Making a 11th Century Arming Sword
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- This sword is modeled after an 11th-century arming sword from the "Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen" (German Blademuseum Solingen). It is listed as Catalougen-umber 9 in the Book "The Sword - Form and Thought".
This is the second sword and video I`ve ever made, so any feedback would be appreciated.
00:00 Intro
00:04 Drawing
00:37 Blade
01:27 Forging the Tang
02:15 Back to the Blade
02:45 Making a Forging Tool for the Fuller
03:31 Forging the Fuller and Bevels
04:42 Straightening
04:54 Normalising and Straightening
05:20 Quenching and Tempering
05:48 Making a Grinding Tool for the Fuller
07:04 Grinding the Fuller, Outline and Bevels
08:07 Grinding the Shoulders and Tang
08:28 Forging the Crossguard
09:32 Forging the Pommel
11:12 Grinding the Pommel
12:22 Grinding the Crossguard
12:58 Fixing a Weakpoint in the Tang
13:18 Polishing the Crossguard and Pommel
14:12 Riveting and Finishing the Pommel
15:12 Making the Grip
15:49 Wrapping the Grip and Sharpening
17:43 Presentation and Cutting Test
19:02 Outro - Zábava
You don't see a lot of smiths completely hand forge a sword and its fittings. Amazing! You forged everything so precisely! I wish I had the opportunity to handle that sword. I bet she sings!
That is the most stunning thing I’ve ever seen
Probably one of the best videos I've seen making a sword like this. Love how u made tools to move forward. Awesome.
Thank you.
Its nice to see a sword made the real way without a threaded tang
Clever grinding tool.
The things you can do with good tools and excellent skills. I loved watching this video. And to think the 11th century craftsmen had to do this without powertools.
The editing quality is pretty astonishing to be quite frank. The sword POV is so seemly simple and obvious, yet so profoundly original in my experience and really tied the whole video together. Excellent work, Sir.
Thank you.
Grinding that fuller is no easy feat.. symmetry, depth… quite a challenge freehand 👍👍👍
Thanks, the width didnt make it easier either, there are noticeable slips irl though.
Next blade has two fullers per side and is 20% longer. Apparently i actually can be overconfident. Project is on halt at the moment tough, because of work.
I've watched several sword smithing videos and this is by far the best.
Thank you very much, that's reassuring.
beautiful arming sword
Wonderful ... as a learning blacksmith, this was very insighful. Thank you very much for sharing your work here !
Thank you! But please note that i'm not an expert myself. Please take what you see here with a grain of salt.
Honestly, it's just beautiful. I've rarely even seen a sword that well made, let alone one that's hand forged!
Awesome job!
Thank you. Even so i must say there are definitely some faults apparent when handling it (to much flex in the middle and the fuller is slightly wonky).
Outstanding work. I aspire to make one this nice one day.
Great work!
Subbed. Your sword is excellent for the next crusade, Sir. Deus Vult!
Spitzenmäßige Arbeit, vielen Dank fürs Zeigen.
Wow..!
Fantastic work & beautiful single hand Arming Sword..
It very nice Sword
And you Forge it By hand , thats Really impresif....
I'll Subscribe for it
Thank you very much!
Kudos to you. I thought about getting into the forging business myself, but I don’t have the skills. Besides, I have OCD, so I go nuts over perfecting drawing sword designs, let alone forging them. Anyway, I’m not sure that I would have the attention span nor patience to do it.
Very nice.
The time when the design of Swords reached its peak ... barring the Type XII and XIIa , which are the supreme swords .Magnificent work .
Peak design is the yatagan sword
Fight!-Fight!-Fight!-Fight!-Fight! /s
Its a matter of taste my dudes.
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Only a Turk would say that .I see through your disguise .
this was spectacular, why don't you have more subscribers???
Thank you. I've only made three videos in like two years, so thats probably it.
@@davidantweiler4729 I'd say make more, but I'm sure they are time consuming
You're not wrong, but well see how it goes.
Legit if someone asks me how to make a sword I'll be sending them this video in the future.
I’m how long do you think it took to cut that spring, about what was your starting material weight from it? Or did you go by length and play it by step? This is my next project and this video is about what I’m going for on the finished sword, thanks
Magneficent ser. Damascus version making please. Where is new videos? Where is new work.😅
I would like to buy one myself.
Very interesting way of tackling how to grind out the fullers. Never seen someone make a jig that way on their belt sander to achieve that.
At the 12:57 mark; Wasn't this weakpoint caused when you were forging out the blade, and added the secondary notch in the tang with your tools at 1:56?
Thank you, I thought making a profiled backing plate would be easier and cheaper to make than a profiled wheel, or a small diameter wheel for every new fuller profile. It seems to work fine, even though it does deteriorate the connection point of the sanding belt more than usual.
Also yes, that weakpoint was caused when I hit the guillotine one time more than i should have, so i decided to make new shoulders instead of having the weakpoint exactly where the blade meets the grip.
Thank you for watching.
How do you only have 131 subs? I just made it 132!! Great content!!
Thank you.
Great video. What do the circles help with in the drawing process? Thanks!
It is thought that most medieval swords where designed and proportioned geometrically like this, similar to gothic cathedrals. In contrast to this earlier swords often dont fit into geometrical patterns and their can proportions not be expressed in such neat fractions.
I’ve never seen a hammer so small! 😂 great video!
Thanks!
Absolutely beautiful build. Fantastic video as well. Thank you for the upload. Definitely one of my favorites.
