Wow he's added a shit ton of carbon to that steel even before the hardening process. He rolled it in ashes and added the clay to add the carbon... not very exact but these sort of guys usually get it right. Doesn't matter what the precise content is but it'll cut like hell when it's done i'm sure.
hahaha, yeah but guns are illegal in Japan :) Or he may not know lol
Katana sword is very different from another sword, the way its made, the shape and quality to cut. There are many collectors in Japan who admire the art of Katana. So he can sell his Katana to the collector who are willing to pay over $50,000 for decent one. It's a good business!
I swear up and down though if I see one more person say that you need to be a fucking Japanese Samurai to make a high quality katana I'm going to find you and smack you in the face, make you cry until you are dead. Know your facts, do your research, katana-making is atleast a 3 step process of THREE specially trained individuals. One who makes tamahagane, one who makes the sword, and lastly the one who polishes the sword, puts a handle on it as well as a scabbard. Done deal, don't trust movies.
Tamahagane steel is what gives so many katanas it's legendary resilience to bend but never break. Soft tamahagane is layered with hard steel over it to give a katana of what's known as high quality it's "priceless" value. Katanas were USED by samurais, not MADE BY THEM. Not to mention katanas are only MADE by sword smiths which is only HALF the job, the one who gives the sword it's beauty is Sword Polisher. Who puts an edge on the blade as well as it's unique mirror-like sheen and polished tip.
I think so many people are wrapped into the idea that you need to be a full-blooded Japanese, be born and raised in Japan to make a fucking Katana, which is as false as facts come. You need to know your metals, you need to know how to fold impurities out of steel. The steel that the elite katana craftsman make is called tamahagane, which is made using black iron sand from a specially trained individual. Few sword smiths are privileged to use tamahagane in Japan.
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@KenMacMillan@KenMacMillan It's just like any other Power hammer, conceptually speaking, this one utilizes the integration of leaf springs, like the ones you find on a pickup. I imagine that absorbing some of the shock from the blow helps with minimizing metal fatigue, and stress. That's only my assumption, or hypothesis. This one seems to press down after the initial blow whereas others just pick up a guided length of bar stock and slam it back down. Interesting!?…
@KenMacMillan I imagine this has been answered already, but i cant see one so I will. You can more or less see every moving functioning part of the power hammer right here, except the fundamental component, namely the wheel. A motorized wheel at the top is connected to an upside-down Y shaped shaft, which you can see in the video, and that shaft holds the hammer in its springy jaws. The wheel rotates, making the shaft go up and down to hammer the steel. May be belt powered, electric, etc.
@KenMacMillan Think of an old train's wheels. Remember how there's that bar that connects them, so when the wheel turns in a circle, the bar moves back and forth? instead of a bar, this wheel is connected to the hammer. So as it spins, the hammer goes up and down. There have actually been records of hammers like this driven by water wheels.
@KenMacMillan The design is by Jock Dempsey and it is called the "Bow Spring Power Hammer". It uses a leaf spring from any solid rear axle car or truck.
Wow. I would be intimidated watching near the heat and the pounding of the blade let alone get up close like that. I'm paraphrasing, but I heard to be a good sword maker, these guys need "belly". I think the narator of whatever documentary I was watching said Japanese use belly or stomach the same way we do heart. It takes giant nuts of steel IMO
Actually the rice and clay slurry keep the tamahagane from losing carbon. You see as you forge the steel block gets smaller and looses carbon so the rice and clay keep that from happening to fast.
Steel means iron (element) with very little impurities, as compared to what is traditionally called "iron" has often a few percent of coal, making it softer. So an ideal katana has both steel and "iron" in it.
@Cyberspine sorry but to get things really right. Pure elemental Iron is quite "soft", but it as reference has no impurities in it.
As Steel, which is Iron, with carbon in it. The Carbon in the Iron makes it harder but also more brittle (the more carbon the harder it gets). When melting down Iron to create Steel, one can add different other Metals to change the properities of the Steel, as done with stainless steel, Junk and Scrap metal is added.
make thet sword without the powerhammer ! your ancestors made swords without tech ... its like cheating ... i forge knifes and swords and i know the difference in forging with your own hands and going the easy way ... to use Powerhammer .
I see your point but it is still a trade (business) in Japan
Most of the smiths use industrial hammers for some steps of the process these days. It 's seen as taking the 'next step' in evolution and ensuring quality
It also saves LOADS of material i.e money and man-power
The folding isn't regarded as the foremost skill in making the sword.
That would be the intuitive skills of the smiths.
Maybe you'd enjoy the Documentary about Yoshindo Yoshihara better because of in the in depth cover
Actually they had power hammers then the Europeans used them, and I am sure if the Japanese had access to them they would have used them as well. As they were always looking for new ways to make swords.
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that sword is terribly made.. how you supposed to stab something with a big knob on the end like that, omg i could do a better job :P lmao haha nah thats pretty awesome
that just made me hungry for some reason...lol
reapernin9 5 months ago
how do u get that huge glowing block off the tip?
rebelsouljaz 7 months ago
@rebelsouljaz Why would you ever want to?
