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Published: 2008-07-03 05:16:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 4954; Favourites: 93; Downloads: 96
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Tenza Zangetzu Ichigo's Bankai. Made of maple wood and cotton ribbon. The chain is made from the wire from two coat hangers, The blade was curved using a steamer box. I was shown an amazing coincidence about this sword. The balance point is just behind the hand guard. I never planned it, hell I never even thought of it. It just happened.Related content
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what finish or paint did you use for the blade?
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6 coats of primer and gloss black spray paint.
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sorry to correct, but it's not a katana, it's a chokuto.
(I'm NOT a know-it-all, but that's how it appeared in the anime)
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To be honest I really don't know the difference.
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a chokuto is a strait sword, and a katana is a curved blade.
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I did not know that. The straightness was mostly due to my inexperience. This was my first sword based on an actual sword.
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How long does it take you to make one on average
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Depends on the sword. If it is a first time around it can take a month. Some I can make in as little as six hours.
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wow have you ever tried to make Kenpachi's sword?
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I want to but it is a lot harder than it looks. That hand guard is amazingly complex.
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i can imagine, how did you get started in making them. My wife and I are looking at starting in to doing cosplay I am always looking for advice on how to make things like that. Makes it more authentic so to speak.
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I just thought it was something interesting to do. For the best tutorials go see Chioky Piratecaptain has some great tutorials on youtube. [link]
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perfect, beautifull and awesome incredible work in this Replica
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Well it's not really perfect I have learned a few things and invented a couple of tools that would let me make a better one. But I do like it. Looks like you want to try swordmaking let me know if you have any questions.
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Seriously?!I'll talk to my parents to see if they'll let me have it here at home
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correction of my last post, y finally upload my tensa zangetsu xD
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thank you for the advice! I decided to make the sword anyway... only need to paint it and i will upload it
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very nice!of all the Zampaktous this is my favorite one! I finally found a piece of wood to make a real zampaktou xD soo i think iยดm going to make a Tensa Zangetsu
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Thanks and good luck with yours. If you have any questions there's lots of help available.
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Thanks for the suport, actualy i have a question, the lenght of the blade...you see, mine is 82 cm aprox, but its seems that the real one is more big... i could not tell, by reading the manga and i thought that mine that is a litle more big that the blade of my bokken should work fine...
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The main problem with anime swords is that they keep changing their minds what they look like. Assuming that Ichigo stood 170cm I worked out that the blade was 92 cm. However I have seen them as long as 105cm. It's really your choice.
An example of how they change their mind Rukia's Sode changes 4 times in the first episode where we see it.
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No these are amazing. [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]
And the funniest Bleach picture I have seen [link]
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Wow O.O
Great thing about the balance point XD
What kind of paint/stain/whatever did you use on the blade?
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Just ordinary gloss black spray paint.
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couple ?'s:
1. how strong is the material?
2. is it practice worthy?
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You can practice with it as long as you don't hit anything because the blade is only 1/4" thick.
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Maple can be found in the frames of old couches. The maple for Tenza and Sode came from an old bed. Balsa can also be used but it isn't as strong as maple.
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that's really incredible! I wish I could do that...
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It's really not that hard if you have the tools.
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This looks fantastic, you've done a wonderful job!
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Thanks. The unfortunate thing about them is you really have to be able to hold them to really appreciate them. Sigh oh well.
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