Forging My First Katana 1

Me forging my first Japanese Katana. The steel is 1075 from Admiral. This blade will be clay hardened for a traditional hamon (hardening line). Dimensions will be 26" edge length (nagasa), 11.5" tang (nakago), 1.25" width at the shoulders (motohaba), 1" at the tip (sakehaba), 5/16" at the shoulders (motokasane), and 3/16" at the tip (sakekasane).

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[Phr33Pur3]

How many times did you fold the steel, it looks pretty big, just wondering.

[crisnrachel]

@Phr33Pur3 This steel is AISI 1075/1080 from Admiral Steel. When using modern steel, the folding process is only performed for aesthetic purposes, and is quite irrelevant to the quality of the finished piece.

So, in short...none =D. The monosteel is plenty strong, and gets plenty hard enough to do the job!

Thanks!

Cris

[MrRik338]

if you make extra weight on the top side it will cut true ANYTHING.

make there some extra weight.

[crisnrachel]

@MrRik338 I'm not quite sure what you mean...do you mean above the shinogi ji (the ridge line)?

Thanks for your comment =D.

Cris

[Froddofromtheshire]

Nice hammer control.

[samuraistorm89]

good video, my sword is made from AISI 1080 (its a ryumon) damn good sword and your corect about the folding being for only looks. its not needed now a days. good vid :)

[wil12345678910liam]

@ultimatedirtclod Haha the first part of my comment was meant to be rhetorical. Nice to see a comment by someone who knows that they're talking about though, cheers.

[crazejason]

@woNyhiphop123 meh, its his first...id take my time O_O

[ScandinaviansAreCool]

@heman31000 Why? As long as he has good teqnuiqe the sword will be good, i dont see why it has to be made using the shinobae teqniqe.

[ScandinaviansAreCool]

Great video, how is your forge set up and how does it work?

[heman31000]

NO NO you need the shinobae techniqe to do it right but good

[Kyrazlan]

@davisironworks Lol, I apologize that was most likely a sleep deprived post. Looks to be just shaping of the blade at this point...

[ultimatedirtclod]

@CCTZARTATELIER i think u got ur process mixed up dude. Forge Folding is to rid of impurities in the steel since back in the old days, steel making process isnt as reliable and efficient as it is today. So they folded to blades to even out the carbon. Incidentally, it also creates a Damascus effect on the surface. Now however, modern manufactured steel already has minimal impurities. So if you use RAW iron and other compounds to make ur steel, u still need to fold it but if u use modern, u dont.