Forging a Damascus katana, the complete movie.

Forging a Damascus katana, the complete movie.

[@DJMarcO138]

My dude needs to say nothing - he just proceeds to blow your mind with incredible talent and craftsmanship every time. Love it.

[@drewcagno]

I've been thinking exactly this.....

[@Gmar69]

Freerk, that must be a defining moment for you when you acid etch those blades and to see that tear drop pattern come to life. What a piece of jewelry that you created. I wish that I could afford such a work of art.

[@freerkwieringa275]

Thank you! Yes it's always a bit of a surprise

[@baduktiger7661]

im almost afraid to ask. how much is a sword like this? well done my friend. well done @@freerkwieringa275

[@Mikey27886]

Sir ​@@freerkwieringa275next po kampilan,bolo Tagalog please 🇵🇭☄️🗡️♥️♥️♥️🗡️🗡️

[@ChristianCalaf]

Viking version of a katana. Awesome!!

[@tv5678tv]

浮生恍如夢，歲月轉頭空。 青山依舊在，幾度夕陽紅。 Floating life is like a dream, time turns empty. The green mountains are still there, and the sunset has turned red several times.

[@x-11116]

i know people are saying it's not a katana but it is a katana. And one made with the particular style of a particular bladesmith, too, though that is a mutually exclusive fact. people just don't realise that if this tech were available Japanese bladesmith back then would totally use it. I really like the full still aspect of it though I wonder if those parts make it any heavier than if they were standard copper(?). I also wonder what all those Japanese characters say?

[@freerkwieringa275]

Sure think. It's always just talk. But all reactions help the algorithm so to speak. Indirectly the, naysayers help promote the content.

[@Vlad_Tepes_III]

Historically, the fittings were made from a variety of metals, not just copper. Pretty much the only fitting that was never made from iron or steel would be the habaki. But iron was often used for the other fittings, and pre-Edo era tsuba were often big enough that the balance wouldn't be noticeably different from this one despite the former having habaki not made from steel.

[@diegocarsalade6653]

Impressive !

[@Einherjar_17]

Beautiful work, worthy of admiration, you are a master forger and an excellent artist, thank you very much for sharing your work. I send you a big greeting from southern Argentina.

[@Njazmo]

Great job. It's not easy to make a piece like that. I'd gladly buy a smaller handmade blade. Cheers from Finland!

[@freerkwieringa275]

Thanks, for orders mail me at [e-mail]

[@Innlandetknives]

The Hamon on that damascus was incredible!! Nice build

[@user-vv5gd4dy3n]

Молодец 👍 👍 👍 ваши работы нас удивляет, вы просто гений в этом деле.

[@aaabnc]

Огромная тяжелая сабля. Не катана. Очень широкое лезвие. Непонятно зачем сделан дамаск. Огромная ручка. Очень тяжелый. Очень.

[@user-mm7nv8gr5t]

Смотреть работу Фриирка-Всегда удовольствие..

[@19JDOG91]

Awesome work man! What tool do you use to remove the wood to place the tang in? I’m using chisels, but I can’t get it come out right to where the tang fits.

[@user-rg7dq9vv5e]

青山依舊在 幾度夕陽紅 浮生恍如夢 歲月轉頭空 I will look forward to whether the next work will be a halberd from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

[@elisnow1718]

Да, это не совсем катана. Но мсполнение и оригинальный дизайн засоуживают похвалы. Мастер проделал действительно большую работу и получилось по своему красиво.

[@franciscoflavio2225]

Seu belo trabalho merece um Oscar 🏆 Parabéns saudações do Brasil 🇧🇷👍

[@grappler240]

Your work is EXQUISITE!!!

[@freerkwieringa275]

Thank you!

[@johnjelinek-g7b]

Been awhile for me Freerk . Thank you for the movie, really good one . :)

[@user-mm7nv8gr5t]

Фриирк ты очень хороший мастер. Сделай все таки аркебузу. Бенвенуто Челлини делал. А ты не хуже мастер по моему.

[@kunfajarudinwibowo]

Stunning work my friend, despite your unorthodox method, as long as the results is neat and beautiful, it's definitely okay 👍👍👍

[@Josh_Green44]

Phenomenal build!