Kaldrake 5 months ago
@Kaldrake lol otherwise you'd have a mallet instead of a sword
rebelsouljaz 5 months ago
@rebelsouljaz Lol... That lump is the folded metal, which is then flattened out and turned into the blade. There is no reason to remove it.
Kaldrake 5 months ago
That power hammer looks like something out of a terminator movie... yet its not a robot...... damn japanese people, u scary.
jaysong87 7 months ago
The powerhammer works by him pressing on a pedal with his foot, AND NOW YOU KNOW!
KidDexxx 8 months ago
he dipped it in gravy!
billymayer1000 8 months ago 3
i love how he just gets on with his work quietly, while every1 else is just taking photos and talking... Japanese people are amazing...
Peace
kassnorbi 10 months ago
No goggles needed - apparently.
smnk3 11 months ago
Finally, a sensible Japanese smith who doesn't try and do all his work in a sitting position!
althesmith 1 year ago
Wow he's added a shit ton of carbon to that steel even before the hardening process. He rolled it in ashes and added the clay to add the carbon... not very exact but these sort of guys usually get it right. Doesn't matter what the precise content is but it'll cut like hell when it's done i'm sure.
PRSpl4yer 1 year ago
using that powerhammer sure make yur job easier
RottenPudding 1 year ago
Sooooo...... does he know that we use guns now?
ladygodia 1 year ago
@ladygodia
hahaha, yeah but guns are illegal in Japan :) Or he may not know lol
Katana sword is very different from another sword, the way its made, the shape and quality to cut. There are many collectors in Japan who admire the art of Katana. So he can sell his Katana to the collector who are willing to pay over $50,000 for decent one. It's a good business!
rui04 1 year ago
I swear up and down though if I see one more person say that you need to be a fucking Japanese Samurai to make a high quality katana I'm going to find you and smack you in the face, make you cry until you are dead. Know your facts, do your research, katana-making is atleast a 3 step process of THREE specially trained individuals. One who makes tamahagane, one who makes the sword, and lastly the one who polishes the sword, puts a handle on it as well as a scabbard. Done deal, don't trust movies.
OmegaXIII 1 year ago
Tamahagane steel is what gives so many katanas it's legendary resilience to bend but never break. Soft tamahagane is layered with hard steel over it to give a katana of what's known as high quality it's "priceless" value. Katanas were USED by samurais, not MADE BY THEM. Not to mention katanas are only MADE by sword smiths which is only HALF the job, the one who gives the sword it's beauty is Sword Polisher. Who puts an edge on the blade as well as it's unique mirror-like sheen and polished tip.
OmegaXIII 1 year ago
I think so many people are wrapped into the idea that you need to be a full-blooded Japanese, be born and raised in Japan to make a fucking Katana, which is as false as facts come. You need to know your metals, you need to know how to fold impurities out of steel. The steel that the elite katana craftsman make is called tamahagane, which is made using black iron sand from a specially trained individual. Few sword smiths are privileged to use tamahagane in Japan.
OmegaXIII 1 year ago
wacthing is mesmerizing. I could watch the entire process
DMxNemesis 1 year ago
That's not Japanese Fucking idiots, That's a Fucking Chinese faking a sword they could never make.LOL
piontro 1 year ago
lol to bad korean lost their sword making cause of japan. japan must be proud of what they did lol
monkeydood6 1 year ago
this dumbass is saying its feces. fuckin dumbshit
sub7viet 1 year ago
he is using old soup to put over the hot metal : D
viss3n 1 year ago
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universetechnique 2 years ago
y are all sword makers japanese?
jazdproductions 2 years ago
Japanese sword makers are ... Japanese :P Mostly :P There are 5 swordsmith schools in Japan that exist since 14th century I believe.
cubixthe 2 years ago
I'm more curious in how that power hammer is designed.
KenMacMillan 2 years ago 37
@KenMacMillan Yea, me too. It looks almost organic when it moves. Like it's an animal or something. Very cool.
zZrEtRiBuTiOnZz 2 years ago
it looks real retro style, but cool !
Serkant75 2 years ago
You can Google "Japanese swordsmith powerhammer" & find some cool picks.
KenMacMillan 2 years ago
@KenMacMillan @KenMacMillan It's just like any other Power hammer, conceptually speaking, this one utilizes the integration of leaf springs, like the ones you find on a pickup. I imagine that absorbing some of the shock from the blow helps with minimizing metal fatigue, and stress. That's only my assumption, or hypothesis. This one seems to press down after the initial blow whereas others just pick up a guided length of bar stock and slam it back down. Interesting!?…
goodcoldwater 1 year ago
@KenMacMillan I imagine this has been answered already, but i cant see one so I will. You can more or less see every moving functioning part of the power hammer right here, except the fundamental component, namely the wheel. A motorized wheel at the top is connected to an upside-down Y shaped shaft, which you can see in the video, and that shaft holds the hammer in its springy jaws. The wheel rotates, making the shaft go up and down to hammer the steel. May be belt powered, electric, etc.
