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aurik
KF Sempai
Joined: 08 Nov 2016
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Location: Denver, CO
Styles: Shuri-Ryu, Uechi-Ryu
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 Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 9:22 am Post subject: Does anyone make their own weapons? |
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Two of my current hobbies right now are blacksmithing and woodworking, and some time ago I picked up a really nice slab of purpleheart (6.5's2"x8", with the intention of making a number of weapons out of it, starting with a bo staff. Well, I haven't gotten around to that (yet), since I always seem to have something else on my plate. However, I did just recently sign up for a 1 week class where I will be making a katana, including forging and heat-treating the blace (using clay to create a traditional hamon line), casting a tsuka out of bronze, constructing a traditional handle, covered in rayskin with the silk cord wrappings, and making a saya for it. I'm super excited! I'l definitely post pictures of the process and the end results after the class.
I've always been interested in blacksmithing, since I started playing D&D back in grade school. However, I never thought it was something you could actually do in this day and age. I then discovered the show "Forged in Fire" on the History Channel, and what do you know? There are actually people who do this stuff in the here and now! And I discovered that there are a number of people in my area who have been on the show (and some of them have won). So far I have a lot of incomplete projects, including a knife I made from the (old) timing chains from my truck. I've taken a few fundamentals classes, and a lot of various knifemaking classes, and now I'm at the point where I can do most of the basics with a bit of guidance here and there. It's something I find very therapeutic and great stress relief!
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bushido_man96
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Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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aurik
KF Sempai
Joined: 08 Nov 2016
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Location: Denver, CO
Styles: Shuri-Ryu, Uechi-Ryu
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| That sounds really cool! Do you have to supply the materials for the katana class? Or are they provided? I'm really interested in seeing how that goes for you! |
That's the beauty of this place. The price of the class includes all of the materials. They provide the W-2 steel, the clay, the wood, the rayskin, the bronze, the silk cords... everything. They do some add-ons for some of their classes, but again, they rpovide all of the materials and equipment.
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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
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Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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Only weapons I've ever made was a few crude Nunchaku's, Bo's, and Tonfa's. Not the skills like Noah has to forge weapons the require metals, like the Sai or Kama.
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bushido_man96
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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| Posted: Sun May 21, 2023 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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| aurik wrote: |
| bushido_man96 wrote: |
| That sounds really cool! Do you have to supply the materials for the katana class? Or are they provided? I'm really interested in seeing how that goes for you! |
That's the beauty of this place. The price of the class includes all of the materials. They provide the W-2 steel, the clay, the wood, the rayskin, the bronze, the silk cords... everything. They do some add-ons for some of their classes, but again, they rpovide all of the materials and equipment. |
That is really cool. How long is the class? Does it take place over the course of a couple of weeks? What is the cost, if you don't mind me asking?
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aurik
KF Sempai
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Location: Denver, CO
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| Posted: Sun May 21, 2023 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| aurik wrote: |
| bushido_man96 wrote: |
| That sounds really cool! Do you have to supply the materials for the katana class? Or are they provided? I'm really interested in seeing how that goes for you! |
That's the beauty of this place. The price of the class includes all of the materials. They provide the W-2 steel, the clay, the wood, the rayskin, the bronze, the silk cords... everything. They do some add-ons for some of their classes, but again, they rpovide all of the materials and equipment. |
That is really cool. How long is the class? Does it take place over the course of a couple of weeks? What is the cost, if you don't mind me asking? |
It is a 5 day class (35 hours total) that runs Monday through Friday. Cost for the class is $850.
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bushido_man96
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Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Hays, KS
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| aurik wrote: |
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| aurik wrote: |
| bushido_man96 wrote: |
| That sounds really cool! Do you have to supply the materials for the katana class? Or are they provided? I'm really interested in seeing how that goes for you! |
That's the beauty of this place. The price of the class includes all of the materials. They provide the W-2 steel, the clay, the wood, the rayskin, the bronze, the silk cords... everything. They do some add-ons for some of their classes, but again, they rpovide all of the materials and equipment. |
That is really cool. How long is the class? Does it take place over the course of a couple of weeks? What is the cost, if you don't mind me asking? |
It is a 5 day class (35 hours total) that runs Monday through Friday. Cost for the class is $850. |
Wow, pretty pricy, but worth it, for sure.
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