Sword blade

[WaysofOld]

How thick and wide should a blade be? I was thinking about 1/4 inch thick with a fuller and about 2 inches wide or less. Any thoughts or advice?

 

[Loki]

Basic question is what do you want the sword to do - cut, thrust, or both? Cutting blades tend to be wider and of thinner cross section. Thrusting blades tend to be narrow with a thicker cross section. Do you want a blade to taper to an acute point or a broad rounded point? How much distal taper (thinner towards the tip) do you want? Historically you can find a huge variation in blade designs.

 

[Federico]

Not all cutting blades have narrow cross sections. Barong blades, since theyre so small tend to be quite thick and heavy to help compensate for the lack of length. A little hmmph to the cut so to speak.

 

[tallwingedgoat]

I have an Angus Trim sword here, it measures about 31" long, 1 and 2/3" wide at base, profile taper to less than 1" before the tip. It's 1/4" thick at base and distal taper to 1/8" before tip.