It is amazing to see how much effort it takes to make a traditional katana sword. It is important to keep the traditional arts alive.

Came across this video by accident, I was at his forge in October. It was an amazing experience!!! He makes it look so easy.

There's been a trend lately of people trying to knock katanas off the pedestal it attained from popular culture. While the swords have definitely been excessively glorified, I think the attempts to counteract their popularity has been excessive and ignorant in their own right. Examples include people who ridicule the fact that katanas were traditionally made with very low quality iron, especially compared to swords in the West during the same time period. While smelting processes in Japan were historically quite poor, the fact that they were able to forge such fantastic swords (which could meet or exceed the quality of their Western counterparts) DESPITE using impure metals is a testament to their unique quality, not their detriment. It was certainly a lot of extra work at the time, but the end result was legendary for a reason. I've also seen well-known internet "weapons experts" try to bash the utility of katanas, only to inadvertently highlight their excellent qualities, and then immediately try to downplay their own words. Yes, katanas aren't the sharpest swords, the hardest swords, or the most flexible swords; in any one of many categories, there will always be something better. But the strength of the katana is in how they have an excellent balance of important qualities, which allows them to perform in a way that exceeds blades with otherwise superior singular properties. Case in point, the "weapon expert" tried to show how katanas cut the same or worse than other swords of similar sharpness, but inadvertently realized that the sword was balanced and shaped in a way that made the cut much easier to perform and less likely to shift or deflect on impact. Instead of acknowledging how that's the WHOLE POINT of a good sword, he downplayed it by essentially saying "yeah, it just makes it a little easier to cut; that doesn't mean it's sharper, stronger or better." Katanas aren't perfect. No weapon is. And I can easily name a few ways and scenarios where I'd gladly take a European longsword over a tachi or an uchigatana (having that second edge can open up a whole variety of attack avenues that single-edged blades don't have). But desperately trying to besmirch one class of weapon in order to glorify your personal preference is pretty sad. Sorry, this is a long tangential comment that has very little to do with this video, but something about seeing a man hard at work forging a katana made all this come to mind.

I envy this man. I dream of being able to make something for a purpose, even if it's not a sword, farming tools would be enough. But, sadly, here in the U.S, everything is industrialized and automated, so there's hardly any need for tools like that anymore. To make something with care and feeling like it means something to both you as the maker, and for the buyer who will appreciate something that will last generations of use. Even if as a hobby, I hope I can do something like this someday.

i also want a katana for myself . Love from Northeast india and money is not enough for your effort.

Very good video! I love how something so beautiful as a katana originally started off as a few pieces of rock or scrap metal!

I just love katanas more now

Another excellent video. It's very interesting to see the process!!!

I'm a Filipino and I love to learn how to make a katana. japanese are experts of making a katana I hope I have a japanese master 💪💪💪💪💪♥️♥️♥️

Thank you for such an informative and amazing video 🙏

Excellent video!

It's pretty much like this way of how a katana is made. But this footage is definitely 2nd part of the forging. The first part is about melting iron sands, and then breaking it off to separate the hard metal and the softer metals. Expensive katana have soft core like hotdog buns with hard metal outside and soft metal inside to absorb impact/vibrations from strikes to prevent breaking. This one right here is probably full hard metal, and ready made for reshaping since he's the only one forging his own crafts.

Would love to make a sword like this!

Its so intresting to see how a katana is forged!

Now that would be amazing to do learn how to make a proper Samurai sword one like they made way back in the old times the times b4 they had real tools

FEEL MY HAMON BEAT!!!

How do you get the blade to curve, does it get it's shape from being hammered or does the heat eventually create a curve on the blade?

phenomenal video

I want a reverse sword like Himura Battousai

The Katana Rhetorical Questions I myself pose to one wishing to posses an original hand crafted Katana unique with its own DNA if you would express it in those terms. 1. What comes first learning the earth and blossom or learning the Katana itself? 2. What is the difference between the Katana Blade and the skin on ones hand or body? 3. From the craftsmand knowledge and wisdom, what is the constant battle in the craftmans mind between scorpion, subzero and raiden in yielding a blade of perfection? 4. Given the Katana was born in times of ancient temples to what ends of the earth would the craftsman have travelled to gain the resources needed? 5. How is a katana exumed from its sheath A) Drawn B) Pulled C) Exumed Or D)Summond 6. Is each Katana yielded identically in lengthy battle? 7. How is the craftsmans work and effort preserved in use of the blade?