[@ImranKhan-hv7dd]

Man it's sick..... What a piece of art who cares it's real or fake. I m in 💕

[@eddybear771]

Awesome work Bud.. Always lookin forward to seein more.

[@samuelspry6955]

Im a fan of the process, great design. Dont put stock in the nay sayers. Everyone needs a naysmith. Let it better you.

[@freerkwieringa275]

I don't worry about it.

[@blech71]

Amazing work! So glad you showed up in my feed. Def SUBBED! keep the great work coming my dood!

[@CracKOn559]

Good lord thats beautiful Your work is AMAZING

[@freerkwieringa275]

thank you!

[@Sajuuk]

Stunning blade. Better than some Japanese Katana-smiths I'd say.💪👍

[@freerkwieringa275]

thank you!

[@leonidevdokimov7511]

Great work and thank you for making the video!

[@freerkwieringa275]

Thanks!

[@shogun9184]

Beautiful craftmanship, and very nice effort. However it is not a Katana, and the 漢字 does not make any sense at all. Its like engraving"twinkle twinkle little star", very bizarre.

[@helmiizhamharunarashid3416]

great to watch.. do more of these or others.. please

[@freerkwieringa275]

Most are made in commission...

[@helmiizhamharunarashid3416]

well.. let's hope you get more orders then..

[@SofiaSteinberg47]

Beautiful!!! I love your work ❤

[@ragnarbaron6090]

Just once I want to see him go for 2000 layers lol!

[@ДаниилНишанов]

Бомба хочу такую катанку 🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@LeoAtlantideo]

For being so far from the original japanese method, the result is superb 💫👍 How can i know the price for this one?

[@freerkwieringa275]

it you are really interested mail me at [e-mail]

[@LeoAtlantideo]

@@freerkwieringa275 , i didi it .... waiting for answer

[@ДаниилНишанов]

Бомба 💣😎✊🏻👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🙌

[@MrScuba1972]

Beautiful but wouldn't it have made more sense to hollow grind the bottom of the tang versus the top to increase integrity and shock resistance? My understanding is that katana are forged with amile steel spine and a hard cutting edge so that the spine absorbs the impact to the blade. Wouldn't it make more sense to adjust the weight and feel of the sword to adjust the weight by hollow grinding in line with the cutting edge and not put a ptential harddned spine into the tang?

[@fatninja28]

You are correct. This is a gorgeous sword, but it's not a katana, it just looks like one.

[@Kattmanduu]

you are an artist at this......wow!

[@freerkwieringa275]

thanks!

[@Hellscrom]

Wow, your work is simply stunning!

[@freerkwieringa275]

thank you!

[@zambozamboni1057]

Superb work, but the blade looks super heavy!

[@Mikey27886]

Excellent nun katana mo po sir frank 🗡️👹🔥🔥♥️♥️🔥🔥☄️☄️🔥🐉☄️☄️

[@candacereynolds1723]

Amazing work!!!!

[@freerkwieringa275]

thank you!

[@user-yr3nt4dz7u]

❤انت رائع ومبدع بعملك

[@Martin_369]

Its a nice sword , nice job, great talent you got, you designed the sword with the greatest nicety and you did elaborate work, but in the other hand there are a mistake you did, the curvature othe katana, katana works well by exact curvature . However you made a nice katana❤

[@d.murat___]

Dude you are amazing, I would love to be your student.

[@freerkwieringa275]

thank you. maybe one day I will teach

[@allenmunich2816]

wow awesome

[@freerkwieringa275]

thank you!

[@AcikZami]

wonderful work 👏👏👏

[@freerkwieringa275]

thank you!

[@franciscoalves7060]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@darcybrawataakaontariostac6835]

Your amazing

[@Berkah_Bilah_Nusantara]

Ajib, hasil karya yang luar biasa👍

[@borisborisov9892]

Good afternoon. Would you like to forge a Russian Cossack checker?

[@alexhsu690104]

青山依舊在，幾度夕陽紅??

[@1971highlander1]

How much for a Katana like this cost?

