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originalusername Likely had the time, location and maker with the characters. Not always all of that but normally at least a maker's Mark or the owner names.
Did anyone else cringe when the orbital sander came out? And he never touched the tang (nakago) which will be rusted too. I am pretty sure that this is an inexpensive reproduction because a real katana takes a month or more to sharpen/polish and this "restoration" will destroy any collector value. Lastly, I don't expect expert sharpening technique and starting at 3000 and ending with 8000 is not horrible. Jeweller's rouge is not bad with power buffing, but it does not do a decent job on hardened steel (unlike Chromium oxide). As a quick and dirty method for making a wall hanger presentable, this is OK. But as "restoration", not in the same ball park. The scratches on the cutting edge make me want to rip the thing out of his hands. PS I taught myself to sharpen my own knives/tools and I would never take on a real Katana restoration.
Yes, but they can at least detach the handle and wipe the tang with oil. The scabbard and handle must have soaked a lot of moisture, what with being buried underground like that.
No one likes that guy that takes over the class room to say some smart ass shit then end his speech of smart Assness with a note of personal experience you are on track to being deemed the cringeiest of humans
There is a big difference between making a sword shiny and having an expert polisher bring out all the great features of a Japanese sword ( hamon, hada etc ). Of course we don't know if the blade was hand forged in the traditional method or not. You can make about any rusted blade shiny if that is all you want.
I'm 100% certain it was a cheap repro, I recognized exactly what blade it was. I also collect real Japanese sword, been so for over 2 decades. This is a very common one you can order from places like Budk, it's literally junk.
Am I the only one who saw and felt devastated to notice what looked like some carving on the sheath and watch him sand it into oblivion and just distroy it..? Cause I swear I saw on the sheath sanding close-up some form of carved symbols or something before he distroyed it
I was okay with the vinegar soak, and nodding like "okay, that seems fair--" And then that smash cut to the power sander and I burst out laughing, because that was like a comedy take, like a scene straight out of an old 'Airplane' movie, where someone maybe says they're going to the dermatologist and then we cut to a scene like that.
Right a need to know how to clean my katana the person before me clean it in a don’t even know WD 40 n it’s so rusty n a want to keep it clean n up to date
So sad, you ruin that sword. The heat from machined sanding will damage the heat treatment on the edge. I won't expect the hamon will appear after that kind of restoration. I hope that sword doesn't have any historical value, if it is a real antique sword, it will be a great loss
The heat treathment won't get affected by the sanding. Only if you can see colour changes like from the standard grey colour to blue then you are changing the molecular construction of the steel and will make it vounrable ( don't know the correct spelling sorry) to breaking. What really grind my gears is that he sanded the word off completely. That will have a big effect on the value.
GODKING ÉOMER might be the heat treatment won't be effected by sanding. But still, ( if that was a real shiken) restoration with that method, i think its pretty reckless.
Theresia Siahaan i don't even know what are you talking about. If you know something about shiken or katana restoration just let it out. I'll be more than happy to learn.
Sinmir Welp I dont know whats wrong with you then,angry by only an iron and a wood combine used to slaughter or be kept,let me say this,he already done what has he done,nothing can change it,as the same as he hasn't uploaded this vid,no one will know,then I don't care about your opinion and you don't care about others to so I'll keep spamming
charly j in case you're asking what Junskitchen is: its a RU-vid channel where a Japanese man (Jun) cooks with his cats. he uploaded a video restoring a rusted old knife, and a lot of people watched it and loved it
No body in their right mind would take an orbital sander to a Japanese sword. A simple RU-vid search on Japanese sword polishing will show you the correct way to do it. But basic rule of thumb is, if you haven't trained as a polisher DON'T try and polish a sword esp if you don't know the provenance of the sword because you could be ruining an important sword.
UnderWorldDemoNS the point of a restoration isn't to just to sand off rust, it's about preserving an object's meaning by returning it to its former glory but keeping it's significance.
Maybe a previous owner carved something lame in Japanese like "no fat chicks" or "Godzilla ate my baby", might not have been the makers mark or anything worth keeping I hope
Sword of honour? Representing something? The only thing these katanas represent is war, murder and death. No honour in that whatsoever. Japanese culture has twisted your mind. It is a weird ass culture anyways
Kids like you are either trolls or embarrassingly immature fanboys: Jun is using wetstones and is accustomed to japanese blade-geometry. This guy used power tools and had no reason to pay attention to the blade architecture on a cheap sword. Instead of talking crap realise that the shinogi isnt always distinct and the surface imperfections you see are actually what the rust did to the metal - pitted rust cant be removed without thinning the blade significantly and it even gives the blade character considering what it is.
Leave it to Buzzfeed to not take any sort of care and proper treatment of the blade and sheath while "restoring" this blade and sheath. They did not even try to remove the blade from the handle to assess the damage to the tang or clear out the hilt and spacers. Rather than soaking the sheath in a warm bath and gently sanding the excess damage and dirt off they completely destroyed the finish and even removed engraved lettering at 2:38 with brute sanding. The improper sharpening also ruined more of the blade as well, leaving it with more unsightly scratches and ragged edge as they sharpened it both with the technique and angle of a common kitchen knife at best and the buffing wheels and the way they used them so poorly were the worst calls to refinish the piece. Good to see that your work on 'restoring' this piece approached with as much research as all your other articles and was done with about as much tact and care.
