Odin Makes: Tanjiro Kamado's black katana from Demon Slayer

I make Tanjiro Kamado's black katana from Demon Slayer out of EVA foam!
In this tutorial I show you step by step exactly how I made my own black blade katana.
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[@ThatWorks]

You have come a long long way with your katana making! Your experience shows! Well done my friend !

[@korisosuke2154]

Love your build of this katana as well!

[@HavocHounds1988]

Wow, I didn't expect to see you guys commenting on a channel about making foam props. Then again you are fans of cosplay and stuff like that so I shouldn't be surprised. Either way pleasant surprise for sure.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

@@HavocHounds1988 They were both on the same channel for a while way back in the day. Nice to see a bit of love from the old "co-workers."

[@HDBrown-wc9xt]

I get a warm feeling down in my tum tum when Channels I watch comment on other Channels I watch. I love the Maker community on KZbin.

[@HavocHounds1988]

@@TheRealAlpha2 Oh, I did not know that. I first saw Matt and Ilya on Man at Arms: Reforged.

[@miguelgraca1954]

Well it makes sense to make inosuke's boar head or his double blades now that would be cool

[@mingus107]

Inosukes boars head!!!! Yes please!

[@JakNasty69]

Yes please Odin please do this

[@ArchKnightCeberus]

Gotta second the boars head.

[@Mistr_J]

And his sandals. They have fur on them too.

[@DR-wz4gh]

You really 'slayed" this build. You're a 'demon' at crafting 🙏

[@OdinMakes]

Ha! Thank you

[@XavierCaudill]

I would love to see a sheath for this katana as well! The sword looks fantastic!

[@ToonGrin]

Odin: If there are any more Demon Slayer Props you'd like to see? ...We thinking Inosuke's mask?

[@shauqiharris2772]

Good idea 👍.

[@humanperson9443]

Yeah

[@cakebanans2039]

this is literally the best katana prop I've ever seen

[@Watch_Dog-13]

The style of wrap on the tsuka is called a battle wrap, and you did an awesome job

[@jacobm3092]

That intro was absolutely perfect

[@OdinMakes]

Thank you!

[@ethangreenhaw128]

I just found my pip boy I created from your tutorial 5 years ago. Glad to see you're still making stuff!

[@DeerHeadXiris]

I would love to see Rengoku's sword!! Hope you enjoy the rest of the show!

[@MajinJuice]

Dude the way Odin says tanjiro makes me die a little inside BUT I can't lie it's kinda adorable lol

[@muhammadzulfiqry4704]

Inosuke's boar mask would be awesome!!!!! 🔥

[@mizinoinovermyhead.7523]

This turned out so much better than your first one!

[@vggamer3163]

everyone will be asking for the katanas foram hashiras, but will be very interesting if you make the masks that have the tanjrio,sabito or at least the forgers that make the katanas.

[@user-xw3vc7cf7f]

Simple but very awesome. Thanks, Odin!

[@artsy_dragon_creations]

I love that you know how traditional katanas are constructed, even down to how the silk ribbons are wrapped around the grip and even knowing their proper names. This sword turned out super cool Odin, it’s definitely better than your original katana from forever ago. I’m definitely going to have to check out Demon Slayer now

[@CobaltSkies21]

This was a fantastic video! Another Demon Slayer prop?…..Inosuke mask? Now that sounds like a challenge!

[@MakerCuisine]

Beautiful looking katana, the glossy black sheen really looks like the anime.

[@jaspergoesrawrr]

Dang this is nice, and so helpful. I actually really needed something like this for a cosplay i'm working on.

[@Tazerboy_10]

Yes! > This is something I've been wanting Odin to make...

[@pixelatedgames8068]

I was waiting for you to make this! Tanjiro’s Nichirin sword was always the coolest looking to me.

[@alciel312]

This looks insane! Love the way it turned out and I'm definitely going to try to make a katana sometime! Also for future props from Demon Slayer i think that Tanjiro's fox mask would be a good idea since the base can be reused for different characters in the same show.

[@fauxmarmorer9544]

I might make this for genuine katana practice, because I can't afford a real or a practice one, thank you master odin

[@retrorestored]

Amazing build, great job!

[@MrTheMighty]

Whooooo! That barely looks like a foam prop at all! Awesome!

[@JeiCos]

Dope! For the inner core, a better option would be a water valve key. It's metal, but since it's inside the prop, it's not against con rules, and you can bend them. I've done this a few times now, Pretty easy to bend too, and only about 6mm thick. I use that nested in 6mm foam, sandwiched between 2 pieces of 4mm for a 14mm blade, which is still thin enough to look good. You can also do what you did in the video to use only 2 layers of foam, but whatever..semantics..lol

[@trytofinishsomething]

Damn that was perfect! Loved the router to cut and groove!!!

