This is all the tutorials, facts, tips and hints about swordmaking all gathered into one news topic. The League of Swordmakers exists to gather all the swordmakers of DeviantArt together. However if people would like to become swordmakers then they need knowledge about swordmaking. So people who are intrested in swordmaking are shown this news topic. It contains all the knowledge about swordmaking made on DeviantArt. However this mainly deals with building eastern swords namely katana's. By learning how to make Katana's, you can use that knowledge to make other swords. This News Topic will be updated with new tutorials.
Now If you have no knowledge what so ever about woodworking, or how to handle types of tools properly, I advise using the Beginner Level of swordmaking. You will learn how the basic parts of a sword come together.


You have familiarised yourself with the basics of swordmaking, so you will learn how to improve the quality of the swords you make. You know how a sword comes together, but you will learn how to make the sword look elegant.


You have mastered all the basics skills of swordmaking. You will be making a sword with every single component included in the construction. The sword will have a perfect grade quality and will be a truly flawless sword.
This is the most basic type of handle wrapping that you can use. However this tutorial will teach you how to cleanly wrap your sword handles with electrical tape. It looks the worst however its the easiest to learn, but comes in limited colors.

Cloth tape can be hard to find, but it looks much better then electrical tape. You will be using one continuous strip of cloth tape, while twisting it and wrapping it around the sword handle.
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Now you will be using ribbon which comes in a variety of different colours. This is a double knot tsukamaki design, where you will be twisting the ribbon twice around on the sword handle.

This is one of the traditional methods of tsukamaki which is used on actual swords. Unlike a double knot, you will only knot the ribbon once in a certain angle around on the sword handle.

These tutorials help improve certain skills you have learnt in intermediate level swordmaking. However if you are already at an advanced level in swordmaking then you do not require them.

If you want to make a sheath for your sword then there are 3 different techniques. The first is Trench Carving, the second is Box Making and the third is Sandwiching. They are not ranked in difficulty but just some are more stronger then others.
Now the only difficult part when it comes to painting swords is trying to get a great metal texture for the blade. That is where this wonderful tutorial comes in teaching you how to make a metal-like blade.
If you want to make a sword, then you first must know inside out all the exact terms of the differents parts of the sword you are making. Once you have that knowledge you will understand how they help work together to construct the sword.

These are tutorials that do not fit anywhere else. They might be outdated, or old however they might be useful to you.


Tensa Zangetsu, Sode No Shirayuki and Benihime































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