Katana sword

The sword is pretty durable and pretty strong. You can swing it but it will hurt you wrist a little bit. It looks pretty much like a samurai sword maybe a little different but it works. Don't swing at anybody for it will hurt. I would say practice soft but no hardcore swinging. Oh yeah, this is my first instructable so feel free to criticize or anything like that, give feedback. The pix might not be clear considering they were taken with camera phone but you can still tell pix I think.

Step 1 Katana Handle

Use gray rods, and green connectors for the handle. White connectors up at the top for later the guard. The handle is pretty self explanatory but it could still be a bit tricky. The black little pieces on the handle, it may make holding it more comfortable but they make the sword a little more sturdier.

Comments

[black ops]

niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[ramen43]

You should make a sheath, but great sword!!!

[W trouble]

yu dudes r so in edgucayted
if you is going to post, post a eduducayted qwestun err anser. dont just post sum stuupid coment.

[KnEx_MaStEr]

nice sword but it uses lots of pieces! p.s very realistic!

[General Eggs]

I'd have to say, this is a nice sword. I think it falls more under the category of ninjato than a katana. Great instructable though!

[dawsonj]

in the title you advertise it as a "katana sword". what you could have put was "knex katana sword". nice instructable, by the way...

[dungeon runner]

I agree. I was surfing instructables looking for information on DIY metal forging when I stumbled on this. Kind of misleading.

-Y

[taichimaster]

What do you mean...kind of misleading?

[dungeon runner]

I mean that you advertised it as a "Katana", not a "Katana made out of K'nex". If this were a site devoted only to K'nex that would be fine. I clicked on the link because I was looking up information about forging weapons out of real metal at home (yes, people do this, and it's surprisingly easy). Not to say it isn't a cool instructable, but you should just make the title more descriptive. Nice work! The best thing I ever built out of K'nex was a crappy block pistol.

-Y

[Gamer geek]

a EXTREMELY simple blade anyone who cant build from these pix post i can help

[jack691]

nice Katana i like it a lot thanks a lot

[knex sniper master]

the first pic was asome becouse the blurryness made it look like it was glowing

[arrow shot]

its great, but it broke for me. im going to need a really strong sword...

[taichimaster]

Wait, if you were using like a real and hitting a tree or wall something, of course it's going to break. Remember the sword isn't steel.

[pettry]

IT'S A REALLY GOOD SWORD I WAS LOOKING FOR ONE THIS IS DEFINETLY THE BEST

[Raz1r Knex Bull3t]

i built it and love it so much and very good for a first instructable i'll give it 5 stars also if you are new here welcome to instructables

[Gamer917]

i thought it was a real sword... its that good lookin... and pics r kinda blurry

[Raz1r Knex Bull3t]

not that bad for a knex sword, i'll try and build it as soon as i can