Forging a Samurai sword, part 1, forging the blade.
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- Опубликовано: 11 мар 2021
- In this video I show my interpretation of the Japanese sword. I don’t want to rival or duplicate the blades made by the Japanese masters as I can not, I don’t have the skills or the time necessary to do this, maybe one day... I use modern day techniques and high alloyed steels fit for making a very good and resistant sword blade. But the methods I use are not authentic. The shape of the blade can be seen as a old curved Japanese blade form. The fuller is more late period. The fullering of the handle is authentic. As the parts of the blade handle have to follow though from the bottom of the tang.
The mono steel has been used in different authentic blades.
My goal is to make an artistic interpretation as a sort of homage. The materials used and methods will differ greatly as they normally do in my builds. 
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Married together the old technicals with the modern stuff and technicals, it should be result in an incredible Master Piece 👍
I heard his voice. I don't know what to do with myself anymore... i had this whole thing built up in my head of this mysterious blacksmith who never spoke a word but was a master at his craft. My world is shattered..
That was the camera man not him. Im sure of it.
@@tangoxrayniner5659 The tripod??? He is the camera man lol
@@mikerphone. SHUT YOUR MOUTH HE DOESNT SPEAK.
Calm is key, focus. The tripod talked then. DO NOT BREAK OUR MYSTERIOUS BLACKSMITH.
Thank you. Continue on.
@@tangoxrayniner5659 I CAN'T UNDO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE!!
He spoke one word in two other videos of this type. One was more recent, he said ouch, the other was years ago. He does speak in videos where he's at a public fare making a sword in his mobile shop.
I've been waiting for something like this for a long time
Same can u make a pipe tomahawk
Isn't curve of a blade must happen during heath treatment process instead of doing it by hummer?
In traditional japanese forging the curve happens because of the 2 types of Steel (or Iron and Steel) they use in the spine of the blade. Since he is using Steel he has to make the curvature since it wont happen by itself.
@@sandhornoy well i saw don't remember ,maybe man at arms do modern katana from steel and they do more curve to blade and in heat treatment process in oil it straightened little and blade gain form of katana. I think here he can't make it because of damask pattern, for trick like that blade must be made from two layer's of metal (hard for edge and soft for spine).
This is what I've wanted to watch from you for a long time.
This guy is awesome no words just hard forging to perfection .. a true spirit of iron .. 👏
Freerk you best blacksmith. I'm worshipping your everi work.
I can't wait for the next part! The pattern in this blade is quite interesting and I love how deep the curvature is. Should be an amazing cutter!
Love the pattern, can't wait to see it finished
It’s A Miracle 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 (also your blade is almost like a Tachi style it’s awesome 😎)
It's only been years, that we have all been waiting.
Beautifully forged sword. Love its shape.👍👍🔥🔥🔥
Omfg!!!! You are a true master in all aspects of the word!!! I would be honored to own a fire and ice soul ....
I love your work. To me you are a master. Thank you.
While I greatly appreciate the time and skill that you invest in your incredible work, I find that watching you create these masterpieces is quite relaxing. 👍
all my respect is yours. I also found his work so far beautiful. I have seen all the videos and they are all master work. I really hoped he would make a samurai sword once and finally here. thank you very much. it will surely be as perfect as his work so far.
It's more like a scimitar than a katana, but it Will Keal?
OH YEAH, LOOKIN DOPE. I can't wait for that sword I commissioned to be ready!
What steels were used in the stack up?
Fantastic work, you are such the perfectionist! The right trade to be in for sure. You actually take the time to clean off the scale in between machine presses......smooth 😁 That Damascus pattern was worth all the work though!!
Nice job on that fuller!
Cant unread *coleslaw sweden* at 17:30
This sword is unique. It has the curvature of Swords up to Muromachi Period (like Tachi)
but has a blade profile like later Katana.
It also strongly reminds me of some polish sabres because of the wide Fuller.
Yes. I don't whant to make a authentic replica. Just something based on the Japanese blades with lots of personal interpretation.
@@freerkwieringa275 I would take your sword over many authentic Nihonto. We all enjoy your unique, robust style which is your unmistakable trademark.
I hope the tsuba, fuchi and kashira of the grip will turn out to be the typical Japanese in shape but Wieringa in aesthetic: sturdy, steel colored parts with dark wood handle.
Magnifica come al solito 👍
Good job thank you !
Good work man
I was waiting for this
Beautiful damascus blade
Me gusta mucho quisiera poder comprar algo de su trabajo usted es un gran maestro saludos desde Colombia
Awesome
That moment when you see the fuller dye "that's cheating! Why didn't I think of that"
Beautiful as always. I wonder if you’ll clay heat treat it or not. Also I might be seeing things but does it look too curved for a katana/Tachi?
there are very curved versions. I prefer the look of them.
Japanese would have something to say about the Samurainess of this sword (none of that are real words) but I kind of like it...
