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The Swordmaking Tutorial: Part 5 (Sharpening the Sword)

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.

Now this undoubtedly is the most boring part of swordmaking EVER. Sometimes I dont even bother making a sword do you know why? becuase I have to go through the process of sharpening the sword which takes hours. Basically in this tutorial you are taught that you need to round the handles and sharpen the blade all with the use of some files. Yes with files you have to regioursly sand away the wood until its a hair strand thick blade edge. You also have to make sure the blade and handles are as smooth as possible, becuase when you add the paint the sword overall has to look as clean as possible. I hate this part of swordmaking yet its the largest part.

: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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=Storm1822 May 28, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Here is one tip that will ensure the blade edge is uniform along the length of the blade, and is cheap and EASY:

Mark off the area you will be filing with some tape, this will prevent you from over grinding into the flat area of the blade as well as helping you to see exactly where more filing is needed ;D
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*chioky May 29, 2012  Student Artisan Crafter
I never considered that, that is interesting
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Mood: Amazed ~Theunknownlegend129 Oct 11, 2011  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
OMG! This....! This is amazing! My 9th grade social studies project is coming up in a few weeks and it's the evolution of wepons and i love the Katana and i have to make a wepon and this is perfect thank you sooo much!

~We're not running! Just advancing in the other direction!
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*chioky Oct 11, 2011  Student Artisan Crafter
wow you get to make swords for school, im so jealous
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~Theunknownlegend129 Dec 14, 2011  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Haha yeah its worth 20% of our grade so i want it to be sper cool. But I also have to write a 5 page report on the history of the Katana and how they're made if I want to make one!
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*Princess-Gretz Feb 4, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
These are some really awesome tutorials , i began making a sword following these steps, so i hope it turns out nice !
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*chioky Feb 4, 2011  Student Artisan Crafter
goodluck with that then
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~BLITZFenix Sep 2, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
Katana is now cut, I practiced sanding in the wood left overs, it takes quite a while, but the results are phenomenal, thank you for the help chioky
continuing construction :P
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*chioky Sep 2, 2010  Student Artisan Crafter
make sure to keep the work place clean and tidy
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~BLITZFenix Sep 2, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
Of course, I clean it regularly. Mainly when sanding, lots of dust everywhere! Btw, sanding is done, spent lots of time with it. I must admit, I started out with and electric tool, but then finished off with some old school hand work. Im quite happy with it, it corrected most of the bumps and imperfections from the cut :)
Ill be posting some pics soon, in case you are interested :P
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