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The Swordmaking Tutorial: Pt 1 by *chioky:iconchioky:


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The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 1 (Tools and Equipment)

Have you ever asked yourself "How do I make a sword?"more pricesely a katana. Well If you have asked that question then I am here to help you answer that. This swordmaking Tutorial will cover everything you need to know about swordmaking. It has an attractive layout, easily readable discriptions, easier to understand discriptions and step by step pictures to know which process you are at. These swordmaking tutorials are aimed towards swordmakers and propmakers, however anybody is free to use them at their own leisure to try swordmaking.

The first part of this swordmaking tutorial is (tools and equipment). In this first part you will learn which tools and equipment you will require to do swordmaking. The discriptions will say why you need to use the tools, how to use the tools and finnaly which part of the swordmaking process you will need to use it for. All these tools and equipment are basic hand tools, cheap to buy and find saving in money and to be more safe.

:target: The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 1 (Tools and Equipment) [link]
:target: The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 2 (Planning and Drawing) [link]
:target: The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 3 (Cutting out the Sword) [link]
:target: The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 4 (Cutting out the Tsuba) [link]
:target: The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 5 (Sharpening the Sword) [link]
:target: The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 6 (Sculpting the Details) [link]
:target: The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 7 (Painting and Glossing) [link]
:target: The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 8 (Constructing the Sword) [link]

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:iconfirebrando:
yay!! =D thats what i was waiting for XD

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"those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do...."
:iconphatestroke:
yay xD katana *_* my favourite sword !

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Only the paranoid survive!

Ph'nglui ingl'w'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
:iconpuchitis:
I have made swords before , but I used a bamboo slice , a slender and flat pice of metal and some industrial glue
haha they suck anyway xD

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-96% of teens won't stand up for God. Put this in your sig if you're one of the 4% who will-
:iconsylarjin:
more a tutorial, very well, sorry that I have none of that, I will stay in hopes of the Part 2 =D

ps: Sorry my bad english, google translate sux ¬¬

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Sorry my bad English
:iconkhiolis:
lol, i have made a wooden sword out of a piece of a vine that was wrapped around my pine tree.

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:D Mine is bigger than yours! :D


:gallery: [link]
:iconhirumi-tan:
It's so funny i have all this items XD

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YAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAA~!
:iconchioky:
consider yourself very lucky that you need not buy anything else XD

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The goals I hope to achieve on DeviantART:

"Raise the Awareness of Swordmaking as an Art Form"

"To Teach Everybody Swordmaking who wants to learn it"
:iconchioky:
I had them before but im deciding to remake them ^^

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The goals I hope to achieve on DeviantART:

"Raise the Awareness of Swordmaking as an Art Form"

"To Teach Everybody Swordmaking who wants to learn it"
:iconkhiolis:
Here's the link for my sword: [link]

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:D Mine is bigger than yours! :D


:gallery: [link]
:iconchioky:
Im sure its the worlds most favorite sword XD

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The goals I hope to achieve on DeviantART:

"Raise the Awareness of Swordmaking as an Art Form"

"To Teach Everybody Swordmaking who wants to learn it"

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