My personal Katana - Maker style

Last crawled date: 6 years, 2 months ago

One year ago, I printed and exposed in our Lab in Milan one Katana, using a one piece 3D model made by Gungn1r: www.thingiverse.com/thing:351917
I spitted his model in parts and then assembled, it was a long job but the result was estetically great... You can see some picture on our website www.italymaker.com

The thing I didn't like was that the printed katana was a lot fragile, impossibile just to play with it or handle for fun. The polymers are completely different from metal, and the weight and feeling wasn't the best.
So recently I decided to project my own katana, adding an interior 6 mm threaded rod from the bottom to top to increase robustness and stiffness, to create a real "Maker Style" katana, expecially designed for 3d printing.
At the same time, I had fun to design a new concept of blade, respecting the traditional shapes but introducing a "Maker look" with holes that show the rod inside.
I personally designed the Kashira and the Tsuba, and I made a realistic samegawa.
As you can see, the theme of my work is the cherry flowers, you can see them in the Hamon, in the Kashira and Tsuba.
After that, I printed all the parts in a new, very strong ABS material, assembled with acetone glue.
All you need is the 6 mm rod and... a lot of patience! :) All the best!

If you need, I'm ready to print it for you, just ask.