Fujitora
Issho, more commonly known by his alias, Fujitora, is an admiral in the Marines. Issho is strongly against the Marines dogma of "Absolute Justice" and is extremely vocal in his opposition of it. His disgust with the corruption and evil in the world was so great that he had intentionally blinded himself many years ago in order to avoid ever seeing it again.
I was Commisioned to make Fujitora's cane sword for a friend named Tom Stribley. Being that it was a non decorated katana I chose to examine the remainder of my Katana Blanks and chose one of the smoothest and staightest blanks.
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Being that the sword has a visible wood grain finish, I had to prepare the Body of the swords to a high level of finish, meaning that I progressively sanded this piece up to 700 grit sandpaper before even applying any varnish.
I also sanded the Blade extensivly against a custom sanding block, allowing me to refine the thickness of the blade aswell as giving it a suitable light bevel.
Being that I wanted a smooth application with no streaks I looked in all hardware stores for a aerosol varnish.
Firstly I masked off the handle and a section of blade before painting the Habaki in Gold and when it was done I masked the Habaki and a section of the blade before forcing the scabbard into place, allowing me to be able to varnish both the handle and scabbard simultaneously. After the first coat I sanded down the raised grain using 700 grit sandpaper, before giving the prop two more coats of varnish, sanding between the layers.
I finished off by applying Aluminium tape to the blade, but decided not to dull the finish with 000 wire wool as it looked remarkably accurate and I did not want to cause any un-due police activity cause of a realistic replica.
I also sanded the Blade extensivly against a custom sanding block, allowing me to refine the thickness of the blade aswell as giving it a suitable light bevel.
Being that I wanted a smooth application with no streaks I looked in all hardware stores for a aerosol varnish.
Firstly I masked off the handle and a section of blade before painting the Habaki in Gold and when it was done I masked the Habaki and a section of the blade before forcing the scabbard into place, allowing me to be able to varnish both the handle and scabbard simultaneously. After the first coat I sanded down the raised grain using 700 grit sandpaper, before giving the prop two more coats of varnish, sanding between the layers.
I finished off by applying Aluminium tape to the blade, but decided not to dull the finish with 000 wire wool as it looked remarkably accurate and I did not want to cause any un-due police activity cause of a realistic replica.
Tom Stribley was pleased with the Final Product as it more than exceeded his expectation regardless of its simplicity.