TheNEOONE1 Honestly, of its just some random forges sword, with no noteworthy name attached to it, it might be worth ever so slightly more. But they'd have to take off the grip and look up the makers mark to truly know. Chances are they did literally nothing to the value of the sword. But it is a disgrace to call this a restoration.
AdzBala most probably know Rachel and jun , we are just mentioning the channel junskitchen cuz that's the channel he uploaded the knife restoration video to
57HarleyDavidson did you see all those scratch marks in the blade after the restoration was done? I wouldn't say it is ruined, but it US an incomplete restoration.
@@turtlelegsoup775 you can't tell that the sword was cheap? He got it out of a time capsule in his backyard it's not worthful you can get the same sword at my mall with the same engravings for around $50 it's not that expensive
@@ultra2635 The engravings (IN A KATANA) tell either the maker/shop that made it (you're basically not citing your sources) OR an inscription to the person, ordered by that person. This means he either didn't know or, more likely, DIDN'T CARE.
Ste Bam because he used power tools and made more knicks in it. If he wanted to really restore it, he should’ve taken it to an actual Smith you empty headed moron.
All the names and such were sanded off which takes away all the value in the first place also he should of just used multiple whetstones it would of done the trick. A good video to watch would be JunsKitchen's knife resotoration.
Jun could've done this in half the time and kept the engravings. Please, if you ever do this again, call Rachel and Jun to do it. I spend a solid ten minutes cringing.
Erika Karisawa this guy probably spent like 2 hours on this project because he sanded with those power tools instead of taking the time and effort to do it right.
He absolutely cannot do it in half the time. Power tools save huge amounts of time. Doing this better means doing more by hand, or at least slowed down & finer power tools at first. Doing all that by hand without cutting yourself is very slow going.
I really hope this was just a cheapo Chinese wall hanger, because if not I know a few traditional Japanese sword enthusiasts who would die after seeing this video. With any old blade it's pretty much blasphemy to polish it up, rust removal is all that's needed to save the thing without removing it's history ( aka patina ) I watched this video hoping I'd see some of the process of how an expert goes about restoring a valuable piece of Japanese cutlery but that was obviously not the case.
Historical Arms & Armor Channel I think it has to do with the katanas superior design as cutter / slasher compared to most swords, and the tradition and skill behind the crafting of the real deal. Then there's how they get passed down throughout a family. There's a lot of history and lore to the katana that I think just interests a lot of people, movies have probably played a big part in their popularity as well.
Historical Arms & Armor Channel My general stance is that trying to make any piece of old steel look new is just plain stupid, if you want new buy new. The problem people have with this video is that someone may watch it and try to do this on something old and valuable.
daza zeeaf bruh calm down. Im just saying that buzzfeed always does same or similar videos after they see that the video of other creator is growing popular and getting a lot of views. Its not the first time this happend
lmfao, I bought that SAME sword about 10 years ago myself. It was $20, obviously a piece of shit. I still have it. Therefore I do not care about the way he "restored" this lol.
thats so weird i got a sword from a garage sale that looks alot nicer more of a traditional look and the guy said he got it 10 years ago to in san Antonio tx im trying to find the maker it had the same symbol witch means knife in madarine lol
3:28 A REAL restoration would not have those scratch marks and holes in them. It may look nice from far but on closer look, the sword belongs to the UPSIDE DOWN.
Kaiser Soze I bet they get that from eBay... Cuz...like hell an american man could find an authentic Japanese sword from the Edo era or Heian period or whatsoever buried in his backyard :v Japanese didnt go to America at those days before WW ya kno
@@marcoclementi1247 I'm really late but as stated by other comments the Katana was a low end one, so regardless it didn't matter. I doubt it was made with traditional methods.
2:39 Why did you grind off the carves?? Just leave it! You're restoring the sword! Not remodeling it way you want! And the wood looked good and fine before too. You can feel the time from there.
>power tools wrong tools for the job It was rusted, then you ruined it. Chips, dents and deep scars, with a dull finish. Lets not even mention the sheath "carpentry."
The rust ate a lot of metal, unless you want the thing to be full of craters, the ONLY thing you can properly do is sand it down. Hand sanding and power sanding accomplishes the same result. The only other option would be to wel the craters, which WOULD destroy any heat treat on the blade and fill it with soft low-carbon welding metal.
@@spicketspaghet7773 yeah agreed lots of pitting. Still would have done it all by hand. The carbon content would remain high and the differential harden would show up with a good etch. You can’t show the hamon with pitting because it will eat your metal. The pitting was a no go! He didn’t even show us differential hardening line which is kind of upsetting
you're so far off it's not even funny. those swords were only around 60 to 80 dollars new 10 years ago. How is it everyone keeps confusing this with an antique. You can still buy them for around 45 bucks today. Seriously, why do you all assume this is an antique. It's been in his backyard for 10 years. That's 2007. He most likely did this on purpose himself with the intent of making this video.
