Restoring a rusted Japanese sword 150 years ago

I restored a rusted Japanese sword 150 years ago. This Japanese sword was used by "Samurai".
First, the rough rust was removed with a # 240 whetstone.
Next, I sharpened the Japanese sword in the order of # 320 → # 1000 → # 2000 → # 5000 → # 8000.
The Japanese sword was too bright, so I applied "haze" with abrasive powder.
I made the scabbard and handle by hand. I didn't apply wax to leave the smell of wood.
I cut paper and radish to test the sharpness. It was amazingly sharp.
Thank you for watching till the end.
■Reflection points
I noticed when I was sharpening my sword, but the sword was slightly bent. For this reason, I had a hard time sharpening my sword. Next, I have to straighten the blade before sharpening the sword.

[@jonnylawless6797]

The man who crafted that wakizashi cries. That was a 150-year-old, handmade sword. There were other people who could have done that job for you.

[@ngotuanhien]

I don't think you would destroy the blade like that. The beauty of the wakizashi and katana is the hamon. At my first sight, I know it was a good blade with the smog of time. It is an art to care the blade, not only with many sanding types. You should send this blade to a Japanese swordsmith to restore it.

[@user-ie1yt5hc7l]

But yasuri destroyed 😢

[@user_______96]

It hurts me to look at this...

[@robertmccabe8632]

A good (yet very painful ) example of how NOT to restore a blade.

[@janunkrich8710]

That sword is dead!

[@user-yo7ub8xx6w]

No truer words ever been spoken. An sad excercise in brutalization.

[@marysmith819]

Wow, that was painful to see. If you have an antique sword like this, please do not use any of the techniques shown. Educate yourself on antique Japanese swords and send it to someone with the skill to bring it back to life. These are fine art, not mass produced and they deserve respect. Would you try to restore a Rembrandt?

[@robertpadilla7990]

Exactly what I thought.

[@misterroboto9262]

Actually 150 years would be Meiji period, not really a time known for the golden age for Katanas.

[@tama7316]

When he grinding patina on nakago 🤦‍♂️

[@gregf8167]

@@misterroboto9262 its still an antique thats part of history.

[@tama7316]

@MrX XXX you know what mean if he grinding a nakago ?

[@Nihontopride]

As someone who has collected nihonto for over twenty years, this is absolutely heartbreaking. Why would you destroy an antique blade like that?

[@bruh__fam__drilla7727]

It was. Already destroyed from the start

[@thepenultimateninja5797]

@@bruh__fam__drilla7727 No, it was salvageable. The pitting wasn't that deep.

[@ratwalsh8794]

Is there a better way to restore it? Without damaging it?

[@thepenultimateninja5797]

@@ratwalsh8794 Yes, there are lots of videos about proper Japanese sword polishing on youtube. It takes years of training,, and t's not really something an amateur can take on. Just like restoring a painting, it is best left to the experts.

[@ratwalsh8794]

@@thepenultimateninja5797 oh interesting, I figured that after 150 years rust would have eaten away much of the blade and made true restoration impossible

[@user-nj9qr7lq1c]

これは酷いな・・・ 刀の形そのものを破壊してる

[@user-usikunpapa]

これは………… 波紋も鎬も棟も地肌も全て台無しになった………… 日本人として悲しいです…………

[@gorec10rus36]

Он просто варвар так с историей обращаться нельзя

[@user-en2iu6xd1x]

心霊動画より怖かった　鳥肌が立った😨

[@dogsky9044]

さびた包丁と変わらん意識なんすよね外人は

[@user-ry2td3zj4g]

最初に砥石を手に持った時点で「やばっ！」って思いましたねぇ 案の定でしたね。できれば専門店で研ぎ直ししてほしいものです。

[@galleryTOKU]

ひどいもんです。よく素人がおもしろがって古い刀を包丁にしてしまいますが、日本人でも刀の重さがわかっていません。何百年も保ってきた姿が今、失われました。

[@sierrahp]

If this wakasashi was really 150 years old, it now has the value of a can opener. My heart is broken at the treatment of this art piece.

[@CFC026]

Exactly. How can be treated a treasure like this. Unprofessional

[@CFC026]

The steel that was removed cannot be replaced. I am crying......

[@ravenbird111]

the biggest mistake was cleaing the nakago

[@terminator572]

Wait so you'd rather it just rust away completely?

[@ravenbird111]

@@terminator572 no it should have Been sent to a traditional polisher

[@tntanto2]

You killed that sword when You removed the rust from the Nakago. Warning!!!!! Don’t polish Nihonto on Your own. It will completely destroy the value.

