In this part of the tutorial we finish off the sword completely by doing the ornamental work on the blade and on the handle. For the handle we use a foil tape and for the blade we use an enamel paint.

Part 1 of this tutorial (the beginning) is here

Ok, we are going to do the leaf work on the handle first. But, before we do that we should polish the handle up nicely. Several coats of Tung oil will do the job very well.

(applying the foil tape)

Once the Tung oil dries on the handle we can go ahead and apply the ornamental leaves around it. I am using aluminum tape for this. But, before I cut the aluminum tape to the leaf pattern I first did it with paper so I could get a good sense for how long it is, where the leaves go and how to wrap it so it looks good.

(seal with white glue)

That foil tape is not going to stay on there for long so I sealed the whole handle over with a clear drying white glue. This will hold it in place nicely.

(draw the pattern in pencil)

Now I drew out the pattern and wrote the words on the blade all in pencil.

(Paint in enamel)

And then painted it over with enamel paint. Once the paint is dry you can use an eraser to erase any of the pencil lines.

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