Inuyasha
Inuyasha, also known as Inuyasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008, with the chapters collected into 56 tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan.
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I made Inuyasha's Tessaiga, which is described in the Anime as well as the manga as a shabby, poorly taken care of Katana, which when unsheated transforms into a giant two handed falchion with Katana mounts. I chose to make the Sealed or Katana version of the Sword.
This project was 50% compete due to already having Katana Blanks.
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I started off by gathering reference material, including; colour, shape/design of Tsuba, colour of Tsuka Maki (Handle wrap), etc.
Using the Reference images I made a CAD drawing of the Tessaiga's tsuba, which I printed out and used it as a template to mark the Material. I chose to use 1cm thick Pine board, the pine board came in a variety of sizes at a fixed length, from 10mm wide to 100mm. I had decided that the tsuba would be 100mm Ø. I made sure that I marked the Tsuba with the Tang slot in line with the grain. After rough cutting the tsuba with a hack saw, I used a Surform to refine the shape. My reasons for its use instead of a Rasp or file were that the file would not remove enough material and its 'teeth' would become blocked and require cleaning. As for the Rasp, its teeth were too big and would have left grooves in the material. The Surform however has more bite than a file and due to it 'cheese grater style of cutter', the waste material can be removed comfortably while.
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I sanded the scabbard and gave it two coats of Black Acrylic spray paint, giving it a tough finish.
I bought some red Nylon rope, which I used to tie around the scabbard, ready for attaching it to a belt. I painted the handle white, before using a 20mm wide white cotton flat rope, for the katana wrap. Being that the fabric is a natural fiber it will eventually degrade into an appropriate style. Due to the porous nature of the Cotton, the 'dirt' and dust that accumulate on the haddle will darken it appropriately for the sword. It took me 30 minuites to do the wrap after having to learn it for the HAKUMEN sword. I simply primed and painted the pommel the gold colour shown. The tsuba and habaki were painted is the same gold as the other detail but I painted some extra details onto the tsuba using a fine brish and some model paints. |