[@freerkwieringa275]

its a special order for a good customer. if your really interested mail me at [e-mail]

[@albanfisher6857]

Lol as much as a used car

[@Njazmo]

@@albanfisher6857 or a new car. It takes a lot of time to make a sword like that.

[@diey02]

Nice one sword. Its a katana, through its blade is slightly wide, have no hamon. In fact, it has some charcteristics of chinese sabers such as handles, profile of blades.

[@silversilverov4024]

I ❤!¡

[@akbarrezai3297]

درود خوب کارگاه بزرگ و مجهزی دارید

[@TheJoebella]

nice wierk

[@historicalswordsaxeszone509]

Wow!

[@rafavillasboas]

Awesome job and beautifully finished but it looks like it's a 16 pounds sword 😅

[@user-kh7kking]

"青山依舊在，幾度夕陽紅" The poem is too sadly seems like the samerai is ready for die By the way, this is a good sword

[@icecreamtruckog3667]

Beautiful work like usual but a katana has a special system to stick the blade to the handle that is not like normal swords are done, you might want to look into it.

[@MrManjaleu]

This sword is not a katana. It was "folded" into 3 parts at each stage and is made of the same metal. It's just a crooked sword without the "shigane" core, which is responsible for absorbing impact and providing malleability.

[@sayra-auswandernnachparaguay]

🖖👍💪

[@eroltaskin]

😊😊😊

[@kingsaifullah6457]

apakah itu dijual?

[@陳宥霖-z6x]

青山依舊在 幾度夕陽紅😂

[@nickpower2623]

Sorry but I don’t like the idea of damascus steel for a katana And the quenching process is been messed up completely

[@MaximRecoil]

He didn't use Damascus steel, he used pattern-welded steel, and it's not a katana anyway. He misnamed the video.

[@Mrtonnyfly]

Show 🤓👍

[@freerkwieringa275]

thanks!

[@heikkimaenpaa222]

Ei lähelläkään aitoa katanaa.

[@solowistadado8818]

Feels like 30 kilo sword bruh😀

[@user-wi6gv2mu7k]

青山依舊在，幾度夕陽紅……刀跟這個有啥鳥關係😂

[@spryt777]

🤦‍♂️👍❤💥🍸

[@odarkzip]

青山依舊在，幾度夕陽紅。古今多少事，都付笑談中。

[@ver_idem]

Lol a paper katana,one bling broken and its no Damascus one.

[@chaiwatpotichanid]

Fully jobs picture mixing listening go.....jobs buying just 🥰🥰👍

[@shamiulalam7449]

Dramacus was wast metals that they use 😅

[@baduktiger7661]

this is quite close to being a katana. i dont think it actually is. Though, i must admit it is one of the most beautiful pieces of heaartfelt smithing ive seen in a long time. The process of yaki-ire, or imparting a hamon to the blade also imparts the stereotypical curvature of a katana. That didnt happen here. The curve was largely there prior.

[@freerkwieringa275]

It's not the right steel for it.

[@inspectorcal]

if the vikings made a katana this would be it. lol

[@OptimumsS]

Musical instruments are haram Hadith 5590 sahi bukhari

[@zy96810]

打印体汉字，拉低了整体价值。

[@user-ry5fe2uj8z]

刀根刻：芝麻仁沒有一個是有蘑菇的，南京之役刺身專用刀。 刀镗刻：殺殺殺殺殺殺殺

[@analogjimmy]

Nice work! BUT ... 鍔(鐔)(つば):義勇仁禮誠譽忠克??? Those words were meaningless!The Japanese don't use these. 茎（なかご）:青山依舊在 幾度夕陽紅 This is a Chinese poem that has nothing to do with Japanese swords. It’s a pity to engrave these meaningless words with no aesthetic glyphs.😥

[@lesliesanchez5435]

The Hamon sucked and needs to be polished more, but overall great work!