[@lewis2479]

I love this build, I wish I had one my self. Demon slayer is on of my favourite anime’s that I have ever watched and maybe you could try and make Hashibira Inosuke mask or katanas

[@PyroFTB]

I love the production value, reminds me of How It's Made.

[@Greenis_Poop]

id love to see you make any of the masks from demon slayer, great work as always!

[@mingus107]

Gorgeous work! My entire family loves Demon Slayer! PLEASE make Inosukes boars head

[@lucask.5620]

You did an amazing job Odin, Hopefully I can also build Tanjiro's nichirin sword and use your video as a guide.

[@heisenbat]

Thanks for making this. As always, I love your work. I hope you come back to this one day and make a second version of the nichirin-to 😎

[@jasonhendricks4802]

3/8” rigid aluminum tubing and a hand bender would solve your graphite shaft problem. If you have problems bending with the tubing bender, Adam Savage has a video on building a suit of aluminum armor that shows you an ingenious way to anneal aluminum for easier bending. Just a thought. Love your videos!

[@RatedRKha0s]

I personally would like to see you make another transformers g1 prop. Either Megatrons arm cannon or galvatrons.

[@seroberts]

It'd be really cool to see Inosuke's boar head as a mask!

[@devrybrodziak2876]

thank you so much for making this!

[@dandoesjunk7546]

Awesome! I'll definitely use this as a tutorial to make Astray Red Frame's sword 👍

[@IAmAlpacaBoi7]

This sword looks BOSS! I'd love to see Inosuke's Serrated blades.

[@BudhagRizzo]

That turned out epic!

[@shauqiharris2772]

Awesome build!

[@shnoz125]

Hey I was around for that original sword video, glad to see that you did things differently this time

[@hazygallowz]

looks awesome man! inosuke’s duel katanas from demon slayer would be another awesome build

[@leewhite6249]

Love it. Nice work dude.

[@sum1liteamatch]

I really love props like this, folling these steps with minor adjustments you could have a sword for Deadpool, leonardo, the bride, and I'm sure many other katana wielding characters that I'm not thinking of. It's a dozen props in one video

[@OdinMakes]

This man builds stuff!

[@kellysmith1144]

The "sori" (depth of the curve of the katana spine) varies from blade to blade during the traditional forging and heat treating anyway, so making the blade less or more curved is still acceptable from that perspective. Good work as always!

[@baileybeacham5251]

Awesome job!! I would love to see you make Inouskes and Zenitsus katanas next!!

[@hitori_gurashi]

Wow your really good at making cosplay props

[@markduggan3451]

It looks awesome.

[@darklordofsword]

What a coincidence! I'm literally waiting for the silver coat to dry on a replica of Tanjiro's final arc/antique katana right now! Other than the blade being foam instead of wood, this is *exactly* how I build my swords. Also, the style of wrap on tanjiro's hilt is called katate-maki, as opposed to the one you see more often, where the diamonds go all along the grip, which is called hineri-maki.

[@OdinMakes]

Sweet!

[@darklordofsword]

@@OdinMakes I'll send you a picture when it's all done. I've even found a way to get the black/red color-change effect.

[@CosplayApprentice]

Looks AMAZING!!

[@D4rkS7der]

Nice, solid build!

[@damienmaverick9937]

Awesome work, I can't wait to try this! You should make Uzui's two blades for the new season, I'm going to be cosplaying him lol!

[@that1oreo]

Would def love to see you do Inosuke's twin Nichirin Blades 😍

[@hipintekosia1077]

I'm long time fan of the channel i've been watching for 4-5 years now. I have always liked the movie batman forever and i love the riddles the riddler leaves behind. I thought that could be a fun build for you to make, one of his riddles.

[@bethcaselman7952]

Looks awesome

[@adecentartist1474]

Other than the size, this is an awesome build!

[@darklordofsword]

Oh, for another DS prop, might I suggest either Himejima's nichirin axe-flail, or (appropriate, since he's central in the next arc the anime will cover) Tengen's sword-nunchaku.

[@Chrisdead27]

I really do love that sword. I would buy that sword.

[@GhostandDOOMkungfu]

Awesome Build video Odin!! Glad your enhancing your Hashira level build skill ever further with Katana! Be fun to see you make the Nezuko travel box as a wearable prop

[@axeldaval3410]

there are so many masks that would be great to see crafted from your hands.

[@thetiredcraftsman]

Great video as always!

[@DominatorCosplay]

The Stone Hadbira Giyome's flail and Axe would be a cool build!

[@jgiuliano7401]

Awesome build as always Odin. If you want to try another Demon Slayer prop I would love to see you attempt to make Inouske’s sword.

