1 Meter Kitchen Knife with Dadao Style Hilt

This 1 meter long knife (sword) was designed to be fairly strong on its own and be fun to play with. Make sure to check the recommended print settings.

Filament

PLA will be fine. I used Extrudr DuraPro ASA CF for the black parts and DuraPro ASA natural for the white parts. 

Print Settings

Layer height: 0.2mm
Total wall width: ~2.5mm (4 perimeters with a 0.6mm nozzle)
Top and bottom shell thickness: ~1.2mm (6 layers at 0.2mm height)
Infill (general): 10% gyroid
Infill (parts with 100% infill in their file name): 100% rectilinear

Printing

Sticking to the color theme of the preview image, 
- print all parts called "blade_" and "grip_" in a black filament
- and all parts called "guard_" in a white filament.

The parts with 100% infill are there to give the knife a better balance so that it is not too blade heavy. 

If the blade is to come out stiff, print it with a carbon fiber infused filament.

Assembly

1. Glue: Use a glue that can fill gaps and makes a very strong bond.
2. Using short pieces of filament as registration pins, first glue all the corresponding left and right parts together, for ex. "blade le a.stl" with "blade ri a.stl".
3. Then glue the resulting parts together. Starting from the rear end of the grip work your way forward to the blade tip. 
4. As a general tip: It can be helpful to practice assembling the parts several times only using registration pins. This can increase the success rate when permanently bonding the parts together for ex. with super glue in the next step.

Finishing Touches

If you want the logo on the guard to stand out, fill it with black nail varnish.