[@ASSASSIN19923]

it was better to be on bathed in vinegar or something which remove only rust but old look remains

[@MrBlewvane]

I felt sorry for that wakizashi as soon as you took a metal screwdriver to the habaki, then watching you butcher the blade was painful.

[@rabbit07236]

Alright, never touch any blades from Japan again

[@user-sk5rk8ju3f]

Это не восстановление, это убийство клинка. Это стало понятно, когда в начале стали шмурыгать камнем по клинку. Полировка никакая! Я за неделю на самых дешевых камнях выводил клинок в зеркало, а здесь ужас а не полировка!

[@Svet69]

If this was really a genuine old Japanese blade, then you succeeded at turning it into a $15 Wallmart wall hanger.

[@user-hp6pl4pc9e]

あーぁ！やっちゃったよ！何故、日本には研ぎ師と言う専門職があるのか理解すべきだったと思います。

[@7fr367]

外人に言っても無駄でしょ。

[@user-yi7bm7wi6q]

@@7fr367 この人は鍛冶とは何の関係もありません。通常のヨーロッパの鍛冶屋は問題なく刃を修復したでしょう。私は文化の違いを理解していますが、技術は世界で同じであり、ここでは基本についての明らかな誤解があります。

[@user-wg7pd6sr1q]

@@user-yi7bm7wi6q 済みませんが、日本の刀の刃に模様が有るように、作り方が剣、スォードとは大きく違うので、錆の取り除き方も違うんですよ。 この動画のやり方では刃の模様が削れて消えてしまいます。酷い話ですが、修復では無く、改造をしただけです。( T∀T)

[@user-ws3pg8kf8b]

下手くそが砥げもしないくせにやったね。

[@bmxriderforlife1234]

@サッシー nah sorry I used translate to reply. But lots of foreigners would've respected this sword if it's real albeit I think it's a fake nihonto or an old gunto Western medieval swords are made with steel made the same way as tamahagane. It's called bloomery steel. Just different ore sources. Medieval swords of Europe are slot closer to how nihonto are made them most people realize. Both would've possessed hamon. And both would take a set on a bad cut. Polishing would be the same other then in Europe for the medieval period we also had stone grinding discs powered by water wheels. Numerous Europeans and North Americans could've restores this properly. In fact some have even gone to Japan to study. It's those who appreciate history and those who don't. Americans do the same shit to their own antique swords from the Civil War like fools. And numerous Europeans have sent their antique European knives and swords to Japanese polishing experts to have them restored and reveal hamon and hada

[@jessegabriel2509]

This was the most painful restoration I’ve ever seen!!!

[@Ovi._]

Why

[@markfergerson2145]

@@Ovi._ He used a STONE to cut the RUST. And that’s just for starters.

[@user-jb9qq3py7p]

ちゃんとした研師に出さないで､自分勝手に日本刀をそんな風に研ぐなんて最低じゃん！しかも刃紋も見えないし本当に最低！💢

[@user-qh7vh2gs8u]

身幅も、重ねもありそうな刀身が、悲惨な事になってしまった。

[@monsagan1298]

菜っ切り包丁なら兎も角、１５０年前の脇差は無理せずに 研ぎ師さんに研いでもらった方が良い、と言う事が良く解る動画でありんす。ｗ

[@user-ws3pg8kf8b]

古刀研いだ馬鹿にイライラしますよ。

[@barisdul238]

150 senelik oldugunu nereden anlayabiliriz herhangi bir isaret var mi?

[@shunpeihiiragi4537]

コメント欄の阿鼻叫喚。分かる人にはわかるヤバさに開始30秒で私も変な声が出た。

[@user-kc2qw6rs7m]

分かる人には分かるっていうがお前さんはその価値とやらをちゃんとわかってんのか

[@rafaelduque7160]

I think you'd better change the title of the video and put "DESTROYING A 150-YEAR-OLD SWORD" that blade may cut but you turned it into a kitchen knife ...

[@brianpeck4035]

The pattern (hamon) in the tip (kissaki) is called the "Boshi" and suggests a real handmade beauty. Polishing to a semi mirror finish causes the grain (hada) to be smeared and unviewable. If there's enough meat on this blade then a pro might be able to fix it otherwise more sanding will expose the ugly softer grey core metal. If this is exposed anywhere then it's considered a fatal flaw and destroys the value. Other fatal flaws are disruptions in the temperline or perpendicular breaks in the edge or body. A major issue may be cleaning up the lines or geometry that must have been butchered. Typical 8 years to learn to make one of these but 10 years to learn how to polish !!! The cost to restore many of these is often not worth the end value of the blade. Sometimes a "window" is polished into the side to determine if it merits full consideration.

[@abastabul9115]

The unfortunate demise of a wakizashi.