Etimos 1 year ago
@Etimos I googled it. Thanks though.
KenMacMillan 1 year ago
@KenMacMillan Think of an old train's wheels. Remember how there's that bar that connects them, so when the wheel turns in a circle, the bar moves back and forth? instead of a bar, this wheel is connected to the hammer. So as it spins, the hammer goes up and down. There have actually been records of hammers like this driven by water wheels.
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@KenMacMillan i think there's a piston an he puts air in there from a pedal
TheTehgod 4 months ago
@KenMacMillan The design is by Jock Dempsey and it is called the "Bow Spring Power Hammer". It uses a leaf spring from any solid rear axle car or truck.
Froddofromtheshire 1 month ago
Wow. I would be intimidated watching near the heat and the pounding of the blade let alone get up close like that. I'm paraphrasing, but I heard to be a good sword maker, these guys need "belly". I think the narator of whatever documentary I was watching said Japanese use belly or stomach the same way we do heart. It takes giant nuts of steel IMO
mojothemigo 2 years ago
thats a cool color.
babyturtlex 2 years ago
does the block actually get stretched out
syncroneyes 2 years ago
yes it does eventually that block will become the blade
hatstalker 2 years ago 2
asewome !
masicklazik 2 years ago
it's spelled "awesome"
gomilev 2 years ago 2
Actually the rice and clay slurry keep the tamahagane from losing carbon. You see as you forge the steel block gets smaller and looses carbon so the rice and clay keep that from happening to fast.
smithforge 2 years ago
iron + carbon = steel.
what if there's too much carbon? your just swashing around a stick of carbon
SoldierFrontJunky 2 years ago
@SoldierFrontJunky
Wrong. Steel means low-carbon iron.
Cyberspine 1 year ago
@Cyberspine no it menas steel. lol. and iron means iron. they are 2 different things. (as far as i know)
attackoftherandom 1 year ago
@attackoftherandom
Steel means iron (element) with very little impurities, as compared to what is traditionally called "iron" has often a few percent of coal, making it softer. So an ideal katana has both steel and "iron" in it.
Cyberspine 1 year ago
@Cyberspine well there is low carbon steel that is flexible. so you want low carbon and high carbon steel. not nessesarily iron and steel.
attackoftherandom 1 year ago
@Cyberspine sorry but to get things really right. Pure elemental Iron is quite "soft", but it as reference has no impurities in it.
As Steel, which is Iron, with carbon in it. The Carbon in the Iron makes it harder but also more brittle (the more carbon the harder it gets). When melting down Iron to create Steel, one can add different other Metals to change the properities of the Steel, as done with stainless steel, Junk and Scrap metal is added.
boatoflol 1 year ago
@Cyberspine Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1%
Bjo15 1 year ago
@Bjo15 While cast iron has more carbon than that. So steel is more iron than "iron" is. :/
Cyberspine 1 year ago
that powerhammer rulez jaja it is from matrix III
AZURA888 3 years ago
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make thet sword without the powerhammer ! your ancestors made swords without tech ... its like cheating ... i forge knifes and swords and i know the difference in forging with your own hands and going the easy way ... to use Powerhammer .
EXmaster666 3 years ago
my ancestors didnt use computers either
they also thourght kung fu was the shiz and i learn jap and brazlian jitz... so what does that make me...
sigh.... come join us in the 21st cent
lagook 3 years ago
I see your point but it is still a trade (business) in Japan
Most of the smiths use industrial hammers for some steps of the process these days. It 's seen as taking the 'next step' in evolution and ensuring quality
It also saves LOADS of material i.e money and man-power
The folding isn't regarded as the foremost skill in making the sword.
That would be the intuitive skills of the smiths.
Maybe you'd enjoy the Documentary about Yoshindo Yoshihara better because of in the in depth cover
be well
Peekingduck 3 years ago 2
Actually they had power hammers then the Europeans used them, and I am sure if the Japanese had access to them they would have used them as well. As they were always looking for new ways to make swords.
smithforge 2 years ago
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know imagine that hit that thing in to some on ass
ryanpattummalee 3 years ago
LOL
Timic83amv 3 years ago
What was he coating the block in that looked like straw?
Orauk 3 years ago 2
carbonose materials
hair toenails nails,burnt stuff
ANCESTERSMEMORIES 3 years ago
It's in the description.
CalvinJGreen 3 years ago
Thats a powerhammmer not a robot.
calmackie 3 years ago 17
@calmackie
naar its a robot lol
paulnodpod 1 year ago
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that sword is terribly made.. how you supposed to stab something with a big knob on the end like that, omg i could do a better job :P lmao haha nah thats pretty awesome
LittlWenz 3 years ago
kives/kives
donation of people
younglordjintora 3 years ago
mmm... from white hot billet...
to work of art
1x93cm 4 years ago 2