1. How to Make Your Own Tsuba{A real tsuba which you can make on your own. 2. What you will need -A circle of steel or iron with a diameter of 7.5-8.5 cm and about 4-5 mm thick. -Drill press -Dremel or needle and flat files -A small Hammer -Different Taganes Drill PressDremel Taganes 3. Making Smoothing Designing Modern tools and Ancient tools.To Make a Tsuba 4. Use drill press to make the main elements of the Tsuba. The three main holes can all be made with a drill press and files.Step 1 Shaping the Tsuba 5. Make a design on paper first then transfer it to the tsuba. Cut out whole parts of the tsuba if it helps your design Make sure you have the right taganes Flatten and make it three dimensional. This is a good example of both flattening and carving shapes all the way out of the tsubaStep 2 The Carving 6. Additions to your Tsuba You can add gold foil or paint to make certain designs stand out. You can also add darker color to the metal to make it stand out. This is where you are totally free to be creative. Put emphasis where you want it.