[@copelandart]

There are so many KZbin videos of genuine Japanese sword-making...... The good news is, this doesn't look like a collector blade, and ---- he didn't use an angle grinder!

[@chemech]

Still painful to watch the hack job... such disrespect of honest metal...

[@clydester2677]

My hands cramped up just watching this!

[@patrickwong6166]

Antique wakizashi was ruined by an ignorant amateur…. It was very heart-breaking to see the destruction process…..

[@user-gx1hd6ki4v]

Расходимся господа, нас на@бали. Хвостовик настоящего старинного японского меча НИКОГДА не чиститься от ржавчины, как не обтирают покрытую паутиной и пылью бутылку коньяка хранящуюся десятилетиями. Плюс, такой чисткой можно уничтожить идентификационные надписи на хвостовике меча. Скорее всего это какой-то новодел (высокоуглеродистую сталь за 150 лет ржавчина просто бы разъела в ноль). После полировки не видно хамон и вообще полировка произведена на отмахнись - на последних кадрах нужно было демонстрировать не царапины, а зеркальную тёмную гладь полосы стали.

[@asakusabase4296]

Спасибо, что указали на это. Я думал, что зеркальная отделка не подходит для меча. В следующий раз я хотел бы изучить больше и выложить видео восстановления меча. Увидимся.

[@user-gx1hd6ki4v]

@@asakusabase4296 Прошу прощения за резкий тон моего комментария. Просто всё время ожидаешь подвоха от людей занимающихся восстановлением (вплоть до фейкового процесса восстановления). Вакидзаси (а именно его Вы восстанавливаете) в отличие от массовых мечей сингунто для сержантского состава Императорской армии Японии имел все шансы быть клинком сделаным по старинным технологиям, а не массовой ковкой. Для таких клинков зеркальная полировка была фактически единственным способом избегнуть ржавчины, поскольку жидкость на нём практически не оставалась. А чтобы вы представляли ценность хвостовика, то при укорачивании клинка (например при переделке тати в катану или катаны в вакидзаси, клинок укорачивался всегда со стороны хвостовика и если конструкция не позволяла его согнуть чтобы сохранить "автограф" кузнеца, то эта часть хваостовика отрезалась и переносилась на новый хвостовик послк обрезки. Успехов Вам в продвижениие канала.

[@user-tl8sr2jh7x]

最悪 日本刀がナイフになった

[@user-be6zp5wg7z]

刀に対して失礼です。もう再生不可能だろうなぁ～悲しいなぁ～日本刀を鎌の様に研いじゃ駄目だよ。しかし日本刀の砥師ってのは凄い技術を持ってるんだね。

[@nactrumofficial5450]

This is the most disrespect for a sword I've ever seen. The men who crafted that blade are rolling in their graves.

[@waduhek7506]

damn poor katana 😥 this is not restoring this is how to ruin a 150 years old katana.

[@raymonherrera3358]

The blade is never sharpened. It is polished to a perfect edge. The sharpest part at the tip and then the base or lower part of the blade is actually a blunt edge used for blocking a blow. Please study the lines of the blade first so you so t change the character of the sword. Do not remove the habaki with a metal tool. You risk deformity of the shape. As the habaki was formed around the blade and is often the first fitted part. Use wood or a plastic to remove it..

[@567davefair]

exactly, using a flathead screwdriver was his first mistake and then to hit the hibiki with it at an angle, not flush with the screwdriver blade edge made me cringe even more :(

[@nbforever1]

And when i see him work on kisaki. I dont have any comment. He change wakisashi sword in to the kitchen knife

[@mrkiky]

That's not entirely true. If you needed to do any field sharpening, you'd end up putting a secondary bevel on it. Also it's habaki, not hibaki. The "ha" in habaki is the same as the "ha" in hamon, it means blade. Hamon = blade pattern, Habaki = blade collar.

[@raymonherrera3358]

@@mrkiky field sharpening? In that case the sword would be presented to the armory for any true needed maintenance. Sharpening was was not a regular need. In modern combat. They block woth the blunt and cut with the sharp. To dull the blade they would need so much continuous use that it would only get dull if it was being abused . A second bevel ? No that isn't a thing for a Japanese sword , thats just abuse.

[@mrkiky]

@@raymonherrera3358 Well fact of the matter is that stuff like "block with the flat and cut with the edge" doesn't really hold up in practice. What if you hit a metal part? What if your opponent blocks with the flat and you end up striking with the edge? Yea maybe keeping that in mind is gonna keep your edge for longer, but it's still gonna get dull at times. And another fact of the matter is that there are in fact surviving examples of blades with a secondary bevel, so it did happen. If I remember correctly, Matt Easton has a video on it.

