Japanese Katana / Kodachi Dice Holder

cults3d

I liked the idea of DnD dice holders that were in the shape of swords and wanted to make one myself that was more to my personal taste. Then I decided I wanted to make one made to look more like a katana. Everything was scratch made with me squinting at low resolution katana part breakdowns on google and many iterations and print / fit failures. I'm not a sword expert, but I did try to make things reasonably accurate and name them properly. Feel free to leave any nomenclature corrections in the comments. The file is broken up into a few different optional configurations of various pieces. They only go together one way and you will never need two of any one piece. There are left and right handed blades so you can have the blade facing out and the dice facing up for your dominant hand. There is also a blade without the dice holes as a request if you just want a stubby and obviously fake sword. All of the files are in the .zip archive, the two visible .stls are merged from several smaller pieces. There are cutouts for 2mm x 100mm metal rods because I have a lot of those and a proper dowel wouldn't fit with the holes in the blade. These are totally optional based on your access and use-case, though if you have a 3d printer and you make things with it regularly, I highly recommend having various sizes of metal rods or wooden dowels to add to your arsenal of hardware to overcome some of the shortcomings of printed parts. I did model a sageo wrap to go around the sheath but it was a nightmare to get sliced, much less printed. It would be much easier to take some fabric or shoe string and make your own sageo wrap proper following a youtube tutorial or something with the added benefit of being able to be actually worn or fashioned to something. The current loop can also hold a zip-tie or key-ring or maybe a small carabiner which it could not if it was blocked by hard plastic. It would have to be a two-part shell minimum to be printed and it just isn't worth doing. If there is compelling demand for a printed sageo wrap to go around the sheath I will revisit it.