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Forging a Damascus Katana from 1000 paperclips

HANS
2023 ж. 18 Мау.
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I turned about 1,000 nickel-plated paper clips into katana swords. This video fully documented the entire process. It took about 30 days to make. The biggest difficulty was keeping the steel core centered. The length of the katana added to the challenge. The rope part of the handle is the result of the sixth. It looks easy, but it actually requires a lot of proficiency to be satisfying. Regardless, the result is to my satisfaction, and this is the longest, most complex, and most challenging project I've ever made. Thanks for watching, and let me know in the comment section below if you have any questions.
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  • I guess I should come out and clarify that the blade is a san mai construction, the material in the middle is 1095, the clip material is mild steel and does not participate in the actual cutting. But it can increase the overall willfulness of the blade. 2:55

    @HansKnives@HansKnives10 ай бұрын

    • And don't forget that this is a pattern welding and not a damascus

      @Pprokop87@Pprokop878 ай бұрын

    • @@Pprokop87 people have been calling this Damascus since the 70s

      @dr.futtbutt898@dr.futtbutt8987 ай бұрын

    • @@dr.futtbutt898pattern welding is not damascus. It looks diferent and is made in a diferent way

      @Pprokop87@Pprokop877 ай бұрын

    • ​@@Pprokop87no shit but that doesn't mean anybody cares people have been using that word for wrong for 50 yrs

      @dr.futtbutt898@dr.futtbutt8987 ай бұрын

    • ​@@Pprokop87I'm aware I'm just saying everyone is using the wrong word for it anyway

      @dr.futtbutt898@dr.futtbutt8987 ай бұрын

  • Imagine forging a katana in the feudal period without modern tools, they were truly badass

    @brianginex4834@brianginex48347 ай бұрын

    • True pros in Japan do it like in feudal times. But u imagine what is the price for such ones.

      @HitokiriBattuosai@HitokiriBattuosai5 ай бұрын

    • Millions

      @Luke_wait_for_it_marengo@Luke_wait_for_it_marengo5 ай бұрын

    • El problema de la forja tradicional es que las katanas resultantes eran literalmente una basura por su acero súper quebradizo gracias a su excesiva concentración en carbono

      @jospahitposting7132@jospahitposting71324 ай бұрын

    • @@jospahitposting7132 los samurais al leer esto 🤡🤡🤡🤡

      @brianginex4834@brianginex48344 ай бұрын

    • @@brianginex4834 jajaja y ojalá lo lean la herrería actual arregla todos los problemas de una katana tradicional

      @jospahitposting7132@jospahitposting71324 ай бұрын

  • The quench has to be the scariest part in the forging process. If you get a warp you have such a short amount of time to correct it, and if you hear a ping, it’s over, gotta restart from scratch

    @thegamingjelly1719@thegamingjelly171910 ай бұрын

    • What does the ping mean?

      @johnnyfaint7114@johnnyfaint711410 ай бұрын

    • @@johnnyfaint7114 It means a stress fracture formed in the blade, so it's liable to break. You can't really just reheat and reforge it most of the time, you just have to cut your losses and start over

      @thegamingjelly1719@thegamingjelly171910 ай бұрын

    • If you get a warp and are unable to fix it before it cools down you can always re heat it and quench it again, normalizing is key to a successful quench though

      @smacksteel708@smacksteel7089 ай бұрын

    • @@thegamingjelly1719 from scratch?!

      @johnnyfaint7114@johnnyfaint71149 ай бұрын

    • Well to tale you the onest truth I'd prefer a sword making video the old way, the way the Japanese made they'r swords,it's more interesting. Not how the Americans use all fantasy presses and modern technology, all this gets away from how people made there own tools in life. Americans have gotten away from the old ways, maybe it's time to bring back these older ways and view how people from around the world made there tools. It would be nice to see again how the Japanese continue to make their swords the same way for many centuries and still do.

      @scottstudebaker2959@scottstudebaker29599 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for not speeding everything up so fast, it gives us a much better idea as to how long projects like this take to complete.

