First DIY blade

[meinfs]

Nice work Alex. I'd love to hear about how you made it. Maybe next local gathering?

[Kerr the Walker]

Nice work Alex. I'd love to hear about how you made it. Maybe next local gathering?

Sounds like a plan!

With all luck I'll have it mounted in a handle by then and I can bring it along as a finished product.

[Mipi]

The same thing my girlfriend said!

Still better then "Great, another drink (pub)". that's what I answer to my dear wife.

I'll try my hands on blade DIY. Already have some spring steel.

[Kerr the Walker]

Still better then "Great, another drink (pub)". that's what I answer to my dear wife.

I've gotten that one too!

I'll try my hands on blade DIY. Already have some spring steel.

Give it a go! Though it is VERY time consuming if you're just using hand tools. It is extremely rewarding to finally have a finished product that started out as a piece of bar-stock.

[Mipi]

I've gotten that one too!



Give it a go! Though it is VERY time consuming if you're just using hand tools. It is extremely rewarding to finally have a finished product that started out as a piece of bar-stock.

Will do, but first I must finish my Taiji practicing sword. The blade is made of "soft" inox for two reasons; couldn't get proper material and to be on the safe side during practicing (no sharpening)

[osric the pale]

if you can do that well with a grinder, why worry about a forge. i usually grind em out because i live on a main road with lotsa neighbors now, and can heat treat through the mail. i used to live off the drag and nobody much cared about the coal stench, but i can't really say i miss it or the gawdawful mess. as for a handle i'm partial to recycling (dumpster diving) myself. i found some mahogany off of an old projection tv that way, and did a scabbard for my broadsword. rock whatever you do!