Alita - Original Damascus Blade

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<p>As a fan of the Battle Angel Alita manga I did enjoy the Cameron / Rodriguez film.</p> <p>I still, however, prefer the original manga version of the Damascus Blade. So here it is, printable or cutable.</p> <p>You can print it on printer of your choice or use the .DXF to have it plasma cut from steel, or even laser cut from wood.</p> <h3>Print instructions</h3><p>Steel or carbon rods for reinforcements are mandatory for this project. Designed for 3mm rods, but 2.5mm threaded rod I had on hand worked as well.</p> <p>You will also need 6 M5x25 screws. Four for assembling of the knife, two to use as a stoppers to hold the blade in proper positions (when opened and closed).</p> <p>Next, you will need a M5x15 washers which you can either print or use regular metal ones.</p> <p>Tip - change filament from silver to black for last three layers of the blade for the black steel with shiny edge effect.</p>