    @AdoreYouInAshXI@AdoreYouInAshXI10 ай бұрын

    • I will never speed up a video in the future. that's lazy

      @HansKnives@HansKnives10 ай бұрын

    • Yeah. About 25 minutes 😅

      @AkSamurai69@AkSamurai699 ай бұрын

    • @@HansKnives how much it took to complete?

      @sportscorner210@sportscorner2108 ай бұрын

    • yeap 23 mins ! im ready to start now

      @hiekelhiekel@hiekelhiekel8 ай бұрын

  • you know how good a guy's skill is when he makes it look easy.

    @rafaeltoledo2310@rafaeltoledo23108 ай бұрын

  • The blade texture is simply mesmerising. Not even mentioning the craftsmanship. Overall, this neat and humble design plus the skills resulted in a beautiful sword. Which is waiting for its saya of course.

    @jkr3008@jkr300810 ай бұрын

    • Una espada increíble tendría que probar la dureza del material usado, pero como viene de un experto forjador le doy 20 puntos😊 un hermoso trabajo 👍

      @ogleg179@ogleg1799 ай бұрын

  • The fact you actually made a sanmai forging made the video worth watching, nice work!

    @thiagocarvalho2928@thiagocarvalho292810 ай бұрын

  • I like how the edge steel layered in gave the look of the old way of hardening the blade by the use of clay, the iconic katana waves.

    @skylersmith9465@skylersmith946510 ай бұрын

  • pleasantly relieved when i saw the high carbon come out. seen a bunch of videos where they try to trick you into thinking they used a bunch of nails or welding rod to make a complete knife. very nice work.

    @gonzala@gonzala10 ай бұрын

  • Great job, Han! This one turned out amazing! Too bad it wasn’t for The Samurai Challenge! 😉

    @TyrellKnifeworks@TyrellKnifeworks9 ай бұрын

    • Love and hobbies never fade, like this work

      @arsknivesofficial@arsknivesofficial7 ай бұрын

    • Thank you Dennis. I'm always one step slower, or one step faster. Yet the challenge film performed poorly.

      @HansKnives@HansKnivesАй бұрын

  • This is the best forging video I've come across on KZhead, loved seeing each step in depth. Thank you so much.

    @ssjronin3972@ssjronin39727 ай бұрын

  • This was really dope. I recently got into forging about a year ago because of the show, and im really fascinated by it. Love to see a bunch of random materials turn into a beautiful blade. Turned out really nice. Almost as if Hattori Hanzo made it himself lol.

    @cgray5559@cgray55599 ай бұрын

    • great reference lol

      @tuxedo1557@tuxedo15579 ай бұрын

  • so young yet so skilled. Everything done meticulously and with thought and speed. This Katana blade is a beauty to look at and Hatori Hanzo will be proud. I salute you Hans, from Australia.

    @jimmylee695@jimmylee6957 ай бұрын

  • Katana is awesome. Well done and fantastic work. Should definitely make more katanas or other swords

    @nathancarabajal8271@nathancarabajal827110 ай бұрын

  • I love the Damascus pattern and the look of the katana! Great job!

    @MrNoodlesYT@MrNoodlesYT9 ай бұрын

  • That was incredible watching. Thank you for that show of art!

    @michaeljflops@michaeljflops9 ай бұрын

  • The Shinogi-ji is so narrow that it almost looks like Hira Zukuri, but nice hamon out of something like Paperclips, forging stuff out of paperclips can be hard, and this is one of the stuff I’ve seen that has cool aesthetics.

    @slicerpaper@slicerpaper10 ай бұрын

  • Thank you…..a real joy to watch a creative, skilled craftsman at work…….

    @Meagain921@Meagain92110 ай бұрын

  • Amazing! The time and effort..... Everything from scratch! Now that's love of the craft right there! Great job!

    @SovereignKnight74@SovereignKnight7410 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful. Thank you for sharing your creation!

    @deviceu@deviceu8 ай бұрын

  • Fantastic skills and a mighty Impressive katana as the final result. Thank you for taking the time to produce the video.

