Making a Wooden Katana

In today's video I show you how I made a wooden katana as a birthday gift for a very good friend of mine.
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[@jakes5530]

You distract the cop…I’ll grab the katana

[@DanLowery]

🤣

[@bobbylowery1580]

I saw this a month later and scream laughed

[@jakes5530]

@@bobbylowery1580 i love how 18 total strangers liked this lol

[@davidchenoweth3457]

Nono, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 distract the cop, 𝘪'𝘭𝘭 grab the katana.

[@ForestTheTherian]

@@davidchenoweth3457no wait how about both of you distract the cops I will grab the katana 😂

[@waynegilbert3746]

Watching the process out of wood, spectacular! I have watched a number of videos on steel and metal, but this was satisfying to watch. Well done!

[@crli4353]

This type of design is made traditionally in Japan, however it is not katana, since it is not steel, and its not bokken or bokuto. This would be considered "tsunagi". The purpose of tsunagi is to replicate the general blade shape so the koshirae can be stored/displayed without the actual blade. This was typically only found in the highest ranks of samurai, as they would be the only ones who could afford or require more than one set of koshirae. If you go to a Japanese museum and see swords displayed on a kake with koshirae on top and blade on bottom, a tsunagi is inside the koshirae holding everything together for display.

[@user-zc1wj8jw8z]

I'm 11 and I made a katana 7 hours ago

[@jakes5530]

Doubtful

[@gekkekiller8827]

great woodwork man this is why i love working with wood myself

[@TheBottegaChannel]

Great job on making such a beautiful bokuto. If you make another one, I recommend using the small hand plane and spokeshave more to assist with those curved sections.

[@yodapowers_]

????? only 282 subs?? ur insane for the effort put in, cant wait till u get more content out and people start taking more notice!

[@weirdodude1635]

You are actually SO underrated.

[@nx9Art]

Beautiful katana

[@shikihokai8048]

Crazy hamon bro. Very nice!

[@fredboat889]

i thought u had like more than 100000 subs. the edition and everything was clean and smooth. cool video!

[@austinthibodeau5952]

Thank you for your amazing, functional work of art. A bokken worth passing down ✌️

[@Oddzilla51]

Dang! That is gorgeous! Nicely done!

[@DanLowery]

Thank you!

[@danielpitt6687]

I think your ito wrapping is twisted the wrong way but gives it a whole new look so pretty nice 👌

[@rickflames2308]

This man deserves more subscribers . Good job man👍

[@kamm3021]

Well done 👍🏻 For a minute i was worried about the handled wrapping but it's good luckily Also the sheet is cool, finally someone made a full wooden katana with the sheet

[@Joestar-san]

*sheath

[@jmbstudio6873]

That is a damn fine bokken!

[@vladimirkovacevic1656]

awesome wooden katana

[@ArminEghdamiDrums]

Beautiful work!

[@DanLowery]

Thanks!

[@CalThompson-oj2kk]

Really cool video and great work, but my heart sank a bit when you finished it off by epoxying the tsuka instead of pegging it with a mekugi.

[@MASI_forging]

What a piece of art 👍👍 so beautiful. 👍👍

[@ArcticNightwind]

It was the Aunty Donna reference at 2:15 that I immediately subscribed! 😂 I'll watch the other 25 minutes of the video now!

[@alexmiles6473]

Great job I'm sure he love's it

[@RACHHIT-yc6vg]

Professional maker

[@TheCrunchCat]

I had to subscribe you put in a lot of effort

[@KitGW]

Fantastic work. Can we expect more videos like this from you in the future?

[@DanLowery]

Thank you! I hope to have some more videos very soon!

[@harveysonic3047]

this is awesome do you have any more specifications of the sycamore you used like the length and thickness, also the templates are a bit confusing with there being 3 different sizes are they the sheathe? thanks

[@lowellrush4831]

Amazing

[@johancahyadi6905]

Awesome

[@Cetrifuga1945]

Bravo complimenti per l opera realistica spada Nippo

[@daniellelegrand8735]

Your cool and smart thanks❤

[@backyard.craftsman]

Nice

[@connorclark6551]

Im in highschool carpentry, and one thing they dont tell you is how much sanding there is

[@DanLowery]

So much sanding lol

[@HopeStreetWoodworks]

Very nice. Any reason why you chose to epoxy the Tsuka instead of pinning it like it's traditionally done?

