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Kogatana & Kozuka: Making a Utility Knife for the Wakizashi

Black Beard Projects
2024 ж. 22 Мам.
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In this episode of my wakizashi series, I tackle one of the last pieces: the kogatana and the kozuka handle. The kozuka is a decorative handle fitting for the kogatana, a small utility knife that fits into a pocket on the saya.
Crafting the kogatana was quick and easy, using a scrap piece of raindrop damascus I had forged for another project. On the other hand, creating the kozuka proved to be a very long and tedious process.
The kozuka is made of shibuichi, a silver alloy consisting of 20% silver and 80% copper. The feather inlay is crafted from 800 silver (80% silver, 20% copper), matching the feather design of the menuki for consistency throughout the fittings. I experimented with a nanako punch background, a traditional pattern of small dots thought to resemble fish roe.
The process of folding the kozuka presented significant challenges, and in hindsight, I would have worked on the feather silver inlay after the fact to minimize the risk of it breaking off.
Unfortunately information about crafting methods for kozuka is scarce. Nonetheless, I believe my construction method is plausible, having carefully inspected the original pieces.
Overall, I'm very happy with how it turned out, and it's a joy to see all the pieces now made and finished. Only some finishing touches remain, which I'll work on asap, and then I'll create a recap video of the entire process.
Thank you all for following this journey and for your support. Your encouragement means a lot!
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0:00 Shibuichi Silver Alloy Plate Preparation
1:18 Engraving the Front of Kozuka
2:26 Silver Feather Inlay
2:44 Nanako Background Texture
3:57 Bending and Soldering the Kozuka
6:26 Finishing the Kozuka
7:12 Kogatana
8:51 Assembly and Result
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  • I’ve watched countless knife/sword videos on KZhead and none of them even come close to this. Every time I think you are done, another video comes out with even more incredible detail being created. This is amazing, I’ve loved watching this blade come to life 🖤

    @dannyberg4294@dannyberg42949 ай бұрын

    • I couldn't agree with you more. This is the best series I've seen, covering every aspect of craftsmanship.

      @davidvitale9338@davidvitale93389 ай бұрын

    • I agree. There's just something about BBP that really enhances the experience when you watch his videos. The speed of the video resulting in a perfect range of sound and the minimum background noises. It's so satisfying!! 😄 Edit: How could I forget about the precision?! A magnificent combination!!

      @KamalAdnanTheFirst@KamalAdnanTheFirst9 ай бұрын

    • Thank you so much everyone. Much appreciated ❤️ Love you!

      @BlackBeardProjects@BlackBeardProjects9 ай бұрын

  • I miss the days when you used to do restoration videos. They were impressive. You brought new life to things that people had given up on.

    @freedomwriter1995@freedomwriter19959 ай бұрын

    • I'll make more in the future for sure!

      @BlackBeardProjects@BlackBeardProjects9 ай бұрын

    • I do agree but the making stuff is fascinating too.

      @fredcrews7401@fredcrews74019 ай бұрын

  • Amazing! What a great piece of art and skill, I like how every part has it`s individual look and at the same time matches perfectly with the other parts.

    @MrApokalipse666@MrApokalipse6669 ай бұрын

  • Pure japanese craftmanship and elegance, very beautiful.

    @luispbaez8762@luispbaez87626 ай бұрын

    • he's italian, in italy... lol

      @schlomoshekelstein908@schlomoshekelstein9083 ай бұрын

  • You never cease to amaze... Every single video I watch just stuns me. I swear you're getting better with every project. This is a flawless creation.

    @eddietalcott6302@eddietalcott63029 ай бұрын

  • You have an incredible amount of patience.

    @kenderman1@kenderman19 ай бұрын

  • Шедевр! Вы истинный Мастер! Удачи Вам в воплощении новых идей.