[@dennismurphy3971]

I have a modest collection of Japanese swords and have spent the last 50 years (I’m 76) studying them. A sword does not have to be signed. The greatest swordsmith in history, Masamune, did not sign many of his blades. The best sword in my collection is an unsigned wakizashi that I submitted to a team of Japanese experts for papers. It is 300 years old. The thing is that I have seen so many once valuable antiques, both Western and Asian, totally f***ked up , and its collector value destroyed , when some idiot thinks he can make it look better without knowing what he is doing.

[@Yurei_Dokuro]

Quedo espectacular esa shirasaya.

[@user-ry2td3zj4g]

OMG! I AM VERY SAD...... This is the same for Japanese swords and kitchen knives. If you do not sharpen the Japanese sword properly, the sword will be damaged. If it is a superficial rust, the Japanese sword can be properly revived. If possible, I recommend that you ask a specialty store.

[@user-cg8gn1tt3g]

刀の中子磨くの？　アホちゃうか

[@user-gj7pw1bv9y]

文化を破壊するって快楽ですかね？

[@Steveshappylittletrees]

I knew this was going to be bad when I saw you banging the Habaki off with the tip of a screwdriver 👍

[@lrforgelaguna8918]

Just a suggestion sir next time if you are going to restore another japanese blade please don't clean the tang, you are going to ruin the value of the sword it tells how many years old the sword is and what era is the possible production of it even if there is no swordsmith signature and for your restoration please examine the whole blade first if there is bent or dents you need to it fix it. Restoring japanese blade has rules the back of the blade first then the upper part of ridge line then the flat part of the blade called ji if there is dents you need to flatten the edge in order to remove the dent and you can set it again and lastly the point part or the Kissaki Polishing japanese blades is like restoring a expensive paintings you need to be careful on restoring it as the Japanese polisher said "Polishing Japanese sword is not that easy like restoring knives"

[@hailongdoan7190]

Mh thấy tiếc cho lưỡi kiếm quá, bạn làm hỏng nó rồi. Có thể bạn nên tìm hiểu thêm về kiếm Nhật Bản.

[@asakusabase4296]

Tôi hiện đang học kiếm Nhật. Tôi sẽ cố gắng nâng cao trình độ của mình. Cảm ơn vì lời khuyên của bạn.

[@yeti385]

Such a shame u destroyed that blade 😞

[@ashwayn]

let it rust then

[@ivorygem5758]

Just made a sheath and handle for an old saber myself... F them... Advise them to stay away from the end of it... Good job...

[@RoninOfTheDead]

A lot of pained comments. But I think what killed the entire restoration is the "nakago" got rubbed as well as it is shouldn't, the hammering off the habaki is also a pain to see. But at least you didn't grindered the blade, you did a fair enough quality of a foundation polish there that can be refined by a real togishi easily unlike those other videos out there that totally destoyed the geometry of a blade, I liked it on that part. But there's still a lot of room to improve!, But what has been done on the pained parts can't be undone especially this one seems like a nihonto. I forgot to include, the yokote on the kissaki is also lost but a togishi can still revive that ridge.

[@nthegr8221]

This video along with the restoration was done 150 years ago... We've got a time traveller in our midst folks😊😊

[@MrGhostsword]

The moment you see the guy using a flat screw driver you know which direction this is going.

[@tinosifu2076]

What a professional way to distroy a Katana

[@zolero7055]

First I think that's a wakizashi because I estimate its length as being smaller than a regular katana. Then, sharpening the blade on a vibrating, almost swinging table instead of using a good, fixed workbench looks much of a barbarism than a restoration process to me. Maybe that's just me...

[@nickcallahan6543]

This had me squirming right from the use of a vice, banging a steel screw driver into a soft copper habaki to remove it, applying the stone to the sword, and I had to stop watching when he started on the Nakago with the stone, then I could only imagine the blade niku being ground out, the shinogi ruined and the hardest of all the Yokote and Kisaki geometry messed up. I was almost in tears ugh.

[@f11spikes57]

This blade already slice many gangsta..., nice work.👍👍👍

[@asakusabase4296]

Thanks for watching. I also leave it at home for self-defense.

[@f11spikes57]

@@asakusabase4296 Yeah absolutely buddy, you need it for emergency self def, is it honoured to you from your family decendent long time ago ?

[@asakusabase4296]

@@f11spikes57 I don't have any children, so maybe I'll give it to my relatives' children. ..

[@bocates4579]

So happy that he cut some stuff at the end.

[@robertlyon8009]

I was in the Philippines in 1989. My brother in law and I were crossing a dry rice paddy and came across a man digging with a Japanese sword blade. I have always regretted not trying to purchase that blade.

[@ehe4364]

Where in the Philippines?