No one should ever use electric tools for this kinda thing, this is very delicate and electric tools go rough, even professionals don’t handle them well, they are just ... too fast, always use stones for sharpening, it’s slow, but it does it well
he did use stones to sharpen the sword, what are you talking about? we no longer use old shit because it's bad, modern equipments are superior. no reason to waste time.
The sword should be remove from the handle by take off the little pin on the handle. The way he use power tool was destroy completely structure of the sword by heat. The way he sharping the sword also destroy it's angle. This make the the sword totally JUNK.
Christy Wong at the end of the hilt there is a pin thst runs through to hold the sword tighter together, when he says the power tools will destroy the structure he means the tempering and the angle to the edge katanas also normally have a Hamon the wavy line which signifies that the edge is soft easy to chip, bend, or break. he ruined the sword...
Fiona Chau no you and literally 99% of the comments on this video your not unique because you watch a Japanese guy who likes to cook and is obsessed with knives
Star, agreed. These comments are fucking jokes lmao. They be saying that "Oh this guy stole Jun's Kitchens video, lets dislike cause of 'stolen content'" but in reality there have been fucking many mother fucking videos on sharpening and restoration. I am fucking obsessed with knives also, I own two expensive japanese knives and I care for it like it was a child. Even though this buzzfeed dude did fuck up by ruining that Saya Cover, he did indeed restore the blade. Although not perfect, he is a fucking regular person that may or may not be working in a Sharpening Shop that do this on a regular basis. If you are saying that this guy stole Jun's content, then Jun must be stealing ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jjOm5_DTkQ8.html or ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jjOm5_DTkQ8.html . There are many fucking ways to fix a knife if rusty but in my opinion i would go with low grit stones such as (100-300) move to ( 400-600) then 1000 then 3000 then 8000 then to a nagura stone. I am fucking triggered by all these comments but there are many fucking ways. Although my process will take time, he is using power tools and chemicals to shorten that time. IT IS NOT FUCKING WRONG. IT IS JUST ANOTHER APPROACH.
This video just shows plan disrespect and ignorance to the original history of that sword, how dare you buzzfeed? Do your damn research before fucking up something so ancient!
Thank you! God damn, people be making it seem like they ruined a legendary sword, but it's actually most likely an old WWII blade. Japan always gave their soldiers backup weapons in the form of swords and they were mass produced for them all. They were very inexpensive to make, and at the very most were around 80-100 dollars each. So chill with the hate.
@@MTLMJN Plenty of Japanese families donated their ancestral blades to be converted into shin guntō (新軍刀 for the war effort. Not saying this sword is some ancient relic, but they are out there. Also, he did nothing to clean the interior of the shirasaya. So that blade is going to immediately rust no matter how he polished it!
This video was helpful. It teaches you how NOT to restore a sword. Worst things you could ever do. Shortcuts absolutely devastating for something that may have been hand crafted at some point. Truly sad.
Just cause someone likes something from Japan doesn't mean they are a weeabo, I like anime but I don't denounce my own culture and try to live like Japanese people I just enjoy some aspects of their lives and culture (Also you have to admit Katanas are pretty damn cool)
Husk Dackloe I don't hink he meant engravings, rather I think he meant etchings, which is the patterns that are unique to the sword. It is normally brought to life by chemical baths. Watch this little thing: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DITY1WzbLj8.htmlm2s Thats what I mean
for all the haters here, its HIS sword, he can do whatever he wants to it, you wont be able to stop him from restoring this swrod the way he wants, so stop whining about something that has already been done. Rant over
junskitchen so much more better ONE big reason why junskitchen is so much more better is that he DOESNT SAND DOWN THE JAPENESE WORDS ON THE SWORD COVER
pretty sure a lot of the contours of the blade were destroyed by the thick layers of rust. Honestly though if you really want them, the sander doesn't take a lot of metal off, only enough to give it its shine back. If you want the details back a little bit of acid could make them reappear. As for the heat marks... Those are lost unless you reheat it with clay. P.S. I don't think you're using the right word to describe the details of the blade.
Exactly I was so freakin pissed because that is a shanobi blade and should have been treated with better care and professionalism! He should do more research before he screws a $1,200 dollar blade
Exactly c rap buzxfeed dosnt know what there doing, they don't care they just want they sword for views. They didn't even heat treat it and they should of done a lot beater grinding job, they didn't in my opinion care
While I do agree there is a better way of doing it especially for tradition sake. However what is done is done, and they are the owners of that sword now. Most people, especially Americans don't know the traditional treatment of a katana let alone how to restore one properly. I think for amateurs they did well.
Why comment if you are going to say bad things. I have to admit you are supposed to take everything off the blade first and he ruined the markings as well as using that steel wool to scratch the blade but do not expect evverything to be done perfectly
