Forging a KATANA/WAKIZASHI inspired sword from a File the complete project

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 พ.ค. 2022
  • Hello everyone and welcome to the forge, in this episode you can watch the entire Wakizashi forged from a Nicholson file from beginning to end. I learned a lot from this build that will help me immensely on Katana/Wakizashi builds in the future as well as knife making in general. As always I appreciate you watching and if you would hit that SUBSCRIBE button and ring the NOTIFICATION bell to be informed when my newest content posts.
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  • @jessereid8482
    @jessereid8482 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    love this. i really appreciate the use of a hamon. hate it when people just quench it normally and call it a katana. a hamon is a huge part of the katana. good job my friend.

  • @chewyakarieckenicholas6049
    @chewyakarieckenicholas6049 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely beautiful and I have to say that I truly feel that a real wakazoshi is in how much of yourself that you put into the blade so don't worry about the naysayers that can't stop criticizing people

  • @B-leafer
    @B-leafer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Glad you came to the realization you could have left the tang on it and "upset" it forming to what you needed.
    Meanwhile, adapt and overcome!

  • @vladimirkovacevic1656
    @vladimirkovacevic1656 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    beautiful wakizashi

  • @MrCeez1
    @MrCeez1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great job Sir. thank you for sharing. I was able to kick back eat my breakfast and watch your video.

  • @adamdiaz8442
    @adamdiaz8442 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Stunning work sir

  • @TheSchmed
    @TheSchmed ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That steel is probably higher quality than most ancient tamahagani, as most modern steel is. Should do a measure before and after on the curve pre/post quench.

  • @corywinning6655
    @corywinning6655 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i learned ALOT! just wonderful watching thankyou

  • @leoruotsalainen6339
    @leoruotsalainen6339 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great hand work 👍👍Great video 👍👍

  • @adamdiaz8442
    @adamdiaz8442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love this man’s work it’s real inspirational

  • @stephenjohnson6841
    @stephenjohnson6841 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Might not be the purist method of forging but it turned out amazing! You even get the family involved! Huge 👍
    Thanks for sharing!

    • @Mysticmountainforge
      @Mysticmountainforge  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate you checking it out, my wife always comes to the rescue when it comes to wrapping the handles.

  • @leatherface711
    @leatherface711 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    what a great build good job

    • @Mysticmountainforge
      @Mysticmountainforge  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! I appreciate you checking it out.

  • @unknowtips
    @unknowtips ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great

  • @rockers2rockers616
    @rockers2rockers616 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I bet it will cut and draw blood just like a 'real' Japanese Katana.
    It sure looks nice. Great content.

  • @Hisdudeness799
    @Hisdudeness799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful piece, bravo sir.

  • @mrkiky
    @mrkiky ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tuned out great! I just wished you'd cut something with it on camera 😪

    • @Mysticmountainforge
      @Mysticmountainforge  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! I actually plan on doing a cutting video with it soon. I appreciate you watching!

  • @oneshotme
    @oneshotme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Looks great and an excellent job making it!!! What no stingray?? LOL Joking but it does look beautiful!!
    Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

  • @leatherface711
    @leatherface711 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So I have found with that type of furnace cement it bubbles really badly even after it’s dried I have found if you mix it down with charcoal ash there is a lot less bubbling and you still can get a wonderful hamon

    • @Mysticmountainforge
      @Mysticmountainforge  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I will have to use that method in the future, I appreciate the tip and I appreciate you watching!

  • @eliot6989
    @eliot6989 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think it was better to chop the tail off. I didn't like making my koidatsu with a smaller tang at all, a flat wide tang is much preferable for blades made to be taken apart

  • @TheGreenWelty
    @TheGreenWelty 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm not all the way through the video yet but the tang that you have on there is very traditional just set two menuki pegs in there and it'll be strong enough for battle use even if you have twice that length in handle as long as you're using a hardwood it's well fit and dual pegged

    • @Mysticmountainforge
      @Mysticmountainforge  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I ended up lengthening the tang by a few inches in the video, but noticed after doing more research afterwards that the length would have been fine with the construction your talking about. I do appreciate your advice, and I appreciate you watching.

  • @dsanchez9703
    @dsanchez9703 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bro dats cool

  • @MADROCKS221
    @MADROCKS221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful work - was that real ray skin ?
    I like the way you had extra hands to do the Ito wrap.

    • @Mysticmountainforge
      @Mysticmountainforge  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! I used textured leather to simulate the ray skin due to the prices of the real thing being ridiculously high currently. The knife wife comes in clutch when it comes to wrapping the handles, I had a hand injury awhile back that makes it almost impossible for me to do.

  • @liamr6672
    @liamr6672 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The blade seems to have a kink in it instead of a nice gradual bend.

  • @bluudat1site
    @bluudat1site ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hey whats that neat tool youre using to find the center of your edge

    • @Mysticmountainforge
      @Mysticmountainforge  ปีที่แล้ว

      It is called a height gauge, you can find them on Amazon or here www.grizzly.com/products/igaging-0-6-digital-fractional-height-gauge/t21576 I appreciate you watching!

  • @user-yb1er8qg1y
    @user-yb1er8qg1y 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤❤❤

  • @Hippucytees
    @Hippucytees ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a great video!! Just, that, 23.06, sounds like someone's having a real good time... 😳 .... Do you share a garage?

    • @Mysticmountainforge
      @Mysticmountainforge  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol thank, I listened to the video over at that point and all I heard was a drill working fast forwarded, lol.

    • @Hippucytees
      @Hippucytees ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mysticmountainforge Hmm, ok, but from 23.06 onwards, it sounds like something else to me lmao .....😳😳

    • @Mysticmountainforge
      @Mysticmountainforge  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't share a garage so it must be ghosts lol!

    • @Hippucytees
      @Hippucytees ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mysticmountainforge 😳. Woah.... Ghosts get up to a whole lot more than I thought.... 😳 .... lol..
      But seriously, your work is good 👍. I'm just starting out and getting ideas, from people like yourself. Thankyou for this...

  • @BubuH-cq6km
    @BubuH-cq6km 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    😎 👍🏼

  • @SchysCraftCo.
    @SchysCraftCo. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍🏻

  • @alic2652
    @alic2652 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Test?

  • @kevinwilson2442
    @kevinwilson2442 ปีที่แล้ว

    The tip geometry is driving me batty!!
    Keeps rounding over...😭

    • @Mysticmountainforge
      @Mysticmountainforge  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had the same trouble when I did my first Wakizashi build, I ended up getting a chair and sitting right down close to the lower contact wheel and just working it nice and slow, and even then still had some rounding on it.

  • @Enigma-Sapiens
    @Enigma-Sapiens 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Instead of ruining any belt grinding on a hardened file, why don't you just take the temper out of it first?

    • @Mysticmountainforge
      @Mysticmountainforge  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I normally do that, I usually put it in clay based cat litter to anneal after bringing it up to forging temp so it cools down slowly.I got sidetracked this time around.

    • @Enigma-Sapiens
      @Enigma-Sapiens 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mysticmountainforge, Ahh, ok, thanks for answering. I thought maybe you had a particular reason for doing it that way and wondered what it might be.

  • @memomemic2102
    @memomemic2102 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    no test cuting...

    • @Mysticmountainforge
      @Mysticmountainforge  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sadly, no, I was hoping to do it in a stand-alone video but never got around to it when my parents got sick. I appreciate you watching.