Real samurai swords are hard to find even in japan, they are regulated by the gov. so not many people do them.
indeed. it's jsut another sabre, but a well-looking sabre, I'd have to admit.
let's see the fittings, they could probably add some "samurainess" to the project
@@wills5482 That's a shame
Woow...keren👍👍
Can someone please explain what that metal box of sand is used for
We was waiting
I see an upload from Freerk, I upvote!!
This isn’t Reddit 🤮
One of the few that cud actually competing with an original
What kind of metal did u start off with?
Потрясающе!!!!!!!!!!
Great!
Could you please tell me how much for a samurai or katana sword
By Samurai Sword you mean Katana?, but the curvature looks more like a Tachi, and why have the Bo-Hi all the way to the end of the Nakago??, hope the second one shows..
Love to watch the contaminations ooze out of the billet in the press
what steel do u use?
I know its a samurai sword but what type of samurai sword are you going for?
early period blade curve. mixed with late period style fuller mixed with modern steel.
incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. your first katana just looks amazing! can you make a claymore also?
I think it's pretty high class metal with less impurities he uses. Does it matter to reforge it again and again?
The blade looks awesome, even considering that the curvature is a bit excessive.
What is the purpose of the fuller?
The same as with any fuller. Additionally, in Japanese swords that have a bo-hi, it was usually much less wide than Western swords, and it served as an alignment tool - when swung, the movement of air past the bo-hi would give a characteristic sound. A swing with the blade not aligned perpendicular to the cut would sound different to properly aligned.
@@sonoffenix3399 what does "any fuller" do? removing material makes It more resistant?
@@ramonzeira My apologies. I shouldn't have assumed. A fuller removes mass from the blade, while maintaining almost all of its bending resistance.
Over drie maanden is het zwaard klaar?
always wondering, what is the powder and what does it do?
The powder he adds to the billet with a spoon? That's borax, used as flux to keep oxygen from creating iron oxide between the layers and removes any dirt or debris when forge welded. Without flux you get allot of issues with delamination.
@@JETWTF thank you very much
Endlich. 😍😍 ich kann schon keine witcher Schwerter mehr sehen.
Goed om te zien👍
Is het te koop???
Наконец то мастер сделал ящик для флюса
Yyeaah...thats what they call, your ''Ģrandpas Samuræis Swordz'!!
Thats quite a curve. Rare to see someone do an older style japanese sword rather than the late Katana styles with a gentle curve to them.
Incredibly disappointed that it wasnt done with water quenching, but i suppose its less risky to simply forge it into a curve.
Also the blade is made of the same steel throughout, if i saw that right? Same material at the core and the spine as it is on the edge?
It isn't done yet. I expect heat treatment of the blade will be the next video. I'm fairly certain some sort of quenching will be done at that stage.
edit: I did read a bit more about Japanese sword-smithing and it is a different forging process. Regardless, there will be a heat treatment part next.
yes, it was a choice based on the time I got to make it. remember most real samurai swords take moths to make and can cost 10s of thousands of dollars. I only have a few weeks. I prefer the curved blades form a esthetic point of view.
@@freerkwieringa275 I've been thinking about that , actually. You've made a taco sanmai big knife before, if I remember right? That's literally all that *kobuse* (which is the majority method of making katana) construction is, just you put soft inside hard steels, the other way around. It's possible, and given the skill youv'e expressed on every project, I can see it coming out really well for you.
@@sonoffenix3399 yes. But than again San mai is a bit different. Maybe in the future when I have a feel of this type of blade I will accept more assignments and do more experiments / authentic methods.
@@freerkwieringa275 Can't wait to see what comes next, Freerk :-)
very nice damask blade. maybe the arch is a bit big but it's nice
What types of steel did you use?
If you look at Freerk's previous videos you'll see he usually makes his pattern welded billets from AISI O2/1.2842 and 45NiCrMo16/1.2767 steels
@@sonoffenix3399 thank you I really want to get into blade making eventually but I know nothing about it right now
By the way was that some rain drop damascus you were doing with the drill press at roughly 10:45
yes. I usually do.
correct
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Its more sabre than katana, but still nice blade. If you want more samurai Katana then pay more attention to the blade shape, shinogi and kissaki for instance.
Freerk, we all love your work. You are literally the most impressive Blacksmith out there. My question is, would you be interested in dubbing over your videos or just a video to explain your processes. I would love to do what you do. As a hobby, but not sure how to start and there is a lot of misinformation out there. Thanks,
i am thinking of doing this in the future with old footage, maybe making some specials that explain different parts of the work. would people be interested in this?
Most certainly
05:41 只有创造,才是真正的享受,只有拚搏,才是充实的生活。
Finally KATANA TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMEEEEEE!!!!!!!
just don’t pay attention to that 1 dislike lol 😂
Who da fack disliking Freerk's vids? They can do better? Dudes an artist!