[@JOEAPPLE007]

My Grandfather used to have a katana of the real Samurai, from Visayas and my mother used to tell me the defeat of japanese soldiers stories in their place, if you dig under the old trees you'll see a skull with golden items with it the stories says that japanese soldiers was forgotten at the end of WW2 are just sitting under those trees waiting for their death, alongside their steel bible "Katana" and my Grandfather used to collect one, and this was a real story and i do believe that this was similar to japanese folklores about samurais, that if the blade that was used in shedding too much Blood was those souls reaped crying out loud at the middle of the night, and my mom told me the same story in her childhood with this collected sword by grandpa her father, and i do believe that sword was a real Katana wielded by real bloodline of samurais, some katana with japanese soldiers was factory made which was fake, and some are real which used for a "Hundred" of years watch British Pathe

[@SeanCStark]

Many blades of inferior quality were sold to the sugarcane farmers many years ago. They might not have left the country otherwise.

[@Ambipie]

Must've been older than a katana. A somewhat older feudal sword blade would've been better suited to farm work. Hence Okinawan weaponry. Must've been really old

[@TheReal10bears]

First off he should have checked the "tang" for markings to see if it was made by a Japanese sword maker & how old it actually is before butchering it with those stones.

[@Mutum14Freestyling]

My oh my..my heart was in pain the as soon as he started grinding the sward with that stone...KATANA DESTROYER

[@104jbaldness]

この様にメチャクチャな研ぎをされ鎬も刃文も切先も無くなって中心の錆も落とされた、この動画の様な日本刀がこれ以上出ない様に海外に持ち出された日本刀を全て返してもらいたい。 呆れて言葉がでません。

[@fujiwaragayouato9303]

最近の新刀は古刀より切れ味が良くて人気がある

[@AstrixCloud]

@@fujiwaragayouato9303 古い刀が現代と比べてどれほど鋭いかは誰にもわかりません。

[@shaggyrumplenutz1610]

I knew when the WD40 and screwdriver were brought out this was going to be interesting.

[@weswright3187]

I read your comment before I watched the video, then subsequently decided to watch something else.

[@shaggyrumplenutz1610]

@@weswright3187 yeah, that may have been a good call because if you care about these blades it will make you sad, angry, or a bit of both. It was a "this is how you polish the tang of a nihonto" video.

[@ianllyodlimtago3131]

wow, you destroyed a 150 year old heritage and that folks you should never entrust your old blade on amateurs like these

[@lietus4192]

Better then buzzfeed

[@user-ej2it5lq4x]

日本人なん？ 日本で撮影してんならサビ刀でも登録してる刀でしょ。 見る人によっては文化財破壊に取られるよ。 練習するなら残欠で慣れてから研いだ方がいいし。 砥石とか研ぎ方とか今の時代調べれば出るからね。

[@asakusabase4296]

I live in Japan. Thank you for your advice. From now on, I plan to go to a proper place for sharpening lessons.

[@infozencentre]

Someone should show your video to police, you can be thrown out of Japan for this

[@makatadaito1351]

I've been forging Japanese blades though. You did a great job with that however the polishing process is a bit far from how we traditionally polish the blade The togishis job has this fundamental in handling swords -set the geometry -sharpen it at smoothest finishes -create smooth shiny surface -revealing the grains

[@asakusabase4296]

Thank you for pointing that out. The content that pointed out. -set the geometry -sharpen it at smoothest finishes -create smooth shiny surface -revealing the grains I think all of them are important. I would like to study carefully in my heart. thank you. See you.

[@nickriley4609]

Agreed the line or ridge that separates the "ha" and the "boshi" is almost if non existent but this is a good job..would like to have seen the sword smith's signature on the handle for being that old...then you could have it authenticated properly 😉

[@cletusspucklerstablejeaniu1059]

I was amazed at the video quality from 150 years ago ..... lol

[@gregf8167]

He did a terrible job and has no business to do it. Years of traditional training in Japan is what is needed.

[@gregf8167]

@@asakusabase4296 watching youtube and reading books and spending time with other amateurs is not even close to enough training to attempt to work on Nihonto. Period

[@michaelbatts7149]

Something I have to ask. How do you remove rust with a whetstone? Isn't that for sharpening the blade?

[@nikolapilska6288]

You destroyed this blade.

[@user-hyuga-hide]

刀が包丁に成り下がった瞬間！

[@user-mr6qp1ju1s]

ダメ🙅‍♂️全体的に研いたからピカピカになっちゃたね、もったいない！

[@mzmadmike]

To his credit, no angle grinder. He DID use water stones. Other than that, please don't do this. Contact an expert.

