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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2012 22:49:03 GMT
This is a United Black Yoru Doragon Katana. It is a very good "soldiers" sword, as I once read in a novel. I wanted a shorter blade, sort of like a wakizashi, but I wanted a full length katana handle. I couldn't find one to buy so I "fixed" the one I had. I used a rotary metal saw, dremel, and fine sharpening stone. The photo of the tip of the sword was taken before giving it the final touches. It looks fairly nice now. I call this blade "The Sword of Tribes" in dedication to the former "uncivilized" tribes of the world. Samurai, Gauls, and Native Americans mostly. Here is a video of me testing my sword. ... re=mh_lolz |
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Post by lamebmx on Mar 25, 2012 12:03:48 GMT
Nice ko-katana conversion. Well as they seem to be referred to these days. Just to give you a bit of a heads up and if you decide to play with the length of a sword (unless you have serious tip damage). You will find it a lot easier (and the more traditional route) to take the handle off. cut the tang to length, then measure out where the ha-machi and mune-machi (the little dents the habaki presses up against, edge and back respectively). cut those notches out, reassemble. drill a new hole for the bamboo pin that holds it all together.
Fun post for one of your firsts btw!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2012 8:23:21 GMT
Actually, the curve of the blade and the fact that part of the tang would end up with a weak sharpened edge would make your method of shortening a katana impractical, if not impossible. Thanks for letting me know that this is called a Ko Katana, though! BMX is totally rad, BTW!!!
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Post by lamebmx on Apr 1, 2012 0:25:11 GMT
Its not my method, just the traditional method. I only mentioned it as another option in should you want to try your hand with a different method. I am not saying how anyone should do their thing, just bouncing info around if I think it may be helpful, or help open eyes to different methods. Thats all. Here is a pretty good write up on how it was traditionally done: www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/suriage.htmlYea the lil kids bike is a lot of fun! |
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