    @user-pw7fn1lz6l@user-pw7fn1lz6l9 ай бұрын

    • Блин люди вот только не говорите мне что дирка на клинке которая там довольно большая вас совсем не смущяет и то что перо из серебра почти выпало поскольку выборку в метале под него нужно было зделать глубже и использовать другие инструменты которые даже у меня есть хоть я и даже рядом с живым ювелиром не стоял

      @user-jn4iz7ol4n@user-jn4iz7ol4n9 ай бұрын

  • Sinceramente sono rimasto senza parole. Mai vista così tanta attenzione al dettaglio e tanta pazienza. MITICO!!

    @filippofior3722@filippofior37229 ай бұрын

  • That is stunning. What a beautifully crafted homage to master craftsmen. You've shown so much skill and determination in recent years that I don't think there's anything beyond you anymore. I have complete faith in your ability to learn almost any skill to a reasonable standard. Thank you for bringing us on this journey. I hope you display this with pride!

    @Zoso14892@Zoso148929 ай бұрын

  • You can be proud of you ! What a beautiful serie you offer to us. Thank you

    @fugoo770@fugoo7709 ай бұрын

  • A Beautiful creation 👍👍👍.Thank you for sharing. Be safe🇨🇦

    @yeagerxp@yeagerxp9 ай бұрын

  • Seeing your beginnings and now seeing your work, it's an incredible journey, the improvements to the workshop, your crafts, everything incredible. Thank you very much, I send you a big hug from Patagonia Argentina.

    @Einherjar_17@Einherjar_179 ай бұрын

  • as I have always said. BEST CHANNEL ON KZhead.

    @davidallred9143@davidallred91439 ай бұрын

  • As always you killed it.again your a man of many talents.just continue on with your quest to bring back classic and restore our past.great video as always.just continue on.kudos 👍👍👍😎😎😎

    @tomswindler64@tomswindler649 ай бұрын

  • You, Sir, are an absolute artist!

    @peebee143@peebee1439 ай бұрын

  • Enjoyed watching these builds!

    @jamesperkins9833@jamesperkins98339 ай бұрын

  • You are truly an artist! Excellent!

    @Watchyn_Yarwood@Watchyn_Yarwood9 ай бұрын

  • This is just astonishing. Bravo!

    @stefang1087@stefang10879 ай бұрын

  • From start to finish, just amazing work 👍😃

    @CrustyRestorations@CrustyRestorations9 ай бұрын

  • The level of details and the quality of your work is way beyond amazing! I really appreciate you bringing us along! Huge thank you sir!

    @stephenjohnson6841@stephenjohnson68419 ай бұрын

    • Ага особеннно дырка в клинке и почти выпавшее серебряное перо на ножнах замечательная идея но вот исполнение очень плохое

      @user-jn4iz7ol4n@user-jn4iz7ol4n9 ай бұрын

  • Sometimes you amaze me, this is one of those times! Thx

    @rock7282@rock72829 ай бұрын

  • Sir every time you add to this awesome project it gets better and better thank you for sharing this with us six stars brother

    @josephcormier5974@josephcormier59749 ай бұрын

  • I have followed your videos for a long time and I am deeply impressed with the way you develop your metal working techniques. Your chisel work in this one was crazy good!

    @dvogonen@dvogonen9 ай бұрын

    • Thank you very much!

      @BlackBeardProjects@BlackBeardProjects9 ай бұрын

  • I enjoyed this build the most

    @jamesball7322@jamesball73229 ай бұрын

  • The amount of work is crazy 👍

    @RuedigerEtzold@RuedigerEtzold9 ай бұрын

  • A veritable work of art, Sir. It's beautiful!

    @stromnessboy5171@stromnessboy51719 ай бұрын

  • The knife is beautiful! Great Job

    @TDuySculptures@TDuySculptures9 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful work!

    @chuckbowie5833@chuckbowie58339 ай бұрын

  • Your skills are amazing, what a beautiful piece of work 🙏🏻😮

    @alanpreston3111@alanpreston31119 ай бұрын

  • Absolutely wonderful!

    @kasper_573@kasper_5739 ай бұрын

  • Incredibly great result! 👏👏👏👏👏 Only the hole in the Tsuba should allow the removal of a small blade without removing the sword from its scabbard.

