My first sword!

That's pretty nicely done first effort. Is sword making something you intend to seriously intend to apply yourself to or was this sort of a one off effort?

Can you give us some statistics on the sword?

Things like the weight, the length, the balance point whether it has any distal taper and that sort of thing?

Thanks! Sword making is not easy, always glad to see someone new not just tackling it but appearing to be trying to understand what a sword really is and is not.
 
That's pretty nicely done first effort. Is sword making something you intend to seriously intend to apply yourself to or was this sort of a one off effort?

Can you give us some statistics on the sword?

Things like the weight, the length, the balance point whether it has any distal taper and that sort of thing?

Thanks! Sword making is not easy, always glad to see someone new not just tackling it but appearing to be trying to understand what a sword really is and is not.

Thanks you sir!
Sword making is why I originally got into bladesmithing. I tried making some swords and realized I needed to practice on something smaller. :D
I still don't have the equipment to do full sized swords, so this is as big as they'll get for a while.

The length is 28" overall, the blade is 20". Weight is 47 oz. POB is about 3" from the guard. Blade width is 1-3/4" Thickness is a tad less than 1/4". No distal taper, and that's something I aim to fix on the next one. This thing is too heavy. :o
 
Thanks you sir!
Sword making is why I originally got into bladesmithing. I tried making some swords and realized I needed to practice on something smaller. :D
I still don't have the equipment to do full sized swords, so this is as big as they'll get for a while.

The length is 28" overall, the blade is 20". Weight is 47 oz. POB is about 3" from the guard. Blade width is 1-3/4" Thickness is a tad less than 1/4". No distal taper, and that's something I aim to fix on the next one. This thing is too heavy. :o

Hey Phillip,

Good on you. Most guys that want to do swords think that their first effort is going to be Excalibur and then quit in disgust when they discover that it's not as easy as all that. The really good makers all typically started out making knives or even less useful things.

At 47 oz. as you say this sword is a bit overweight, for the size it is but not ridiculously so as is often the case with knife makers that try to build swords. More importantly to me, you recognize that it is overweight and also understand what to do about it next time around.

If I might suggest (and if you do not already know about them) you might want to check out www.myarmoury.com and www.swordforum.com . Both sites have a pretty good bit of valuable information if you are willing to dig for it a bit. I can talk about both sites more if you are unfamiliar with them.

Is it your intent to eventually try to be producing historically accurate swords?
 
Howdy,
I got pretty discouraged a few times early in my knifemaking, but I don't give up that easily. I think if I had tried to finish the sword much earlier, I'd be flipping burgers right now. :D

I wasn't aware of myarmoury.com, but I am a member of swordforums. I've learned a lot there.

Here's a link to the thread I started there about this sword:

http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?t=73842

[/quote] Is it your intent to eventually try to be producing historically accurate swords?[/quote]

You mean this one isn't??? LOL :D
Yes, someday. Like I said, my sword making equipment is limited right now.


Hey Phillip,

Good on you. Most guys that want to do swords think that their first effort is going to be Excalibur and then quit in disgust when they discover that it's not as easy as all that. The really good makers all typically started out making knives or even less useful things.

At 47 oz. as you say this sword is a bit overweight, for the size it is but not ridiculously so as is often the case with knife makers that try to build swords. More importantly to me, you recognize that it is overweight and also understand what to do about it next time around.

If I might suggest (and if you do not already know about them) you might want to check out www.myarmoury.com and www.swordforum.com . Both sites have a pretty good bit of valuable information if you are willing to dig for it a bit. I can talk about both sites more if you are unfamiliar with them.

Is it your intent to eventually try to be producing historically accurate swords?
 
Howdy,
I wasn't aware of myarmoury.com, but I am a member of swordforums. I've learned a lot there.

Check it out, it's not as heavy on the metallurgy as say the bladesmith cafe at sword forum but it does a MUCH better job of putting out historical information. It also does not have the same level of uninformed chatter that is so prevalent on sword forum these days, not to mention every third question or answer is not about this or that mediocre production katana. Both forums have their strengths and weaknesses and both are valuable tools.

You mean this one isn't??? LOL :D
Yes, someday. Like I said, my sword making equipment is limited right now.

Sorry, that was not meant as a slight, this one is historically plausible in the way that an unmodified Atrim is historically plausible and it appears to share some of the same anachronisms. I'm glad you recognize the growth potential as well! :)

Speaking of Atrims etc. how is your assembly put together? Peened? Threaded? Threaded and peened? Where do you live Phillip?
 
Sorry, that was not meant as a slight, this one is historically plausible in the way that an unmodified Atrim is historically plausible and it appears to share some of the same anachronisms. I'm glad you recognize the growth potential as well! :)


I know, I was just ribbin' you. :)


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Speaking of Atrims etc. how is your assembly put together? Peened? Threaded? Threaded and peened? Where do you live Phillip?

The pommel is threaded on.
I live near Fort Wayne Indiana. Where do you live? There's not much info in your profile...
 
The pommel is threaded on.
I live near Fort Wayne Indiana. Where do you live? There's not much info in your profile...

Yeah sorry about that, I'm in Huntsville, Alabama. If you were ballpark I was going to suggest you wander over my way and have a look at some of the reproductions I own. I've found that there is little substitute for hands on evaluation when it comes to learning about swords. I'm trying to think who is in Indiana that you could go see... I know there are some folks... Hmmm Let me get back to you on that.
 
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