swords can get, that is. xD
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I made sure to make these tutorial guides real easy to understand and im here if your stuck and need to answer questions ^^
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Can't believe we sharpen the sword instead of cut. We have a nice sword alright, but it took us a lot of time as well >"< (where the heck is my saw when I need it???)
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sharpening the blade by hand is what your suppose to do after you cut it out of course XD
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The thing is, my saw is nowhere to be found and since we can find a replacement, we have to sharpen the sword out right from the start >"<
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I mean "we can't find a replacement" (damn typing mistake)
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I'm keeping my eyes on this, and once it's complet, I'll be trying to make a few blades of my own...like Zabimaru, and Yamato from Devil May Cry.
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XD Very clever, I have my eye drops ready!
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this swordmaking tutorial is 8 parts long if you look at it too long you might forget to blink ^^
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._. I'm so saving all of this when the tutorial is finished. I'm already taking notes as is. xD
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there are still 5 more parts to go so you wont have to wait long ^^
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maybe its better off that you just support and motivate me to do the swordmaking for you XD
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hehe awsome!
you got my 110% support sir!
the best sword maker in the world!!!!!!!!!!! and i'm not just saying that i realy mean it!!!
*cheeeeers*
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