    @dlkravcov1973@dlkravcov19739 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful work 👏👏👏👌👍

    @a.p.a.woodmetal3412@a.p.a.woodmetal34129 ай бұрын

  • just goes to show with a project you care about how your skill can really grow very well made blade congrats and thanks for sharing

    @methlonstorm2027@methlonstorm20279 ай бұрын

  • absolutely delightful thank you

    @robertnahal4605@robertnahal46059 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful piece! A show of true craftsmanship, skill and art.

    @sleazy1drache@sleazy1drache9 ай бұрын

    • Именно кусок поскольку кроме творческого порыва здесь нет ни мастерства ни знаний в ремесле

      @user-jn4iz7ol4n@user-jn4iz7ol4n9 ай бұрын

  • Вот смысл жизни. Отдавать себя тому, что хочу, умею, чем горю! 👍! Великолепно -это мало сказано. Ещë впереди...

    @vitaliyblazhko8719@vitaliyblazhko87199 ай бұрын

    • Ну да стремлен е это харашо но ошибки нужно исправлять а дырку в клинке исправить нереально потому нужно делать новый понимаю дамаск капризная штука но нужно же было хоть немного понимать что делаеш и с чем работаеш

      @user-jn4iz7ol4n@user-jn4iz7ol4n9 ай бұрын

  • Great work 👍

    @khasan_superhero@khasan_superhero9 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful work

    @itzikca@itzikca9 ай бұрын

  • Always enjoyable content here. Bravo Sir

    @andrewdavis6917@andrewdavis69179 ай бұрын

  • Great blacksmith you are awesome bro 😊

    @nathkrupa3463@nathkrupa34639 ай бұрын

  • 10.5 minutes of WTF? 34 seconds of OMG! Never seen that done before …beautiful!

    @glinness@glinness8 ай бұрын

  • Beyond impressive

    @yamabiru4553@yamabiru455310 күн бұрын

  • Wow amazing nice video like Thanks my friend 👍🤝

    @Wawanpandebesi6447@Wawanpandebesi64479 ай бұрын

  • If I could have this is my life I would pay top £ for this. What dreams are made of 👏

    @robertolsson86@robertolsson869 ай бұрын

  • That’s beautiful! ❤

    @TrueThiago@TrueThiago9 ай бұрын

  • breathtaking

    @-_popengut_@-_popengut_9 ай бұрын

  • Hello mister beautiful knife beautifully made well done

    @vinceianni4026@vinceianni40269 ай бұрын

  • I absolutely love the wakizashi series and I hope to see more great projects like that. I’m actually planning on making a wakizashi for the KZhead samurai competition.. 😅

    @Bevel_and_Bark@Bevel_and_Bark9 ай бұрын

    • Thanks!! Yeah, that's fitting :) Have fun with it!

      @BlackBeardProjects@BlackBeardProjects9 ай бұрын

    • Ну и как тогда можно описать клинок этого ножа кроме как словами позор и провал

      @user-jn4iz7ol4n@user-jn4iz7ol4n9 ай бұрын

  • Nice work Mr Beard 👌

    @TheDjcarlos67@TheDjcarlos679 ай бұрын

  • Impressive! Man like how much research did you do to come up with all the design elements? I love every bit of this, it just flows so well together. As always your attention to detail is next level.

    @danthemakerman@danthemakerman9 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful !

    @1Requs@1Requs9 ай бұрын

  • Bravissimo!!!

    @scottperine8027@scottperine80278 ай бұрын

  • Che spettacolo! 🤩

    @Vampa83@Vampa839 ай бұрын

  • Perfektná zlatnícka práca...

    @valkobranislav@valkobranislav9 ай бұрын

  • Pure art!

    @acidspermdicktears@acidspermdicktears9 ай бұрын

  • Well thats just awesome!!!

    @briangingerich7632@briangingerich76329 ай бұрын

  • Fantastic!!