[@DanLowery]

I decided at the last minute to just use epoxy because I didn't want to mess up drilling a hole in the tsuka after all that work lol

[@arthurfryer6899]

Amazing man! Can I buy one for myself from you? PLEASE!

[@DanLowery]

Thanks! Sorry I don't plan on making any more haha

[@gregjones3660]

Is it any good?

[@JamesWilliams-xf9ed]

I love it, it's beautiful piece of art but you for got the pins in the handle and it mightve prevented the epoxy in the handle. And the little art pieces under the wrap in the handle. But no hate just a katana lover ❤ great job man

[@austinthibodeau5952]

You only need mekugi (wooden pins) to hold the nakago (tang) to the tsuka (handle). Bokken being one solid piece do not require mekugi

[@m4rdmusic308]

Please how much one ?

[@aymanmahmudchoudhury7932]

How long did the whole process take?

[@DanLowery]

It took a few weeks working on it in the evenings and weekends.

[@user-yi1lx9wn6l]

how to bay the same kattana

[@mfmr200]

damnit, i thought i found new woodworking channel.

[@DanLowery]

I plan on making some more videos so stay tuned!

[@Mochi_is_yum]

How long did it take to make it?

[@DanLowery]

I worked on it in the evenings after work and it took about 2 weeks. Editing and doing the voiceover took even longer than it did to make it haha

[@waffelwolf]

How much for you to make me a rengoku katana

[@collietv5992]

Bro really apologized for a 27minute video for being long. 😅

[@UnitedState241]

Woow

[@Cptjseph]

Bro can u give us a more information like the thickness and the long of the plank that u use and some like templates please?

[@DanLowery]

I added the link to the template I used in the video description. The blade is about 3/8" thick and the overall sword is about 40"

[@Cptjseph]

@@DanLowery thank u bro u really helped me

[@lolcec81]

Комментарий в поддержку канала и ролика, а также труда мастера по деревообработке.

[@CHEFNOVAL]

I get the smallest chisel and start to pound 😂

[@D2SINAMP]

Damn

[@michaelal-jiboori5895]

How much for a similar build nagamaki?! Serious inquiry!

[@DanLowery]

Sent you an email!

[@michaelal-jiboori5895]

@@DanLowery not sure I received it!

[@Ryono_Channel]

Mantap luar biasa

[@batmovie8803]

si tuviera color plateado el filo estuviera de lujo

[@kfz7594]

For your friend i would be clear about waste side and what side to be close to on. You can shape with a sander not just go to a line the use a router. Also if you don't know the value of a sharp chisel im sure they could get better learning sorce elsewhere.

[@ministeriointernacionalcri3165]

How much is the price

[@Mochi_is_yum]

If you want to buy one, you cant. He isn't planning on making anymore, like he said at the start and the end its for a friend

[@user-dx3op2ci6b]

Can you make one for me

[@elementalfreak4680]

Do you have a shop that people could buy from?

[@DanLowery]

Sorry, not yet.

[@elementalfreak4680]

@@DanLowery darn well if you decide to do that I would love to buy wooden weapons from you

[@DanLowery]

@@elementalfreak4680 What kind of things are you looking for? I'm considering taking custom orders.

[@elementalfreak4680]

@@DanLowery tbh idk all ik is I would like some wooden weapons eventually I currently can't afford anything tho

[@vincentproske7890]

sooo good but traditionaly there is no epoxy yust bambo pins

[@user-bn2bt4yj8w]

hi thank you for teaching mee for making wood katana and i make that katana and i sell all katana that i maked it and i sell it for 500 money

[@George-nf4ur]

can you make me one please

[@rehawk5506]

please use a mask! since the wood dust is very bad to inhale. And what a beauty of a katana

[@user-cx7kg6ok9b]

It's made of wood, not steel. So its a bokken, not a katana.

[@jayjayerson3486]

shut up

[@kitsune_gt]

I nearly clicked off after you started cutting the template, so many videos claim to be forging the katana when they just cut it out of metal and or machine it and sharpen it with no forging to be found anywhere in the video, i forgot the sword was being made out of wood and you never claimed to be forging

[@Santriany_]

Terlalu lama durasinya

[@jeffreymunsey2646]

O

[@Nanashishiro]

全部中途半端。惜しい。

[@rodrigoub1]

Fala Muito.. 😒😒

[@Nikko_Demi-God]

can i have the template

[@DanLowery]

I added a link to the one I used to the video description!