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Finally, I put together a step-by-step on how I made the sword for my Yamamoto cosplay. ^^ Sorry it's not very detailed. This is how I did mine and I like to find the easy way to approach making things(as long as it looks good in photo, right? 8D )

For more intense sword work, I recommend you to look at *chioky's tutorials on sword making: [link]

For how to handle wrapping, I followed this tutorial: [link]
Although I used a different wrapping material.

Finished product and more info on this sword here: [link]

Hope this helps people who want to try making similar props! :D Good luck guys~
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Mood: Joy ~mymusa313 Feb 10, 2013  Student Artist
Thanks♥ I need help about make a sword and this help me. :D
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~animegirl007 Sep 30, 2012
Thanks for the help :nod:
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~Hoshihime Aug 9, 2012
This might b really useful to me in the future, thank you~
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*red-cluster Sep 2, 2012
You're welcome~ Glad to hear. :)
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*Alexia-Muller Mar 16, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
interesting) what is gesso? ^^'
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*red-cluster Mar 17, 2012
[link] You can buy it from most craft/art store.
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Mood: Love ~zer0-tr3z Jan 4, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
may i ask the dimensions and kind of wood you used? and how long is it exactly when you were holding it? is it touching the floor os a feww inches of the floor something like that. :D

amazing tutorial by the way!! XD
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*red-cluster Jan 29, 2012
Sorry I'm not much help...but I'll tell you what i told other ppl who asked. The length of the sword should be according to your height. Every sword is not the same length, but for this particular one, in the anime, it seem to be a longer sword than usual. If you want a "proper" length for a Japanese sword, I heard somewhere that when you hold it with your arm along the side of your body, the tip should touch the ground. As for the handle of the sword, I usually go by 3-hands measurement. That is, you place your hand on a paper, and the width of your palm equal "one hand", and you triple that width to get the length of the sword handle. As for the kind of wood...I have no idea. XD As I said, I was pretty much a noob at working with wood when I made this sword, so basically, I just picked whatever looked good and cheap from Home Depot.
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Mood: Love ~ayahchan Dec 16, 2011
awesoooooooooome !!
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*red-cluster Dec 22, 2011
thank you! :D
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