    @flatlyna2223@flatlyna22238 ай бұрын

  • Looks cool, the material has real shine to it. Swords in stores to buy or look at are amazing, wish Halloween stores had it for real

    @Steve-vf7se@Steve-vf7se7 ай бұрын

  • after watching several episodes of Forged In Fire. I really thank you for your excellent camera work! It shows so much more than they do for their time constraints. I particularly liked the detail work on the copper and brass fittings. Just wanted to know what adhesive you used when putting the wooden parts of the handle together? I will not be making anything like this. I used to be a brass and woodwind instrument technician for several years until I could no longer do it.. I appreciate the skills you have to do this.

    @RangerRon75@RangerRon757 ай бұрын

  • A magnificent creation! Do you ever have the feeling that you were born 1,000 years too late? Thank you for sharing again. 👍🏻

    @kevdimo6459@kevdimo645910 ай бұрын

    • Wow! Thanks for your encouragement.🍻

      @HansKnives@HansKnives10 ай бұрын

    • But paperclips didn't exist 1000 years ago.....😅

      @archangel2781@archangel278110 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful sword and very detailed video! My only wish would be to see some blade curvature.

    @jkbeanboy@jkbeanboy10 ай бұрын

  • Who else here loves to file? Who doesn't like to file? Whether you like it or not, it's very rewarding to see such instant results to your piece. I for one rather enjoy filing immensely as well as sanding. It's a fun time to see something go from being somewhat rough to a glass-like finish.

    @Ivegotwormsinme@Ivegotwormsinme7 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful sword Beautifully made good job well done

    @vinceianni4026@vinceianni402610 ай бұрын

  • The level of craftsmanship is awesome for a KZhead video ❤

    @duyvominh9403@duyvominh94033 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful! The steel pattern almost looks like wootz!

    @Viktor_Johansson@Viktor_Johansson10 ай бұрын

  • Great job. I generally love edged weapons, but this is just super!

    @user-by8ww1fl9z@user-by8ww1fl9z10 ай бұрын

    • 😂

      @cheikhibra7556@cheikhibra755610 ай бұрын

  • Watching this I was wondering if there’s any negatives to cutting a slot in the forge cover to slide your holding piece into so you can get maximum heat. Gonna have to try it now when I make my forge

    @RK36_@RK36_9 ай бұрын

  • 1:44 scared me, clearly to cold to be moved. Love that you noticed and for it back in the cooker.

    @pimpdaddysupremeki@pimpdaddysupremeki8 ай бұрын

  • @forginghard@forginghard10 ай бұрын

  • Sinceramente una delle katana più belle che ho mai visto costruire da un amatore complimenti 🥋🙏

    @giulymonisteri7607@giulymonisteri76079 ай бұрын

  • Wow this is awesome. Great craftsmanship

    @J0DAH@J0DAH10 ай бұрын

  • That damascus pattern turned up beautifull

    @Acuas@Acuas9 ай бұрын

  • I want to fast forward so I can see the patern, but it's fascinating watch you work your magic!

    @andyt5559@andyt5559Ай бұрын

  • Beautiful sword. Great work !

    @johnholmes6897@johnholmes689710 ай бұрын

  • Sat mesmerized the whole time.

    @MrKennyT1123@MrKennyT11238 ай бұрын

  • I got a bunch of paperclips from my old retail job. I'd like to try this out one day! Thanks.

    @tonyjacob8467@tonyjacob84674 ай бұрын

  • its really cool how we can come to KZhead and watch stuff be made that would've had stories written about it 1000 years ago

    @potatoman7594@potatoman75947 ай бұрын

  • Good Job with the milling machine.. so much more sense and so much faster .. Less contamination.

    @dennislanning8076@dennislanning807610 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful work! Congratulations! I imagined that you shape the Guard like a paperclip 😂!

    @mohamedayari1014@mohamedayari10148 ай бұрын

  • Hey 👋 man how you doing bro nice!!..work!..it looks like wootz steel blessings 🙌 🙏 ✨️

    @guillermoalfaro2714@guillermoalfaro271410 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful work! Very talented and skilled.