A top Japanese sword maker would be impressed.
wait what!
thought id never see ya do a katana.
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👍👍👍⚔️🔥
What a beautiful curve this blade has. This build will be great to follow. Off kilter and accepting we are all own keepers, I cannot fathom what the one person who did not like this film was expecting to see - Masamune-san himself back from the dead, finishing one last blade. Perhaps a Wesley Snipes cameo, or one of those bladesmiths, suffering from verbal diarrhoea, quietly advertising anything and everything. You may wish to amend your choice if enlightment ever visits you.
thank you! the Japanese sword brings out allot of opinions.
14:36 is it just me or does it just sounnnnddd like a sword now?
Привет Фрирк!!!! Ты из викинга решил переквалифицироваться во флибустьера, или в козака????!!!!🤔🤔🤔😄😄😄 Как ВСЕГДА ПРЕКРАСНАЯ РАБОТА Фрирк!!!!
''the circle is now complete'' (Star Wars cit.)
Hello!Can you make a Japanese katana?I think everyone will be interested.
Finily katana!)
Realy cool and Nice can u make a pipe tomahawk God bless you groeten uit Friesland edwin de vries 15 jaar
im so damn confused, is he making 3 blades? and also whats with the blackboard? omg i just realized he folding it isnt he and the number hes writing is the number of folds.... *facepalm*
👌👍💯🐬😎
Это шашка получается , а не катана 😂
Waanzinnig patroon man
Sir pls forged a NINJATO pls. Marvelous job💯👍
Learn how to spell please, please.
nice work. but the blade looks like a saber
Ah so Master Wieringa
Freerk Hanzo
great work, however it looks more like a cutlass at this point than a katana.
Omg he has done it. He crossed the treshold....
Jokes aside, what did think of it ? Did it felt somewhat different ?
yes it is different. the movements to make it and the feel.
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The Japanese swordsmiths of olden time could only dream of the materials , gear and technique you use. Believe me , those guys would jump at the chance to use a proper forge press , instead of days of hammering on a glowing billet :)
No they wouldnt, many of the older smith in japan today still use the tools they have for 800 years, to use modern machinery would not give the sword a soul, without the soul the sword is just iron...
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初めて悪くない
waaaaaaaao
刀 太刀 ♥️
I want 🤤
I have in my possession a magical sword of the heavens forged inner world of valerian steel.... I can send picks ... however I need some work done as the guard being .999 pure brass got bent out of true .... I also need a magical scabbard for someone sold the one to this with a shitty sword... thank god I guess it wasn’t this sword!!!!!
Typically there would be a shinogi (upper flat) with the hi (groove) cut into it; you just have the groove. It's sort of katana-shaped but what you have there is some kind of sabre. (Also the large hi forced the blade to be fairly thick, which will compromise its cutting ability by changing the edge angle and also makes it unattractive)
There is loads of information on how to make nihon-to, and there are so many smiths who are too lazy to the basic research, instead producing this sort of ugly machete-like thing, when a bit more work and some study would result in something far better. I know you're capable of good work; why did you waste your time by not doing a bit of study?
The samurai sward has been making two different metal material. One is like a core part and then other one is like a cover part. The core part start the curving for making itself harder with the final heating and cooling down. The cover part does not crack easily because it soft and the core part does not bent easily because it hard.
Слишком изогнут клинок просто сабля или шашка получилась
日本刀の形だけまねたただのでっかい西洋ナイフだね。日本刀じゃない。
Man, This is not the Japanese way 0f making a swords..
I know you are a good sword maker , but a Katana is a different ball game my friend . There is a video on RUclips how to correctly make one .
too much curved, more a scimitar than a katana... and japanese saber are not made of damascus but of strong steel (hagani) around a mild steel core (shingani), both coming from Tamahagane : the Kobuse structure comes from WWII but there are 9 different "recipes" using hagani (high carbon), kawagani (medium carbon) & shingani (low carbon) in different parts of the blade...
Lol what a professional!!! So you forge one of tamahagane which is only located in China and Japan .... this is America and that’s a fine American katana!!!!! I have a sword of valerian steel that will chop any katana in half with one fell swoop!!!! Guaranteed!!!!
@@scottandrews8067 a japanese sword isn't only any metal in the shape of a katana, it's a whole process, starting with a lot of time selecting the different types of carbon ratios aka strenght/flexibility, passing through the best part of the blade for each one to get a good balancing between flexibilty and strength and ending with the sharpening and the mounting... you can't do a katana with a factory, it's like a suiss watch, the craftman experience is 90% of the job.
You can't call a sword "katana" while heating a modern steel in a gaz forge and hammering it with an hydraulic press... not my fault if when masters were doing katanas in japan, your ancesters were only giving poisoned blankets to natives to stole their land... continue to forge guns, that's your land best crafting and it doesn't require any metal science, only big tools for big guys with big balls and big mouths. Art is not of your business, let it to pros