[@westswind]

あーあ・・・この世から日本刀がまた一つ消えたよ

[@Kentahareru]

柄（tuka）をもう少し長くして、研ぎをもう少し勉強したほうがいいと思いました。

[@donnyaxleasia]

OMG !!! why ??? WHY ??? WHY you have to destroy that sword ?? WHY ???? it was restorable in its previous condition, but your actions of "restoration" is literally killing it !!! my eyes especially hurt when you "cleaned" the nakago ... please, don't take me as rude, but PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RESTORE ANOTHER JAPANESE SWORD ... !!

[@wisono7857]

Pak, tolong dong bahas keris & pedang sri lanka kepunyaan date masamune

[@donnyaxleasia]

@@wisono7857 oh itu kan keris (bali, kemungkinan) sama kastane yang dibawa sama Hasekura Tsunenaga tahun 1620. Masalahnya nggak jelas dia dapetnya dari mana, kemungkinan itu dia dapatnya dari Manila, dan bukan dari Indonesia

[@wisono7857]

@@donnyaxleasia klo dhapur keris nya kepunyaan date masamuna kira2 apa ya pak.....? (Klo menurut perkiraan sya pas lihat gambar kerisnya kemungkinan keris nya ber dhapur sinom robyong, klo menurut pak Donny kerisnya ber dhapur apa ya.....?)

[@donnyaxleasia]

@@wisono7857 sinom robyong kan nama dhapur keris jawa, saya ragu itu keris jawa dan jujur tidak tahu nama dhapurnya

[@dearkaelsman5408]

Ooohhh Sword Restoration, 👏👏👏👏👏. 🍀

[@dustyfarmer]

Next time use an angle grinder & finish off with a wire wheel, you'll do less damage.

[@franciscoiborraalonso7825]

Que pena de restauración. Igual era una katana antigua y este manazas la ha jodido

[@Mokuzai-Onna.]

It just amazes me how anybody would allow the samurai sword to reach this horrible condition.

[@Ambipie]

It's an iron sword. This is age. They didn't have cures for iron back then and to see such a rusty sword is proof it was used

[@retroking59]

I'm surprised this footage has lasted for 150 years

[@cuchillos_medrano]

When restoration means absolute destruction....my god.

[@jonbottoms8988]

I can’t watch this. It’s killing me

[@PhantomOfTheMall]

Who, in their right mind, uses SHARPENING STONES TO CLEAN A BLADE?!?!? 🤬🤬🤬 I knew this was going to be a “train wreck” when I saw the stones being brought out at the start of the video!!

[@vangallamore7145]

Pacificknights I had the same bad feeling in my stomach as well. I mean just think if we did a time travel to the past with him and took him to a real maker of the wakizashi and katanas and they saw that abomination they would either kill him or themselves

[@hottempo]

this is deeply sad.... 150year history is gone now.

[@ICTPerformance268]

🇦🇬The removal of (all) rust from the nakago is not recommended, as this would help establish the age for the sword. Considering the way the habaki had to be removed, an exception would be made, as the flakes of rust would make it difficult to facilitate it’s ease of proper fitting and future removal for periodic maintenance. The unorthodox use of the whetstones is another story.🙏🏾

[@asakusabase4296]

Thanks for watching. I'm still a beginner when it comes to swords. Next, I will do my best.

[@tedblackburn8679]

@@asakusabase4296 I think you did fine , nice work. Not everyone is rich enough to send a sword to an "expert". Either watch a video and learn techniques or get your local blacksmith/machine shop to do it cheap (probably still an outrageous price). Cheers.

[@amsp531]

I am more impressed by number of opinions rightfully criticize improper restoration technique. Those Katana swards must only be restored by true experts, with proper knowledge and toolings, also materials. The sheath must be made of certain wood and two halves should be glued with melted rice for easy separation in periodical maintenance. By the way, I am glad to see you Western people appreciate our old swards, which are our cultural heritage, not just weapon... (From Japan)

[@timetraveler47yearsago50]

I'm not a katana expert so can you please explain the problem with his restoration🙂 Is it the blade pattern (hamon)

[@amsp531]

@@timetraveler47yearsago50 As some people commented, Katana maintenance / restoration need some skilful craftsmen each one specializing each job. For example, proper whetstone is very expensive and you have to train for many years to master the job. Life is too short to master all the skill, then　there are different groups to make single Katana.

