How to make a Wooden Katana from hardwood flooring // Woodworking | I Like To Make Stuff

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I was inspired to make a wooden katana using left-over hardwood flooring! Check out Alec Steele's series: Check out Geeks Wood Shop katana build: TOOLS & SUPPLIES: I have always been intrigued by martial arts and after watching Iron Fist on Netflix I had the idea of making my own practice katana. I had a lot of scrap hardwood flooring from our home renovations, so I found some really beautiful pieces and got to work. Most of the sword is made from left over cumaru teak flooring that I recently used in our house. It has a really beautiful grain pattern and some elegant figuring, plus it's extremely dense and hard. I had just finished watching Alec Steele's series on making a Damascus steel…