[@AlezRad]

i don't know if it's possible, but i would absolutely LOVE to see you doing Inosuke mask

[@StevenZ2012]

Excellent as always Odin!! Here’s an idea for you: Supernatural props, as in props from the awesome tv series Supernatural! The Colt, Ruby’s Demon Killing knife, an Angel Blade, and of course the First Blade to name a few!! You could knock those out no problem man!!

[@WerewolfMeesh94]

I would love to see either the box that Tanjiro keeps Nezyko in, or Inosuke's mask!

[@SwfanredLotr]

Great job on the katana. Maybe now you could make the fox mask that Tanjiro wears in his training test of maybe the mask of Urokudaki.

[@jotape270]

Finally a kimetsu no yaiba prop! It's amazing, i would love to see you make inosuke's boar mask next

[@marinaboy]

HELL YEAH!! DEMON SLAYER!! This is awesome nice work!!

[@OdinMakes]

Thank you!

[@joshlima8894]

Kyojuro rengoku sword and obani iguro sword also I’m so happy to see the improvement from your first katana to this one

[@Erik-pr2rf]

Measure 3 times Cut ones ... Beautiful Katana build Odin Makes

[@snowykambo]

Zenutu's sword, Inosuke's sword, and mask, and rengokus sword would be awesome

[@currenoconnell]

This is awesome love the paint stick handle super creative

[@OdinMakes]

Thank you!

[@DutchKirby]

Looks great as always, Odin! I'd love to see a weapon from Old School Runescape. Maybe one of the Godswords?

[@stuchly1]

Amazing!

[@beckymurphy4714]

I'd love to see you do any of the swords from Game of Thrones. Drogo's arakh, Arya's Needle, Jon Snow's Longclaw, Brienne's Oathkeeper.

[@Agel1ic]

great build. It's been some time since your videos pop-up on my feed.

[@davidspector2601]

So cool! I have two suggestions from two anime’s. The first is demon slayer and the suggestion is Nezuko’s box. The other one is from mha and the suggestion is kaminari’s pointer. You’re props are amazing and I can’t wait to see more!

[@docjalapeno2568]

Good thing I checked the comments. I think Nezuko's box would be amazing, even if it was to fit Joe since he is more of the right " build". But to see it fit any one work be "slaying" it!

[@yandereraven]

Iguro and Uzui's weapons would be cool to see you make!

[@ShaeSandybanks]

Look so cool!

[@adventuresinbasicreality219]

Really nice project Demon Slayer blade ❤

[@dragonsslayer6658]

Good work

[@jaethesmol805]

OMG I love it! Could you please consider making shinobu kochō's blade it would be interesting to see the challenge presented with a thinner blade

[@Nyasahi]

berry helpful thank u

[@bubbabaerrrbroadcast3072]

Looks amazing odin my brother Noah loves this show thanks again making amazing swords ur amazing maker and ur amazing person also

[@OdinMakes]

Thank you bubbabaer!

[@Microman504]

Very nice project! I know it's a long shot but could you make the Dark Magician's staff from Yu-Gi-Oh! ? I'd love to see that! 😀

[@Tofu6969]

I regret not turning notifications my current favorite anime and that intro lol Edit: 12:55 was so wholesome 😂

[@flumberfish479]

a cool thing you could do is attach a long cloth of juggling silk to get a look similar to Tanjirou's water breathing trails!

[@jacobcutler1060]

Shinobu’s katana would be a really cool one to do!!

[@robertmanson5922]

It looks like you calculated that curve perfectly to fit a straight rod and still have a noticeable curve

[@shuktuki1960]

i think now you have made this you should do Rurouni Kenshin's Katana the reverse blade.

[@TheAlmightyfoon]

Inoskes Boar head is right up your alley.

[@lazyy_rengoku5123]

This is very nice 💥

[@louiegray8679]

When i make my own katana i probably wont create that diamond pattern and instead have it just one colour wrapped around the handle but this was a great video and helped a lot

[@rmedoc24a]

Something I have done in the past for an internal structure that needs a curve, V-notch the inside rod. Bend to angle it needs to be. 5 minute epoxy and you've got your angle and can still cover in foam.

[@obsith]

I know there's still more than a month left, but I would like to see you make Green Goblin's Pumpkin Bombs sometime close to Helloween. If you decide to make any, it would be cool to see you make more than 1 of the designs those Bombs have had in comics/cartoons/movies (my favourite Design for them is the one from Spectacular Spider-Man, but the ones from the Sam Raimi movies are also pretty cool and one of them appears in the No Way Home trailer)

[@samhoey8665]

The sword looks fantastic Amazing job I would love to see you build poseidons trident in records of raganrok series on Netflix

[@AlarikMaster]

I'd love to see how you would make Sanemi, the Wind Pillar's katana.

[@MajinJuice]

Odin should make the love hashiras sword!!