    @Mark-jd2dv@Mark-jd2dv9 ай бұрын

  • Wow. This is beautiful and amazing. I enjoyed watching it.

    @Elbaz8@Elbaz810 ай бұрын

  • 1 word! STUNNING!

    @andyt5559@andyt5559Ай бұрын

  • До чего же красиво!❤

    @user-ls2fh1nn6p@user-ls2fh1nn6p9 ай бұрын

  • Awesome job on the Katana.

    @alikc25@alikc2510 ай бұрын

  • Beautifully crafted, legendary skill.

    @meequalsmc2@meequalsmc27 ай бұрын

  • Looks very nice!!!

    @h.al.8801@h.al.88017 ай бұрын

  • That Katana is so cool! I also like the idea of using paperclips...

    @Catinahat934@Catinahat9349 ай бұрын

  • The attention to detail is excellent. I wonder how many drill bits it would take for something like that. I also enjoyed how I could see you doing the wrap and weave on the handle I never knew how it was done before people always speed up during the weave.

    @adamsalisbury4767@adamsalisbury476710 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful blade. Well done.

    @barclayv8282@barclayv82826 ай бұрын

  • Amazing work

    @DragonRose81@DragonRose819 ай бұрын

  • Now that is Beautiful!!!❤️‍🔥👊

    @jjs13rj@jjs13rj9 ай бұрын

  • Great job mate. my ocd would have had me laying those clips next to each other like packed sardines. also thanks for telling us how long it took. cheers from South Africa

    @lescrooge@lescrooge10 ай бұрын

  • Getting killed by this would be called death by a thousand paper clips 😂

    @runescraper950430@runescraper95043010 ай бұрын

  • excellent blade, your a very skilled craftsman! good video too, liked the fruit ninja action haha

    @ganjalfcreamcorn8438@ganjalfcreamcorn84388 ай бұрын

  • Great katakana and awesome video keep you the good work

    @chewyakarieckenicholas6049@chewyakarieckenicholas604910 ай бұрын

  • Excellent work!

    @czh2432@czh243210 ай бұрын

  • The thought to just bite on the metal when its fresh out the Furnace wouldve long got me

    @RainZe236@RainZe236Ай бұрын

  • Awesome blade work brother .

    @bryanhoward667@bryanhoward66710 ай бұрын

  • It’s nice to see the modern tools but I was hoping for the old fashion hammer and anvil? Maybe next time.

    @thomasjones4306@thomasjones430610 ай бұрын

  • What a beautiful piece. Created with careful skills.

    @manjitahzan9577@manjitahzan957710 ай бұрын

  • Богатое оснащение мастерской, золотые руки. Но стоит подучиться владеть мечом)

    @user-lu8lf7lh8m@user-lu8lf7lh8m9 ай бұрын

  • Master at work. Looks awesome.

    @Lambman001@Lambman00110 ай бұрын

  • Excellent work. The KATANA looks so cool. 😍😍 Love all the way you do. 🥰🥰

    @MASI_forging@MASI_forging10 ай бұрын

    • Thank you so much 😃

      @HansKnives@HansKnives10 ай бұрын

  • Very beautiful..what other steel did you add for strength?😊

    @anthonyfigueroa2395@anthonyfigueroa239510 ай бұрын

  • I need to ask how much to make another? That was fascinating!

    @flintcd@flintcd10 ай бұрын

  • I want that 😮Fantastic Great work and Patience very Professional .

    @joeboivin3897@joeboivin38979 ай бұрын

  • عالی 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 یکی از بهترین ها❤❤

    @alikoohkheil2934@alikoohkheil29342 ай бұрын

  • As a sword collector...I want one..very nice sword..looks great

    @238Ninja@238Ninja14 күн бұрын

  • It's so awesome that you used only the finest high grade steele paperclips and that you are actually a samurai.

    @thejerkofalltrades3862@thejerkofalltrades386210 ай бұрын

  • Wow that’s beautiful! Would that be for sale? If so how much?