    @clayweaver2066@clayweaver20669 ай бұрын

  • Amaizng to watch. 👍👍

    @MASI_forging@MASI_forging9 ай бұрын

  • what a nice surprise

    @AcidBuu@AcidBuu9 ай бұрын

  • Remarkable !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    @jerryjohnson4618@jerryjohnson46189 ай бұрын

  • Brilliant!

    @gerryhuntman@gerryhuntman9 ай бұрын

  • We can only hope that a katana is next to complete the set :). Watching this craftsmanship has been wonderful.

    @James_randomleters@James_randomleters9 ай бұрын

  • Very nice!

    @frankiearmstrong2777@frankiearmstrong27779 ай бұрын

  • Really nice work mate ... love your content, as much as my Japanese wife

    @Uberbizmeister@Uberbizmeister9 ай бұрын

  • Now that is fricken awesome.

    @sidneyriggs9764@sidneyriggs97649 ай бұрын

  • Just wow!

    @janekb.666@janekb.6669 ай бұрын

  • You're gonna ruin that raindrop damascus by...never mind. That looks really nice.

    @nathancase6485@nathancase64859 ай бұрын

  • Just wow ❤️❤️

    @fredcrews7401@fredcrews74019 ай бұрын

  • Love this entire build series! For the love of god though, refinish the wheels on your rolling mill!!! 😂 Love your vids, keep up the amazing work.

    @DisgruntledGrunt@DisgruntledGrunt9 ай бұрын

  • I am beyond impressed with your work. Brava!!! A small request/ challenge for you, if I may? Could you possibly recreate the sword that Rutger Hauer carried in the movie 'Blind Fury'?

    @judsonross6995@judsonross69958 ай бұрын

  • magnifique .

    @MultiBegbeg@MultiBegbeg6 ай бұрын

  • MÜKEMMEL BİR İŞÇİLİK KARDEŞİM TEBRİK EDERİM 🇹🇷

    @muratyilmaz5941@muratyilmaz59418 ай бұрын

  • This was great to watch. So now, 5 months in, you have made your wakazashi. Now I'm wondering, I'm sure you've learnt a lot along the way. Will there be a 2nd wakazashi?

    @ivo215@ivo2159 ай бұрын

  • It's absolutely beautiful. Does the design have a historical significance? I'm not understanding why you'd want a utility knife requires you to remove the sword first to get to the utility knife... maybe something they just used around camp and stuff, or maybe just a backup of a backup?

    @nicholaskillmeier4895@nicholaskillmeier48959 ай бұрын

  • Great work and very challenging project. Short question: what did you use to blacken the nanako part of the handle?

    @cosminvladconstantin@cosminvladconstantin9 ай бұрын

  • It is very good . Nice . Awesome. I have all the silver gold copper tools . But now of that matters because I don't have the power to make this stuff . I kind of makes me mad . I wish I had the knowledge and experience and wisdom to make not just weapons but weapons of heritage and culture - history. It's not only cool but important.

    @chrissettles4127@chrissettles41279 ай бұрын

  • cool video. Do you have any suggestions how to add a Kogatana sheath to a standard saya, or an idea how to secure a Kogatana on such a saya that doesn't have a sheath for it?

    @p4radigm989@p4radigm9896 күн бұрын

  • simply sensational. What is that red mass that you attach the piece to engrave?

    @luiseduardo95@luiseduardo959 ай бұрын

  • His on it!

    @southerndime333@southerndime3339 ай бұрын

  • It would be very interesting to hear what a Japanese smith has to say about this masterpiece, any criticism is good no matter how positive or negative and considering all the time, sweat and blood that BBP (Black Beard Projects) have put into this beautiful masterpieces.

    @miniblasan5717@miniblasan57179 ай бұрын

  • Subarashii desu. ✌♥️. Jôzu. Mata ne.

