Paper and Popsicle Sticks Sword

Intro: Paper and Popsicle Sticks Sword

it's easy to make

STEP 1:

making the hilt, just layer some papers, about 36, layers for the base and 16 layers for the design

STEP 2:

overlay popsicle sticks to make it stronger, about 2 layers each side would do

STEP 3:

cover it up

STEP 4:

STEP 5: Saturate the Blade in Super Glue, It Should Harden It, and for Some Low Spots, Put Some Super Glue Then Add Baking Soda, a Little Sanding Ang the Lowspots Should Be Taken Care Of

Comments

[Nightosphere]

how did you make the habaki(collar) and how many layers was it?

[astral_knight]

4-8 layers should be fine

[simplewriter]

I created my own, pretty simple, not as awesome as yours.

[avocadostains]

That looks amazing. Very good construction technique. Impressive results from the materials. How did you make the paper layer stack? Guing individual strips together one at a time or all at once soaking them in glue? Id like to try to make stack paper like that if you could give me a quick instruction on that. Maybe Im missing it in the reading.

[astral_knight]

I have my instructible on paper stacking, so you can see it better

[avocadostains]

Oh. I see now. Thank you!

[astral_knight]

well, what I did was folding the paper crosswise then glue that, and then folding that lengthwise and glue that too. that's practically the basic, thats 4 layers

[astral_knight]

maybe I'll do a tutorial on paper stacking

[astral_knight]

just dont swing it around so hard, it'll break