    @drunkwoodswyllia4885@drunkwoodswyllia48859 ай бұрын

  • I'm surprised that it stayed together. Paper clips aren't clean out of the box. But right on!! It looks great!!

    @dra960@dra9607 ай бұрын

  • Wonderful !!!

    @regisvoiclair@regisvoiclair9 ай бұрын

  • Forgive me, so the hit at the beginning, where he's working the metal. Heating it. Pressing it. The two, things, that touch the hot metal, what material are they? It seemed the hot metal was in contact with them for a bit.

    @JakeLHyde@JakeLHyde9 ай бұрын

  • 1st off beautiful blade. 2nd you're edge geometry is what is causing the blade to chunk the watermelon , take some off the toff and it will flow easier through. I own a 17th and 16th century Samari swords. The edge geometry is everything. Like i said well done beautiful blade.

    @kevenbeene4585@kevenbeene458510 ай бұрын

  • Love to see the scabbard :) as a complete set.

    @adampeter7271@adampeter72718 ай бұрын

  • Awesome blade. Looks great. Question though. Does nobody fold steel anymore? Not even once?

    @Melo.maniak@Melo.maniak10 ай бұрын

  • How do I always end up in this fun side of youtube.

    @johnjohnjohnson7720@johnjohnjohnson772010 ай бұрын

  • تحياتي لك. عمل متقن ويستحق الاعجاب احسنت

    @hbhfdvhj1753@hbhfdvhj175310 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful craftsmanship Very nice work !

    @dn2817@dn28179 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful work

    @bleuetamoosejaw@bleuetamoosejaw10 ай бұрын

  • You forgot to add the "shinogi" The groove in the blade. I love how you did your wrap on the tsuka :)

    @ashtraydekay6624@ashtraydekay66246 ай бұрын

    • You wrote maybe the single gayest thing I've read all day

      @5starlinux812@5starlinux8126 ай бұрын

    • @@5starlinux812 that's the names of those parts

      @ashtraydekay6624@ashtraydekay66246 ай бұрын

    • @@ashtraydekay6624 I'm sure it is, doesn't make what you said any less gay.

      @5starlinux812@5starlinux8126 ай бұрын

  • Amazing video and look I know it's extremely hot glowing metal but it keeps reminding me of forbidden pastry

    @_MajinLu@_MajinLu10 ай бұрын

  • I just discover your masterchief. Nice job ! But I wondering what is the tool you use to engraving the blade with your name ?

    @Valoneyss@Valoneyss9 ай бұрын

  • fantastic work

    @thedisabledwelshman9266@thedisabledwelshman926610 ай бұрын

  • When there's a zombie apocalypse this is the guy you gotta call.

    @anime_fedz@anime_fedz10 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful blade

    @christianmcgee2169@christianmcgee21695 ай бұрын

  • Nice workmanship... Well though out...

    @parrishparrish4016@parrishparrish401610 ай бұрын

  • I gotta ask as a clueless guy about smithing. Combat wise, will this build be reliable as it should or is this like, a cool smithing video?

    @indian_jo4534@indian_jo45349 ай бұрын

  • This was so satisfying to watch..

    @DKSON1337@DKSON13379 ай бұрын

  • Was soo good I forgot it was paper clips!

    @Sdogg420024@Sdogg4200243 күн бұрын

  • Beautiful Sword ...

    @kveldgorkon4611@kveldgorkon46119 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful blade. Would like to see a build series of a katana done the traditional way though. No power tools and such. Would be interesting going back to basics

    @mr.nighthawk4502@mr.nighthawk450210 ай бұрын

  • Awesome work.

    @patrickhartmann1294@patrickhartmann12949 ай бұрын

  • Exelente trabajo 👍

    @user-kj9yf7qk1v@user-kj9yf7qk1v5 ай бұрын

  • Very beautiful work, especially the blackened copper with the defined edges! What blue solution did you use to blacken the fittings?

    @user-fj9uv7jj4w@user-fj9uv7jj4w10 ай бұрын

    • Ferric chloride

      @kevenbeene4585@kevenbeene458510 ай бұрын
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