Hand forging a Katana from a Coil Spring
Making a Katana out of a 2 cm truck coil spring.
Took me about two weeks to make this project and about 10 hours of hammering and forging. Hope you like the result!
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00:30 Straightening the coil
01:22 Flattening the steel
02:05 Making the bevels
03:24 Shaping the blade after forging
04:05 Heat treatment
04:36 Making a wooden pattern for the Tsuba
05:46 Casting and shaping the tsuba
08:10 Polishing the blade after the heat treatment
08:40 Making the handle collars
10:08 Making the Habachi
11:25 Making the handle
12:46 Assembly
13:10 Wrapping the handle
13:48 Test and ending
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