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Blossom Katana V.2by ~piratecaptain

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I present to you my greatest work to date! I've come even closer to emulating the true katana, and I'm very happy with the result. It may not be a stunner with a lot of designs, but I hope it is viewed as elegant. I apologize to 56kers since the file is so large, but I wanted to put the pictures and text right together. If you'd rather see some other style of showing it, I'd be happy to hear it!

Anyways, most of the info is above, but the real technical stuff I'll put here. My goal was to make a katana that could be taken apart and put back together, just like a real katana. I also was trying to make several individual pieces for the fittings. A list of these pieces is:

Blade
Habaki
Seppa/Spacers x2
Tsuba/Guard
Fuchi/Collar
Tsuka/Handle
Kashira/Endcap.
Koiguchi/Sheath throat
Sheath loop

Also new for me is the sageo knot, and the tsukamaki, which I finally am happy with. So you can see I've put a lot of work into this, about 75 to 80 hours even with the simple design. It is carved completely by hand, with no power tools at all, and is 37.5 inches long with a 28 inch blade and 9.5 inch handle. Materials are:

Aspen wood
Spray paint
Polyurethane
Bias Tape
Silver Charm

That pretty well covers it, so I'll shut up finally. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do, and thank you for any comments or favorites! I really appreciate them, and all of you who put up with my jabbering!

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~N-Hyuman80 Mar 19, 2012

Truly an amazing work. Definitely gunna have to try this myself

~Devlin215 Feb 4, 2012

I'm just wondering when you are going to finish your tut on youtube?

~Jieikobu Jan 28, 2012

I really like your work man. I found you on Youtube probably a year ago but just now found out that youre on here. Anyway, thanks for sharing.

~piratecaptain Feb 17, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Thanks very much!

~Jieikobu Feb 17, 2012

No problem, thank you for sharing your skills with us.

~crazychris1995 Jul 3, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

looks great, and do you mind if i would use the idea of a black background for my new katana (Hatsu shōri)

~piratecaptain Jul 12, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Thank you. I don't mind at all!

~namanatak Apr 22, 2011

hello pratecaptain, i have been following your tutorials and i made 4 miniature katanas up until now. two of them out of carton boxes, one from lemon tree wood, and one from broken guitar parts. Thank you very very much for these tutorials on youtube also.

i am currently making my first real size katana and currently im at the tsuba stage, and about to make another seppa as well as refine the previous parts a little more! im very happy excited and pleasantly busy with my time because of the katana. thank you again.

* i would like to ask you to tell me more details on this polyurethane, and how to ask for it at a store. what are the ingredients and how you use it?

* when i apply transparent gloss spray over nikel (mirror like) spray it becomes darker, weakens the color reflection but makes it look wet and shiny. i would like to still get the mirror effect but still protect it from scratches? any suggestions?

* what do you use for the handle cord and saya cord?

* is it stealthy enough for thrusting into tje air or it may break?

~piratecaptain May 30, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

-Polyurethane is a product by itself, not something you mix on your own. It's usually with the paint supplies in a hardware or building supply store.

-I still haven't found a gloss coat that doesn't affect the paint. The same thing happens with polyurethane. I cover the inside of my sheath with fabric to prevent scratches from the sheath/saya, and try to be careful with it outside the sheath.

-I have used bias tape (used for quilting, found at a fabric store) and also cotton cord similar to shoelaces for the wrapping. You can also find actual ito online, but the prices may be very high.

-The ones I make are able to be swung, but not made for contact. Basically, don't hit it against anything, and it should be fine.

Hope that answers your questions!

~namanatak Jun 3, 2011

also for the rayskin part i used an elastic mini carpet that people use to place it in their car and put on it different oblects so that they dont slip away when the car moves such as mobile phones, and it has that "rocky-ball" texture that looks like rayskin

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