HEAP of JEEP Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 So my teenage daughter asked me to make her a samurai sword... Gotta love the young people. Since there are no swords in my future, and she doesn't even have to slightest clue what to do with a katana, I decided to just make her a katana shaped something. While I was waiting for my steel order to come in from Kelly Cupples, I just decided to have some fun and weld up whatever I could find lying around. I wasn't actually planning to make this when I started... I just wanted to get some more practice in with my forge welding, but everything was welding up good, so I just kept going until I decided to give it some shape. Figured I'd do my best to give it a katana "look" and then my daughter can hang it on her wall and tell her friends how cool her dad is. Blade length is 9". Steel is a mix of old leaf springs, an old file, part of a lawn mower blade, and whatever else I happened to lay my hands on. Came out at 132 layers, and then did it san mai style, drawing it out and wrapping it around a 5160 core. It will never see any use, but figured I'd practice that too. I haven't really been to worried about the fit and finish on this one, but its still coming out kind of cool, especially for a teenager's decoration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robakyo Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 That turned out extremely well. Very nice profile too. Are you going with a tsuba style guard? I can't wait to see the end result. I believe that your daughter will love it. Good looking tanto. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 OH! Now that is really nice! You will be THE super cool dad. (do teenage folks even use that word any more ? almost 60 years on it is hard to know.) Seriously, for a prospective wall hanger that is fantastic work. Would be fine for a regular item for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Turned out well I say but...... You do realise you will now HAVE to knock up a mukame gane guard for that now don't you........lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will52100 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Nice, I love doing Frontier damascus, it's a lot of fun to play with and you never know exactly what the pattern will turn out like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I think the term scrapmascus is more descriptive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 7 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: I think the term scrapmascus is more descriptive. And if you use it to make a spatula it's . . . Scrapplemascus! I'd apologize but you know me and straight lines. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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