Oblivitus' Knex Sword

A knex sword that I made on mlcad. The blade is flimsy, unfortunately. Build it from the pictures. I've provided close ups of all the sections. I suggest starting by building the hilt.

If you build it, post some pictures. I might put them at the end of the slideshow.

I'd like to thank the following people for their pictures:
knex_builder_freak

Comments

[Tuba man8175]

i made a six foot claymore using a similar style blade I will post a few other swords before I post the camore meanwhile check out my tubas and saxophone

[noobererer]

Why do people always use so many yellow connectors :P

[TheAwesomestDude]

i have about 1000

[_kira_]

i have 1376 yellow connectors

[noobererer]

0_0 ........

I have like 100 - 200 i think :P
lots of them brake or my little brothers and little sister lose them ... I only have knex at my dads which I only go to every second weekend, I tell them not to play with them but they do constantly

[knex inventor]

it looks a bit flimsy if you memorize it as a real thing.

[Chikara]

Intense.

[CrankiestToast]

One question, How do I take this sword apart?

[Oblivitus]

By using it, lol. But I've never made it so I wouldn't know.

[CrankiestToast]

The thing is, when I swing it, it begins to snap then when you swing it again, it all snaps back into place. The sword never breaks apart, lol.

[heatblast]

Since the blade is flimsy, it can now be known as a whip sword. Like a real whip. The blade doesn't have to be strait to hit someone. You can still hit somebody with this if you flex the blade at an angle. don't do that tho, unless the person annoyed you first. Be nice to your surroundings :)

[knex_builder_freak]

Finished the sword, It turned out.... Not so strong but its fun!

Pics below and my foot on the last pictures are a size 8 and a half shoe.

[smattman22]

10 here bud. :P Beat that....11 year old here.

[knex_builder_freak]

lol

[geodez]

D'OH!

[DJ Radio]

Sword blade fail lol.

[knex_builder_freak]

lol

[Oblivitus]

Lol, I know, epic structural fail. Still looks good though.

[KnexFreek]

 LOL you should tell people not to make it unless they are making it for looks on the slideshow.

[Raikou-san]

You could make it 6 layers. Or even 11, if you have the parts.

[Oblivitus]

Holy crap, that's really flexible, lol. O well, it's still nice. Thanks a lot for the pictures.

[knex_builder_freak]

Oh, and It's so flexible but it has never snapped on me.

[PindaHoofd]

Try putting white rods between the yellow cons.

[Oblivitus]

I was thinking about that today and I think that you're right, that would make it much stronger.

[PindaHoofd]

Yep.
I tought of that when i wanted to make it but when i was looking to the comments someone already made it.

[knex_builder_freak]

ehhh im breaking it today, not gonna bother

[PindaHoofd]

Okay.

[sprout_less]

 I'll try and make a sword in 2 or 3 weeks.

[KnexFreek]

 i wayyyyyyyy prefer this over tbm's. his is ugly, this is nice. 

[knexsuperbuilderfreak]

why tbms was modeled after a sword in a video game(and if you use alot of black rods its really strong)

[KnexFreek]

oh.

[Oblivitus]

Thanks.

[KnexFreek]

 No prob! also..... POST :D

[Oblivitus]

I posted more pictures to build it with. I decided that there's no need for an instructable.

[knexsuperbuilderfreak]

how long is the blade part?

[knex_builder_freak]

13 then the greens on the end make it 14, counting on the bottom row

[TheDunkis]

I wonder how many people actually built it. Anyways it looks strong but very uncomfortable to hold. I didn't build it but I still bet that it would be flimsy like all 3 layered swords. There's not much to do about that though. I'm afraid though that like all solid things though that when this finally does break, it would break pieces instead of just snapping sections off. A little give in a K'nex sword can be a good thing to help it from literally breaking.

[Oblivitus]

Agreed, except for the comfort comment, I think that it's fairly comfortable.

[knex_builder_freak]

POST IT ASAP I WILL BUILD IT!!!! & rate it 5 and favorite it

and you will move up 1-2 spaces on my top 10 list!

[Oblivitus]

I posted more pictures to build it with. I decided that there's no need for an instructable. Don't worry though, it's simple.

[knex_builder_freak]

Ok thanks for those pictures I'll build sometime :)

[Oblivitus]

Post a picture of yours if you do. I'd like to see what a real one looks like. It would be nice if you were holding it too, since that's something that I can't do on the computer model. I'll put the pictures at the end of the slideshow.

[knex_builder_freak]

Oh yes I will post pictures when I'm done, And BTW I'm 12 so it may be smaller on you haha!

[knexsuperbuilderfreak]

if you want i can post this for you

[Oblivitus]

No thanks, if anyone needs more pictures, they can ask and I will add them.

[Mr. Muggle]

looks pretty sturdy, nice 3 layer design

[mettaurlover]

Built a staff like this, but just about as strong.

[Hiyadudez]

Hmm, not bad. 4*.

[Oblivitus]

I posted more pictures to build it with. I decided that there's no need for an instructable.

[Jesus.]

holy $%#^$*%&$^#^%*^%&*(&^*%^%$%$#^%&&*&$^(&*%##!@^$&%&)**(*&(^%&$&%&*^*%^$#%#@ POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Oblivitus]

I posted more pictures to build it with. I decided that there's no need for an instructable.

[smilee]

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[Oblivitus]

I posted more pictures to build it with. I decided that there's no need for an instructable.

[ninjusk]

that would be so strong

[Oblivitus]

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[ninjusk]

ya and it if very simple design 
i may make it when i get rid of my sr-v2 

[Oblivitus]

I posted more pictures to build it with. I decided that there's no need for an instructable.

[travw]

Well, cool, but I don't think it really needs an 'ible. You could just provide pictures of one section.

[Oblivitus]

Yeah, I think you're right, I think I'll post some close ups of the sections and call it good.

[travw]

Cool. I just think it'd make more sense.

[knex_builder_freak]

POST!

[knexsuperbuilderfreak]

1 of 3 good looking sowards on this site nice job

[Oblivitus]

Thanks.

[The Jamalam]

Honestly I prefer TBM's sword purely for looks, but I'm sure this is great too.

[Oblivitus]

I only made a computer model of this, but from it's structure, I know that it would be very strong as well.

[64runners]

WOW this thing looks amazing.....(still how do I make a new instructable if I already started another one?)

[~KGB~]

i like it! 5*

[cool bas3]

best sword 5*

[Oblivitus]

Thanks, it only took me about 30 minutes on mlcad though.

[cool bas3]

lol

[Tom Buckey]

Kinda cool! Im planing on making a assassians creed outfit :)
like a sword
Hidden blade
Dagger
ect.