Making of a Musashi Part 3

[shissogoshi]

@conorc96:

The temper line isn't brought out with anything, only a good blade with a good finish. Some people use acid to "bring out" the Hamon, but it is bad for the blade and can cause irreparable harm.

[Infamous4337]

@shissogoshi ya mud it seperates the srong end wit the soft its not natural

[209hii]

whats the thing he starts using at 5:00 to polish it?



[blizzard249]

2:25 LOL.

[trialsrider001]

what tsuba is that?it looks awesome

[mayanhammocks]

temper line is formed at the edge of the clay boundary; the clay contains fine ground charcoal and ash, which migrate into the blade, creating a different shade between the two regions (clay and no clay).

[ConorC96]

What do they use to bring out the temper line?

[attackoftherandom]

@ConorC96 good ol fashioned polishing.

[cantormath]

@mfos222

This method looks similar to Matsuda Tsuguyasu's method. Which swords on the Twiggys Samurai page are make this way?

[TaiLeeify]

chinese people making japanese swords? how hysterical..

[walatalalaw]

@TaiLeeify I was thinking the same thing...

[2244P]

@TaiLeeify Japanese swords were based from the chinese dao swords, and Japan had been through a period of living in a chinese lifestyle back then.

[dillaOne]

when I got interested in making a katana videos, I've first watched how a traditional katana is made and the swordsmith used tamahagane. I believe that these swords are some decent product, but compared to the traditional katanas they look like toys. anyway I wouldn't mind to have one of those.

[TakemusuAikidoNL]

"the light part is the soft part and the darker part is the hard part"... bad translation, it's the oppotise, look at what the chinese guy is pointing at...

Definately a nice product all together.

[209hii]

what is that he is doing on 4:00?

[AkiraSieghart]

@209hii Probably polishing it.

[staplehead3]

idk if you guys think this would be weird lol but when i become a black smith i plan to put one drop of blood sweat and a tear in the forging process to give the sword a soul

[1348Bee5]

@staplehead3 lol it aint wierd its that ur passionate but lol look the sweat will drop on it while ur in a hot room with that oven thingy blazing the blood will drop on it when u accidentally poke ur finger feeling the tip the tear will drop on it when u accidentally hit ur foot pinky finger against a wall and it hurt so much a lil tear will drop.

(i dont know anything about blacksmithing but hey good luck on it)

[LotusKnives]

That translator is an idiot.

[Aikidolover29]

i would love to have a hand made katana that i KNOW was hand made for me

[BloodStainedSand]

@Aikidolover29 Join an Iaido Dojo in Japan, study for several years.

[nwatkins18]

Why did you hammer the tsuka onto the blade? I thought you pushed the tsuka up as far as it would go, then held only the tsuka and sharply rapped your empty hand with the holding wrist? Why did you hammer?

[samrialj]

you hear the grinding in the background now and then? thats workers making the $60 musashi swords

[Orionblade2003]

the lighter colored hamon is HARDER because it cools faster, the spine is softer... translation fail ;-)

[link1478]

@Orionblade2003 That was exactly what i was thinking. I always new the edge was harder but this video my me question myself LOL,

[RaiAntou]

Mushashi swords are made by ZhouZhengWu?!?!!?

But his swords in his site are more than 1000 US!!

[tj11245]

What a stunning piece, that work be my dream drop crafting swords

[301001082]

the top is harder; without mud... maybe the translator fked it up..

[inthetoilet4456]

Cant you use sandpaper to polish a blade

[1smax16]

@inthetoilet4456 but dont you think what they are doing is better.......?

[link1478]

@inthetoilet4456 don't even think about it. TRUST ME.

[samrialj]

@inthetoilet4456 i dont recommend that contact a pro- about it have a pro do it

[Orionblade2003]

@inthetoilet4456 for the knives I forge, I use silicon carbide papers starting out at about 250-ish grit and working my way up through grits, until I hit about 4000. I put the SiC paper on a plate of glass with water, and it sticks down something fierce, and the water carries away the abraded metal particles. Eventually I use 80nm SiC lapping compound. this leaves a near optically perfect surface. Don't do it to an already sharpened sword, though - messes up the geometry and you lose the hamon

[page6345]

Why the near religious music in the background as he assembles?

[RKurtzweil68]

What a Beautiful sword!

[inthetoilet4456]

@RKurtzweil68

The sword is very beautiful

[lordpoee]

I feel privelages to see a master such as Chris Zou create such a piece.

[geezerhack]

Furnace cement works well to create hamon. Trick i learned from fellow knifemakers.

[ToyoSupra1991]

does anyone know what the clay solution is made up of i want to make a katana and i was just wondering if anyone knows the ingredients

[gnarkill1524]

dirt

[TeHGoodReverend]

Each forge has their own blend, so hard to say.

[nativeisdabest]

TeHGoodReverend is correct, each forge DOES have their own blend, but to answer ur question the best i can, a base for this secret concoction is clay mixed with charcoal.

hope it helps.

[ToyoSupra1991]

yeah it does i know there are different ways of making it i just wanted to know the basics thank you

[crazyroosterfist]

yellow clay,charchol,and sand is the base ingredients. from there you can add the slurry from your sharpening stones,more charchol and metal filings to the mixture and draw that along the top of your hamon line,then do the same with the ashi lines. this is my recipe and it works.look on my channel, i speak from experience.

[geezerhack]

@ToyoSupra1991

Go to lowes and get yourself some furnace cement. I learned that tip from some fellow custom knifemakers.

[SVDDragonova]

Bless you for posting this. This shows how hard and painstaking it is to make these swords, and why they must be treated with respect as such.

[masterdurchgriff]

7:00 its the back that is softer and the edge that is harder, not the otherway arround like is said here

[killogram1994]

i mean the back is softer my bad

[karimbo92]

the stones can last a lot of swords though

[Akedemix059]

cool 5/5

[LeonardoRafaell]

thanks man that was awesome job 5/5

now im gonna watch kill bill ^_^

[mountspb]

and how they keep the prices so reasonable is beyond me. those sharpening stones can cost over a thousand dollars a piece

[uchiha705]

thank you so much for this vid im like a katana fanatic