U KNOW WHY IM HERE?...BECAUSE THIS CHANNEL DOCUMENTARY NOT INCLUDE MANY TALK IN VIDEO WHEN SMITH KATANA WORKING...AND THE BACKSOUND SO SMALL AND NICE TO HEAR...

I see your beating the metal to harden it good very good many might pour like water into mould

Forges

It's honorable work. But it's gotta be hella stressful and boring in the long run, especially having to do it so manually

Embarrassing to claim this is how a Katana is made. Take a block of steel and hammer it into shape, really?? The real process involves carefully selecting individual pieces of ore for hardness and moulding them together, then folding them, then combining them to a softer piece of metal using a slightly different ore, then heating and hardening, then polishing, checking for impurities and adding the Tsuka. I left out loads of detail that would make for an interesting video. I would never make one because I have literally one hours research on this subject and I have just shamed this video maker and the charlatan making money claiming to make Katanas. Compare this guys lump of metal to a picture of a Real Katana to see the lack of layers in this charlatans creation.

Umm that’s not how real blacksmithing starts off making a blade.. you already started off with a pre-hammered cut blade, then you going to expand it and shape it... You supposed to build your own billet, hammered out flat then shape it and mold it to the blade size.. you should be very ashamed of posting up this video of showing Japanese tutorial of building a blade your master should be ashamed as well…

Light a catana forge, with this gas flame ..?!?!? Guys, please ! It's for burn the pork skin. Ask a real master, how to light a forge. Really laugh !

The Katana Rhetorical Questions I myself pose to one wishing to posses an original hand crafted Katana unique with its own DNA if you would express it in those terms. 1. What comes first learning the earth and blossom or learning the Katana itself? 2. What is the difference between the Katana Blade and the skin on ones hand or body? 3. From the craftsmand knowledge and wisdom, what is the constant battle in the craftmans mind between scorpion, subzero and raiden in yielding a blade of perfection? 4. Given the Katana was born in times of ancient temples to what ends of the earth would the craftsman have travelled to gain the resources needed? 5. How is a katana exumed from its sheath A) Drawn B) Pulled C) Exumed Or D)Summond 6. Is each Katana yielded identically in lengthy battle? 7. How is the craftsmans work and effort preserved in use of the blade? 8. And like Bruce Lee commented "Be like water" how does this affect Subzero and Raiden in Mortal combat.

The Katana Rhetorical Questions I myself pose to one wishing to posses an original hand crafted Katana unique with its own DNA if you would express it in those terms. 1. What comes first learning the earth and blossom or learning the Katana itself? 2. What is the difference between the Katana Blade and the skin on ones hand or body? 3. From the craftsmand knowledge and wisdom, what is the constant battle in the craftmans mind between scorpion, subzero and raiden in yielding a blade of perfection? 4. Given the Katana was born in times of ancient temples to what ends of the earth would the craftsman have travelled to gain the resources needed? 5. How is a katana exumed from its sheath A) Drawn B) Pulled C) Exumed Or D)Summond 6. Is each Katana yielded identically in lengthy battle? 7. How is the craftsmans work and effort preserved in use of the blade? 8. And like Bruce Lee commented "Be like water" how does this affect Subzero and Raiden in Mortal combat. 9. How is subzero effected in summoning his katana in mortal kombat? 10. What comes first the blossom or its polenators like the bee or moth or butterfly or bettle? 11. What is the difference between a moth and butterfly? 12. The interesting question is purifying molten atomic elelements in that time to craft the alloy. 13. When you think of the word Katana what thoughts enter your mind? 14. How can the original craftsman of the Katana aid DaVinchies concepts? This bamboo katana i have is not to my razor standard, I can not shave the hairs on my arm. I fix I told i fix now i can shave arm close to the brass tang