[@timetraveler47yearsago50]

@@amsp531 so each katana are made by more than one person , Or only the restoration require more than one person,

[@drzaius8430]

Same applies to western swords, except we have one more issue yours don't. Your higher carbon content makes your swords rock hard so it's not easy to ruin the temper as katanas don't flex much if any. In Europe our sword should bend 150 to 190 degrees then flex back to true like a spring making our swords kind of freaky. This makes them great for stabbing thiner chain mail and the fine tips are made to get into armor gaps but I digress. Our issue is if this person used a whetstone to clean our swords they would turn into a noodle..... if the temper is ruined is on a European sword it either turns into glass or a noodle so great care MUST be taken especially with older sword and our thin blades and fine tips relay exclusively on the ability to bounce around and bend. This guy broke my soul ruining this sword but if i imagined an antique German sword being ruined this way.... keep in mind we don't have many swords left as it, we produced far more then Japan but we didn't pass them on. Many where left on the battle field and some where used to make other tools so we have to value every little bet of our history. To be blunt no sword should ever be dishonored this way.....

[@mrkiky]

@@drzaius8430 There's no point in a restoration where you'd ever be in danger of ruining the temper, it would require heating it to over 200 degrees C. Also, lots of surviving medieval European swords were not even heat treated at all, just left soft at 40HRC. The equivalent of mass produced "good enough" weapons for the common foot soldier that would mostly march with it and then maybe use it once or twice. The bit about bending 150 to 190 degrees and springing back is completely nonsense. There is no sword that can do that. Not even a 2m long thin rapier blade made of the springiest steel you can find. For a piece of steel to be able to do that it would have to be so long and so thin it would be inappropriately flimsy for a sword. We're imagining a band saw blade now, basically.

[@kull3114]

Cool, great work

[@williammitchell1864]

It's a wakazashi, (a short sword).

[@falco5150]

I'm certainly no expert on restoring antique swords but I know a fair amount about corrosion, metallurgy, and how to remove corrosion. The absolute last thing I would have done in this instance was use an abrasive to "restore" it. Chemical means of removal as well as some ultrasonic cleaning would've allowed the corrosion to be removed without destroying the existing steel. Maybe some fine steel wool lubricated with oil as well. Like I said, not an expert on antiques but I do know how to remove corrosion without destroying the piece. That being said, there is no way to fully restore this sword with that amount of rust short of reforging it - and even then, you just get a completely new sword thats just been forged with the old steel. The material that was lost to corrosion is just gone so at that point....any type of abrasive removal of material is just going to degrade the piece further and lower it's value. Beyond that, why the fuck would you use a whetstone as an abrasive to remove corrosion? Not only are you ruining the sword....you're also ruining the stone.

[@mrkiky]

I suppose polishing it with the same skill as when it was made would restore it to the same condition. After removing the rust chemically of course. Obviously it's not gonna be the same as before, but it will have the same surface quality and all the important lines and geometry, so I would consider that a good restoration. But it can't be done by any hobbyist.

[@ruddigerbillius5369]

Are you familiar with the togoshi process?

[@lornwell3669]

That looked like quite a healthy blade. A qualified polisher would have absolutely polished it back to its shape. But now too much steel will have to be removed to re-establish the ridgelines and i will be a tired blade with a fading hamon.

[@NR-cr762]

OMG, SMH! I have never seen oxidation removed from a blade in such a harsh manner . Its like he's making a Wakizashi and not restoring it. Can't believe how much he scratched up the blade. Probably did more damage than the rust. Sad!

[@asakusabase4296]

Thanks for watching. I will do sharpening research to aim for the top. Sorry for the unpleasant video.

[@dalecosselman6941]

Better than it was

[@popolele4738]

Beautiful ^o^

[@davidgofman4306]

Всё это хорошо но где линия хамон? Если это мечь в 150 лет то хамон должен быть. По-моему это хорошая подделка.

[@asakusabase4296]

Привет. Как вы отметили, здесь нет волновых линий. Когда я купил это, мне сказали, что ему 150 лет, но похоже, что это была ошибка. На меня указали другие люди. извиняюсь.

[@user-ic3wp1hs8y]

Линия хамон видна после травления в какой либо кислоте.

[@johnphilipdesesto4159]

Better stay on kitchen knives or hammers or whatever. You are further devaluating Japanese swords.

[@TheDarrinmcarter]

You just took something that a group of people spent weeks of their life working on and trashed I hope you're happy he just took something of the history of Japan and trashed it I hope you're happy

[@ajbueno2192]

Watching that hurt until into my soul.

[@nickr7080]

OMG this was terrifying do not ever touch or think about touching a sword from anywhere ever again

[@Archiemonty]

So you restored it 150yrs. ago?and why on earth are you using the stone(s) as sandpaper⁉ Can just picture Japanese sword makers getting nightmares from watching this..

[@asakusabase4296]

Thanks for watching. I will do sharpening research to aim for the top. Sorry for the unpleasant video.

[@andychang3567]

This blade is worth to be taken care 。

[@user-pb5qd5yi2d]

ナカゴを磨きよった...

