Basket Hilt Broadsword Project

[Taygrd]

Thanks for the compliments. It is heat treated and the forge I used was a 20" coal forge that I moved the blade back and forth till it reached decalesense then quinched it in brine. I have the original buckskin basket liner, however I plan it leave it off since I am going for the Jacobite era look.
I managed to get the top of my thumb and nail with a cut-off wheel, not terrible I have done worse. Managed to cut both thumbs into the bone two separate times, once with a bandsaw and once with a knife I was working on. After that I decided not to sharpen the blades till I finished them and my wife is happen since that means fewer ER visits. I fixed the title of this thread to Backsword. Thanks