[@freerkwieringa275]

Thanks I guess. Lol

[@opieshomeshop]

*_The Japanese did it without anger grinders and without belt sanders. Still to this day._*

[@user-ry5fe2uj8z]

這段枝那文字很不相配。 刀根刻上： 天生萬物以養民，民無一善可報天。 不知蝗蠹遍天下，苦盡蒼生盡王臣。 刀镗上刻： 殺殺殺殺殺殺殺

[@user-jf1cf5rw1t]

刀の作り方勉強した方がいのでは？日本人より。

[@user-kh7kking]

日本でも竹光刀や模造刀など刀ではない刀があるから別にいいじゃん？ 本物の日本刀を言わない限り、どんな作り方を使うのは彼の自由です。

[@deriter5464]

@@user-kh7kking There is the word "katana" in the title of the video. The sword is made like a katana, it looks like a katana. maybe it was worth making a katana and not a craft similar to it?

[@DInverse]

Why do they always give it the Damascus title? Damascus steel was lost on pages of history. No one knows actually how to repeat the process to do a Damascus Steel... The blade you did in this video is just steel folded many times to give it a special pattern of "damascus". In it self it's not even as strong as supposedly damascus steel or having her properties.

[@Kvitebjorn257]

Ok.

[@struggler1996]

You are right,i find it cool you know that

[@freerkwieringa275]

Basically to gain a wider audience.

[@deriter5464]

Another member of the secret magic Damascus steel sect. The secret of Damascus steel was not LOST, it was THROWN into the dustbin of history as unnecessary. The damasking method was needed when steel was extremely heterogeneous in carbon composition (the result of imperfections in metallurgy at that time). It was necessary to repeatedly fold and reforge the workpiece for an acceptable distribution of carbon over the workpiece. after they started smelting better steel, damasking simply became UNNECESSARY. and the "famous" Damascus steel pattern was a byproduct of imperfect polishing techniques and materials.

[@jean-francoiswazaa7378]

katana's don't have any blood grooves

[@deriter5464]

It's not a blood groove, it's a stiffening rib, but you're right, katana doesn't have it either.

[@fatninja28]

some katanas do, it's called a bo-hi

[@BushidoDevilDog]

Oh No…! 😱 Quick…you need to jump on a plane and come to Tokyo immediately to tell the managers of the 日本美術刀剣保存協会 (you’re clearly an expert on the subject, so no need to translate that for you, right?🤔) that their appraisers, who have been studying Japanese swords longer than you have been alive, are all wrong(!!), and the National Treasure swords, and other blades in their museum that have bo-hi (NOT a “bLoOd gRooVe”, 🤦🏼‍♂️) aren’t real katanas!!! 🙄🙄🙄

[@melindavarga1197]

Sorry, but that has nothing to do with a Katana!!!! It's a shame to even call Katana!!!! I hope that no Japanese sword forge master has seen it!!!!! 😨🫣😭😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 As a normal sword, it would have been a nice job!👍🤝

[@shogun9184]

As a Japanese, Im glad someone notice it and said it for us. Thank you.

[@melindavarga1197]

@@shogun9184🙏🙇‍♀️

[@MrMoon1ight_]

Weebs

[@Kvitebjorn257]

Bruh, really?

[@roccogerth4417]

I thought it needs a soft core and a hardened blade...

[@erictsui8802]

Why do you choose to grave a piece of Chinese poem on a katana?😅

[@MaximRecoil]

It's not a katana. He misnamed the video. It's a 2-handed saber of some sort which resembles a katana, but has a significantly wider blade and a completely different handle design.

[@erictsui8802]

@@MaximRecoil Just take a look at the title, he also thinks it's a katana😅

[@MaximRecoil]

@@erictsui8802 That's why I said he misnamed the video.

[@erictsui8802]

@@MaximRecoil Oh sorry, I overlooked. Then I guess we both found a way to explain why this is not a katana, perhaps?

[@31249210]

It's not a katana, it's a fake.

[@Njazmo]

Make a better one, and post us a video!

[@freerkwieringa275]

thanks for the reaction.

[@2zen777]

Its a better sword than 95% coming out of china. And Definitely better than anything you can make. Learn to appreciate someones hard work and creative vision.

[@deriter5464]

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[@baneman7783]

FW beats Kyle Royer. Does Freerk have same price tags as Kyle Royer? PS! Blade is too wide, resembling a saber! Next time!