Katana for iaido training

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SUPER UPDATE : NO MORE GLUE! Now there are the clips and connectors files designed to print with a 0.4mm nozzle, and assemble the parts together. Replica of the Genbu Toryumon Koshira's katana, designed for iaido training or as decoration piece. The model is light and strong enough to trainning, but not to impact. You can download here 3 files: katana.zip contains all parts of the katana less the handguard tsuba.zip contains 4 models of handguard saya.zip contains 6 files to mount the scabard The pieces are divided on katana, tsuba and saya. These parts are respectively the sword, the scabbard and the handguard. Katana is made of: - 3 pieces of kami (blade) avaiable in 3 sizes (72, 65 and 60cm). - 2 pieces of tsuka (grip) - 1 piece of mekugi, a blade lock that is usually a round bamboo pin, but I do prefer to make rectagular for easy printing. I added texture to this part too. - 2 pieces of menuki (in 1 file) a decoration tied to the tsuka to make the grip better. - 1 piece of kashira, the pommel that fits on the end of tsuka but must be tied too. Mounting Katana: The tsuka includes the original parts made in wood and shark skin, but you will need a tsukaito (cotton or leather band) of 2.5 or 3 meters to make the tsukamaki (grip tie). As you can see in the photos, I used a cotton 1.2 cm band. My sugestion is to make the tsukamaki before mounting the blade and locks with mekugi. Likewise I suggest that the mekugi and blade are removed for eventual maintenance. Tsuba models: There are at the time of publication of this model 4 Tsuba models. I will make others with different arts ant types, compatible with this design and post them here in the future. If you buy the piece dont worry about this, you will have access to the new tsubas just downloading them in your link. Saya is made of: - 3 pieces of Saya E for the LEFT side of a right-handed samurai. It's the out side, were the first piece contains the arc to tie a band. - 3 pieces of Saya D for the RIGHT side of a right-handed samurai. It's the inner side. Mounting Saya: The saya is made of 6 parts that must be glued using glue or mass. I suggest that you write on each part if it's a LEFT or RIGHT part, because the middle parts, saya E2 and D2 can make you confuse later and mounting these parts inverse changes the shape of the saya. With the saya mounted you need ~ 2 meters of band to make the sageo (scabbard tie). LINKS More about your sword parts: https://youtu.be/MpsL9Apsk2A How to tie the Saya http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/sageotying.html How to tie the Tsuka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFiDk-lBePM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tssEbIcE5OE ==== UPDATES ==== NEW Tsubas added: 00_ Series (basic, no decoration, just different shapes) -download 'extratsuba_00_basicshapes.zip' 00_aoi_gata 00_hira_kaku_gata 00_kirikomi_mokko_gata 00_kurikomi_mokko_gata 00_mokko_gata 00_naga_maru_gata 00_ottafuku_gata 00_ryo_mokko_gata 00_sumi_iri_kaku_gata 00_sumi_kiri_gata 00_tate_itomaki_gata 00_tate_kaku_gata NEW blades added :00_blades.zip (new lenghts of 60cm and 65cm, the original had 72cm because I'm a tall person) 60cm_kami1 60cm_kami2 60cm_kami3 65cm_kami1 65cm_kami2 65cm_kami3 NEW Blades are know on mean file. The kami and tsuka files now uses the clips.stl to join.