The Kurgan Sword..is it possible?

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One of the movies that made me first fall in love with swords, I'm sure I'm not alone, is Highlander. I know they currently make replicas with the two bottom spike blades that are spring loaded, but my question is, given modern cnc tolerances, could the TRUE "takedown" Kurgan sword be made of decent steel in such a manner that it would be battle ready? My cutting experience goes no farther than the standard water bottles/occasional tatami, but could it be done in such a way that there was NO wobble or blade play, so that it felt solid, and wasn't just a wall-hanging piece of crap? Thanks for responses in advance.
 
A picture would help, as well as a few technical details. Not everyone is up on movie swords.
 
My self I don't think possible . To fit a blade together and have any strength at the joints
 
Sounds feasible (although not for me), but the opening mechanism for the side blades would have to be pretty carefully done, to avoid legal issues.
 
You "could" make the Kurgan sword.

It would be fantastically expensive, really heavy and....eventually....it would break....catastrophically break.

It's fantasy come to life through movie making liberties...it isn't reality.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
This would be something I'd want to have a CNC mill for. The joints would be a failure point, and would need to be strengthened somehow. Right now, I'm thinking that if I had the tooling to make something like this (or the mechanical skill), I'd use a couple thick posts in addition to the tang part that slides into the other part, essentially like a fat screw, and one of those turnable tightening pieces for each like they use in those pre-fabbed home assembly bookshelves (turn it and it pulls the other piece towards it and locks it into place). Probably would want to machine in a spring-loaded detent for each of the turnable pieces as well. That would provide at least a modicum of mechanical rigidity in a fashion that would be perpendicular to the forces exerted. This would obviously need to be a pretty thick piece to provide the space to house the relevant parts (at least .25" thick).

Interesting thought project, anyways. Maybe something to suggest to Man At Arms.
 
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