This was the original model I had made for the Katana, however the handle felt of so I remodeled it partially.

At first I made the handle allot thinner, this way I could add depth by making the handle have genuine cloth on top of it.

The cloth was made up of different parts to not make it perfectly smooth and add more realism.

Then i added the textures, these i had made in Photoshop using photographic imagery.

After the texture had been added it was time to set up a nice scene to render the model.