[@jtommygun]

sorry man. if you had started with a modern rusty knife i would say "good job, you turned a $5 pile of rust into a shiny $100 knife" but since you started with an 150 years old piece i have to say "Gee, you turn an antique into a shiny $100 butcher knife" sad

[@user-kc6ne3dd2b]

さすがわ外人。多分、中子まで研ぐと思ったわ。意味が解ってない最悪😞⤵️⤵️

[@hmsiidc-ltda5297]

VERY GOOD

[@nato6974]

只の鏡面仕上げの鋼、ちゃんと研がないので鎬や波紋が消えているうえに葉佩に切羽を嚙ましていない等、 マグロ包丁の方がよっぽど出来が良い。

[@chrismiron1703]

Oh my dear lord, where to even start. My first instinct is to get into a rather long, detailed tangent here. However, I’ll try to condense and just point out a few things . -First, like many others have already stated, this sword is now destroyed . There is a very good reason why togishi train and study for over a decade before they are capable of actually restoring a Japanese sword. Sword polishing is A HIGHLY SKILLED ART that should never,ever,under any circumstances be attempted by an amateur. Period. - To all the folks on here praising him for doing a “good job”, of making statements like “ it’s better than it was”, or even making suggestions as to what he could have done differently....just...STOP. Please. Seriously, knock it off and for the love of all that is decent shut the hell up! If you are even THINKING about praising the wanton destruction of a piece of history as we’ve just witnessed, you quite obviously do not know anything about Japanese swords and have no idea what you’re talking about when it comes to the restoration of one. All your praise and pats on the back here will only serve to perpetuate this type of thinking and pass it on like a plague to yet more unknowing people. - Ok, so....not ALL Japanese swords were signed by the smith. Also, there are many, many very fine works may have started its life as a tachi and later shortened in order to fit the “new “ style katana furniture. This happened for a couple reasons . One is because the katana became the dominant style of long sword carried by the samurai class and it is worn blade up and mounted/ slid into the obi ( belt). The tachi were much longer blades which were worn by suspending be 2 cords from the obi and mounted edge DOWN . When the blades were shortened, the shortening was done at the nakago (tang) portion of the blade as opposed to cutting off the end of the actual blade itself. This chopping off of part of the tang often resulted in loss of mei( signature) and therefore made the artisan who crafted it somewhat difficult to identify. - the Japanese sword, as mentioned earlier, does NOT have a secondary bevel on its edge. Therefore, it can’t be “sharpened”. The Japanese sword has a “convex” shape which kinda resembles an apple seed. The sharp edge portion actually starts back at the shinogi ( the dividing line between the edge part and flat part/ spine ) and gracefully sweeps down to the edge. Because of this, the shaping , polishing, detail highlighting, and sharpening all happen at the same time and during the same very long and tedious process. This is the sword polisher’s job. If you are lucky enough to own a Japanese sword and want to have it brought back to its former beauty and luster, you must research and find a QUALIFIED Japanese sword polisher to restore it for you. The waiting list will be long and the cost will be great. However, such an astonishingly skilled art like this should not be cheap by any means. It is very time consuming and the polisher has devoted many years of his life studying directly under a polisher who has long since mastered the craft. Folks, when all is said and done, educate yourselves before ignorantly jumping into a conversation regarding a topic you know nothing about in order to add your two cents. This IS KZbin after all.....look up some videos and educate yourself. Ok, tangent over. Carry on......

[@rev.jimjonesandthekool-aid4488]

Ok Karen

[@chrismiron1703]

Of course! A Karen for calling someone out for destroying a piece of history and offering some insight to someone who is obviously ignorant! Silly me!

[@LinksRoyal]

@@rev.jimjonesandthekool-aid4488 lol thats the insult you can come up with on a guy who has clearly done his research and knows his stuff? pathetic. Thank you Chris Miron for sharing your knowledge! its a good read.

[@GUNSLI0LOVE]

The Japanese sword is no longer worth it because you have removed the rust on the Nakago. You have stolen 150 years of history. What you did was destroy the Japanese sword, not repair it. Please consult an expert.

[@pijnto]

Absolutely no clue the sword has now been almost ruined, good thing it is only a cheap blade most likely a replica, I very much doubt it is a 150 years old

[@lablackzed]

Pheasants blade.

[@user-fp5oi6bo5d]

あーあ、やっちゃった、、、。

[@user-ph9bb1bi2o]

なんということを・・・。ただ錆を落とせばいいってもんじゃない。鎬や横手だって削ってしまっているし、なにより茎に砥石をあてるなんて狂気の沙汰。消えてしまった時代はもう取り戻せない。個人的な感想としては文化財の破壊動画としか思えない。