forging katana

[Mr420rush]

very nice work man!

[smithforge]

So having said that. The polishing, is done by another Artist, and can take up to 10 days to 2 weeks depending on what the client wants. There are several books on both subjects at Amazon

[smithforge]

Well some of you are right and most of you are wrong. The traditional way to make a Japanese katana is from forge folding the steel. A sword smith can make 2 good swords a month. If done in the tradtional manner with apprentices and all it takes about 2 1/2 to 3 weeks to forge the blade. Now most Smiths in Japan have powerhammers and can forge weld a katana in half the time. As for Alloys there are literally non in the Tamahagane used. Even then softer core steel Shingane is only .4% carbon

[Dannybroadsword1]

@smithforge Many Japanese smiths actually feel they could make more than 2 per, but that figure was reached by watching more methodical smiths and adding a bit to their time. just to keep garbage swords from being cranked out mass production style.

[PingPongProduction]

wow this rocks nathan  yay next time u do something like this u better invite me over

[ExclamationMark046]

Nice better than your first try at a knife.

[ciliaspippi]

Oh, and if you want, i got all this from an essay i read, you should read it, if i have a way to send you a PDF file, maybe after that you'll get what im talking about. It's amazing!

[JVic1992]

ya just the way you worded it at first. thanks for clearing it up

[ciliaspippi]

do you do a martial art of some type??? something based on daito ryu aikijujutsu?? like Aikido, or aikikai, etc.?

[ciliaspippi]

sorry, don't mean to be a tease, but it's not a japanese style katana. i read an essay about traditional forging methods earlier today. and it takes months for the folding (approx. 30 minutes for one fold) and most of the curve would come naturally, due to the differing densities of carbon in the two sections of tamahagane. Not only this, but the sharpening was done completely differently. And layers of different alloys were placed to avert fatal cracks. But better than i can do, by far!!!

[JVic1992]

folding a billet of steel doesn't take months..otherwise you'd end up with a million layers XD

[ciliaspippi]

...... a fold would take about 30 minutes each, that isn't a million in months. And anyway, it's not the folds that takes months, but the whole prossess takes a month of intensive work

[thusalwaystotyrants]

the curve comes from hardening the as well as the hamon, temper line, whatever

and its a high carbon steel wrapped around a soft core steel and i dont have a clue about the alloys to keep it from cracking and youre right about the sharpening, done completey by hand and stone its very time consuming

[EvangelionFan]

Its a nice sword...not beautifull but obviously you dont have decades of expierience so thats unfair to say. it works well, and it is a nicely forged sword...though i would have drawn out the curve a bit more, im sure you know how to do that so im not going to go into details, but you did an amazeing job.

[olivierwhite92]

thanks i know how to that;)

[nathanbrandfish]

wtf u were sharpening it wth sandpaper

[olivierwhite92]

no lol i wasnt shaping with sand paper but i hammerd is in that shape perfected it with a file en taking out of inperfections with a angle grinder.

any qeustions just ask

[Blazin4185]

that is amazing and iyou made at your house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[olivierwhite92]

yes i made it at my house i dont have powertools and stuff, but a hammer and a anvil will do just fine. but it is hardwork

[jjautin]

how many times did you fold it?

[olivierwhite92]

i havent fold this because modern steel are far more better than the steel you make youre self except for tamahagane and stuff.

those need folding because the carbon in the steel isnt really spred out yet.

but folding it would be a little better

[duanemyers]

Very nice!

5/5

[npearson100]

Hey, which video editing program are you using?

[olivierwhite92]

sony vegas 6.0

[npearson100]

Again thats GREAT!!

I'm going to make mine tomorrow.

BTW: Where did you get your steel?

[Yoona1991]

I see a lot of improvemet, good work! How did you made that stuba? (brass casting is the way I make them sometimes) Next try also habaki on it to. And the tsuka should me a little thinner and should have wrappings on it (there are videos about the tsukamaki (wrappings) on youtube)

But anyway, good work! :)

[olivierwhite92]

thanks well i dindt made the tsuba, and i dont know where it is made of exactly but it seems pretty tough. i know i still have to put wrappings:D thanks for youre comment:)