    @A-b_Wan-Knobi@A-b_Wan-Knobi9 ай бұрын

  • Osom 😮

    @user-qg8cs1yh4c@user-qg8cs1yh4c9 ай бұрын

  • How is the blade secured to the handle? Beautiful work, BTW👍💯

    @Cleatus546@Cleatus54623 күн бұрын

  • Sweet

    @jordan-ramblinaround2323@jordan-ramblinaround23239 ай бұрын

  • Sofa King cool.

    @ALPACABOWLCOMPANY@ALPACABOWLCOMPANY9 ай бұрын

  • Are you concerned about the couple of failures in the Damascus layers? Beautiful work btw 🙂

    @bendavis2115@bendavis21159 ай бұрын

    • Thank you!! Not really, it's meant to be used just as letter opener anyway :) The one on the original wakizashi I got also looks very fragile. These blades are just too thin for any serious use.

      @BlackBeardProjects@BlackBeardProjects9 ай бұрын

    • @@BlackBeardProjects that makes total sense, thank you for the reply.

      @bendavis2115@bendavis21159 ай бұрын

  • 🔥🔥🔥🔥

    @Amekdalaz@Amekdalaz9 ай бұрын

  • عالی 👍🏼

    @taftancastingchannel@taftancastingchannel9 ай бұрын

  • What a brilliant series. How many workshop hours did you put into this project?

    @I_Thought_You_Had_It@I_Thought_You_Had_It9 ай бұрын

    • Thank you!! I'm not sure I want to sit down and think about that! :) Way too much and sooo much more than I anticipated. I think I have now three months of actual work in... Something like that

      @BlackBeardProjects@BlackBeardProjects9 ай бұрын

  • I have watched this series from the beginning. You have a fine hand for metalwork. I do not know why you wanted a wakizashi, but I'll concede you have a fine one. Are you going to build a katana next?

    @dominictramonte2687@dominictramonte26879 ай бұрын

    • Thanks! Glad to hear you followed the journey :) I hope so, one day!

      @BlackBeardProjects@BlackBeardProjects9 ай бұрын

  • 1:19 i was wondering what is this red coloured thing you always use to hold metal objects in it ?

    @kahlid-ataya@kahlid-ataya9 ай бұрын

  • Amazing skills. One question, in traditional katana that handle is not supposed to go through the tsuba? In yours it's seems to just touch it.

    @uleertel@uleertel9 ай бұрын

    • Thank you!! And yes, you are correct. Even though I intended my kozuka to fit the hole of the tsuba, after all the shaping it came out just slightly wider, so it does not fit. In the final episode I will address this by enlarging the hole of the tsuba :) Cheers!

      @BlackBeardProjects@BlackBeardProjects9 ай бұрын

    • @@BlackBeardProjects thanks for your answer, in any case amazing work.

      @uleertel@uleertel9 ай бұрын

  • 👍👍👍

    @sobesednic@sobesednic9 ай бұрын

  • Isnt thr kogatana supposed to fit through the gap in the cross guard?

    @CircleOfInevitability@CircleOfInevitability6 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful build! It's just a little funny however that you can't draw the knife without unsheathing the sword by pulling it through the hole in the tsuba, when traditionally thats the sole reason they're there in the first place, and your sword even already has one.

    @arquentur6226@arquentur62268 ай бұрын

  • It occurs to me to ask what is the significance of the feather motif? Is it random? Has this question already been asked and answered elsewhere?

    @weedwacker1716@weedwacker17169 ай бұрын

    • Yep! :) I've answered this in the menuki video description I think. I'm not sure if menuki are intended hold any significance, I chose the feather shape primarily because I thought it would be an achievable first attempt in uchidashi (chasing/repousse).

      @BlackBeardProjects@BlackBeardProjects9 ай бұрын

  • 👍

    @daveg5183@daveg51839 ай бұрын

  • 👏👏👏👏👏👍

    @user-dc8vr6hf1t@user-dc8vr6hf1t8 ай бұрын

  • 👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

    @Liz-M@Liz-M9 ай бұрын

  • 👏👏👏👏👏🤜🤛

    @ClenioBuilder@ClenioBuilder9 ай бұрын
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