BUILD A SWORD

This instructable will show you how to make a home made sword easily and effectively. But this will all depend on your creativity with it. I only made this when I was about 10, just as an example of how easy this is.

Step 1: Gather the junk

First your going to need afew things sutch as any type of strong ties or metal strips.Tape of your choise will be needed(I perfer duck tape),and a bit of card board.The tools you will need will be a grinder of some sort,and a sort or hand grinder for detail.

Comments

[curvy77]

ooo now i see what i forgot on my sheath! (the small rectangle bit for the edge) thnxs man!

[curvy77]

lol your right! my 10 year old bro made a sword too! course it was the scrap from my 6ft one ( hehe >=) )

[liLightaura]

How do you cut it after you have your design?

[I AM NOT MICHAEL JACKSON!]

The reason my method of "sword making" is so simple, is because I am so limitted in the availiability of tools and space. So you see, I had to do it the hard way, with my little dremel hand held, a grinder, and a pear of metal sheers. It would really depend on what kind of strip you are using. I usually make a very basic shape and then just continue to grind the rest off and proceede to shape it with my grinder. Actually I can do a lot with a spinning wheel of stone.

[liLightaura]

Okay thanks that makes sense

[liLightaura]

BY the way who said you where michael jackson

[I AM NOT MICHAEL JACKSON!]

I honestly have no clue since I made my profile a loong while back. Wierd thought I guess.

[Johnny Topside]

Pretty awesome sword dude

[Gage987]

what did you use for the blade

[I AM NOT MICHAEL JACKSON!]

For the first sword, I used a strong tie and for the second one I used a sort of pole. You can find them in some fences holding up the fence. For the first one I used a strong tie. A strong tie is a strip of metal use to anchor two pieces of wood together. There are many forms of them, you just have to use the straight ones. I would suggest some of the thicker ones.

[snowbum14]

i would end up using  3/4 in plywood and measuring the thickness of the blade to make it a tighter fit 

[Cruncher123]

could I use a file to sharpen the blade?

[dpsilver]

yea u can the one i made is entirely hand made with hand tools alone but i dont kno if i should put it up as an instructable  

[I AM NOT MICHAEL JACKSON!]

It would have to be very fine grit structure so it wont just tear the thing up. Go ahead, how much time do you exactly have on your hands?

[Camisado]

No offense, your Idea is good, but the hilt is just terrible. Make a neater wrap around it.

[I AM NOT MICHAEL JACKSON!]

See what happened with that was, when I made it, one of my older friends didn't want me to slip and cut my self on the bottom of the blade and wrapped tape around it. Sorry for being safe guys.

[Camisado]

Ain't nothing wrong with having a tape handle wrap. I wrapped some of my swords and knives with tape too, but I do it neatly. Your handlewrap however, is kind of a mess. No offense.

[I AM NOT MICHAEL JACKSON!]

No offence taken. Can I see one of yours? Post a picture on comments.

[Camisado]

Sorry for the late reply. Here's a pic (the first knife is the one wrapped in tape, although mind you I've already welded strips of metal into the blade to act as a handle, the tape was just for added comfort. The second pic is a pic on one of my better knives, a high carbon steel blade with hardwood handle):

[I AM NOT MICHAEL JACKSON!]

You've got some serrious devotion.Props.

[z-man6233]

ya i agree

[dpsilver]

I made my own sword but i used a sock and wrapped tape around it for comfort and to prevent those shocks for hitting something hard

[I AM NOT MICHAEL JACKSON!]

I bet it looks way better than tape right? Come on man, no one is going to take you seriously with a sock for a handle wrap! At least tell me you tried to hide that fact with some thing......

[dpsilver]

sigh heres a picture of it and u seem to have misunderstood me i used a sock and wrapped tape around the entire thing so it looks neat sorry i dont have a pic of it close up 

[I AM NOT MICHAEL JACKSON!]

I am so sorry for dissing you like that. But I just got a vission of a sword with an end of a sock hanging from it. It looks alright. How long did it take you to make it? How long and thick is it? And one mor important Q, what the f$#k do you use yours for?

[dpsilver]

lol yea its alright not bad for using hand tools alone right
but time to answer ur questions
1 it took me about 2 months of constant work to make it
2 the blade alone is 26 inches long and another 13 inches for the handle
3 thickness the back end of the blade is 0.5 cm thats very thick and the top of the tip is 0.1 cm thick
and most importantly
4 i havent killed any animals with it and only used it to cut soft plants. i havent been able to get it hardened yet so that all ill risk for now
but the blade should be toxic after all thats what ive been cutting with it the oleander plant 

[Brainny]

whats that u have for sharpening

[I AM NOT MICHAEL JACKSON!]

The small hand held one is a Dremel MultiPro Cordless and the larger one is a Task Force bench grinder. Why do you ask?

[solarpolar32]

you misspelled orange

[jesseq]

What did u use 4 a strip

[I AM NOT MICHAEL JACKSON!]

I used a strong tie. It's usually found in the hard ware section in a Home Depot or Lows. There are a bunch of shapes and sizes so take your pick.

[the mechanical engineer]

uhhhhh.... what about hardening the blade?

[I AM NOT MICHAEL JACKSON!]

With the already available amount of ductility in the metal these days, I doubt that it needs to be heat treated any further. It's an industry standard anyways so I would think that it's already treated.

[xadevox]

could i use yard stick?

[I AM NOT MICHAEL JACKSON!]

For what? The sword? No objections here. It is yours to mess with dude.

[Thundertydus]

I stabbed myself with mine and died by accient, be careful

[CapnTac]

That made me literally Lol!

[BEAST14]

Hey, could you go back and fix the spelling error in the title? I dont know why but it's driving me crazy. wow,...I really am weird. maybe my friends were right...

[bowmaster]

For the hilt get a dowel the same size as the handle part on your sword then split the dowel in half. Glue it to the handle ( glue advice ) Then drill 2 hole through the handle and insert dowels then glue.

[theswordninja651]

that"s cool and i want to make it but i don't have metal strips

[Link-44]

This is really simple, But so cool! I might make one of these when I have duct-tape... ^.'

[theofficialsquirter]

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