That is a beauty Sir. Im at this moment scrounging well 2 nice sized plugs to make my fuller die out of. Im so damn good at hiding items from myself lol. Iv been meaning to do this as grinding with my fuller jig is just a big pain in my buttocks. But making the one like yours as I said. I just havent done. I really like your sword. These type of swords would look right at home at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. One can see the line of progression. I would imagine some smart either Nobleman or Blade smith figured. Hey lets take the Viking sword and make the cross guard bigger so old lefty here can keep the fingers of his new sword hand a mite longer. I also saw this listed as a type XA or XB in a publication of an Englishman, sorry I forget the name. I look forward to more from you Sir.
Thank you, im flattered. I mainly forged the fuller because i didnt have enough material to grind it in. Also I slipped enough during grinding with the forged fuller already there. In the book i got the measurements from it is also listed as a Oakshott type Xa blade, type A-ish pommel and a "gaddhjalt" (spike hilt). What type of fuller grinding jig do you use?
@@davidantweiler4729 Its rather crude laughable. I clamp the blade onto two 1 inch square lengths of wood. At the Tang and point below the fuller area. I have one of those adjustable work benches that winds open and closed to clamp material in. On each side of this I have added wood with cut notches to accept the 1 inch pieces I spoke of above. Heres the really crude almost laughable if it didnt work part. I then clamp my D.A. side grinder into the bench. I set the depth by leaning the grinder in towards the blade in little increments to try and avoid chatter. I slowly raise and lower the blade sliding it up in down in the slots. I then take another thinner grinder head to finish the point of the fuller. I had been drilling along the blade to set depth and filing and drimill said holes together on daggers and just didnt do fullers.
I really just started the midievil type blades and just think most look unfinished without them so I built the above abortion till I can do better.Iv mainly forged Trad and tactical Hawks ,Viking Axes and Things that pop into my noggin.
I had worked up a video portfolio. But I was making a Stirling silver pendant for this fellow as a gift to his wife. Using the lost wax method. I recorded the who thing from carving it in jewlers wax setting it in plaster of paris melting and pouring the molten silver into the void the melted wax left. My dumb butt didnt back up the 15 or so projects prior to this. I then dropped my phone into a qinch tank and lost everything as it fried the memory card as well. I LOL to keep from crying. I need to come up with a better and cheaper way of testing gravity.
I have finally collected the parts I needed to build a 70" belt grinder so fullers will become easier knock on wood lol and a Propane forge as my whole blade smith set up is home built.
Im going to try pattern welding blades and such. I have been strictly coal fired.It gets hot enough just I want the ease of gas and its speed Again I look forward to more of your work
Damn, that sucks. Good luck with that gravity thing. I myself have trouble sometimes with remembering that hot things are in fact hot.
one of the "Medieval Swords" (11th Century) im looking for, good craftsmanship sir & forging skill, it has your signature in it while making the material, hope to see much more 11th cent. swords like the knights of old, arn swords & St.Maurice, wanted to learn & starting forging myself in the near future sir, hope ill learn alot from you in this videos, ill subscribe definitetly as of now, hail! from Philippines. 😊
Thanks, but please note that this is only the second sword i've ever made, so take my approach with a grain of salt. Greetings from Germany
@@davidantweiler4729 hello again sor, can i ask about what type of steel did you use for the pommel & the exact length and thickness? thanks.
Its just a piece of scrap steel, so i dont know what exact sort it is (probably mild steel). I just estimated how much id need, i can't give you measurements, because i dont remember, sorry.
Well done friend, if you were to sell a sword to order what wold it be worth to you?
Tldr:
For this this sword problably like 450€, to make one to order right now definitely more, if id become a swordsmith maybe a bit less.
I don't think i can reliably answer that question right now. I have only made the two swords you can see on this channel, so i have no experience in selling anything.
For this sword i think I counted 42 work hours, but that probably wasn't counting stuff like cleaning up. To cover materials, fuel and work hours it would have to be upwards of 450€. Plus taxes.
This sword also isn't really of a quality that i would be comfortable selling, making something to sell would probably take longer, also depending on the design.
If i were to get good at this I could probably lower prices by making several swords at once. But at that point i would probably have to factor in other hidden costs.
If i start making batches, you will see it on this channel.
I hope this was intelligible, not my first language.
Very nice. I think what I might have done with the pommel is glue the handle on, and then peen the pommel on. That way the pommel is forced tightly against the handle and you wont have it coming loose (that might not work as well with your two piece handle construction though)
Thank you. The width of the tang of the originial heavily implies a two piece handle construction. Also the since the pommel isn't totally flat, you would have to be careful not to apply to much pressure to avoid splitting the handle apart. I could definitively have fitted the handle better to the tang tho, got a bit hasty on that part.
Do you maybe have any thoughts about the video quality, structure and stuff like that? I haven't done this very much and would appreciate some feedback.
@@davidantweiler4729 The video itself was very good! Easy to follow along, interesting shot angles, and good quality video and sound.
Thank you, that is nice to hear.
Офигенский меч!!!!👍👍👍👍
Cпасибо
Good job 👌 , I'm waiting for your next videos . Google translate 😁
Thank you.
Great video! I am also interested in making a sword and have the book you mention. What page is it on? I think the dimensions on your build are something I can work with using the equipment I have. Thanks!
Its on page 66, you may not recognise it immediately because the guard is a bit fatter in the middle and the Pommel is a bit more pointy. Maybe something with a narrower (or no) fuller would be better for a first try. I found it very easy to slip grinding the wide fuller. Good luck.
@@davidantweiler4729 could it be the sword in Chapter 6 - A Sword from the Rhine? That is the closest one I can find in the book. Page 66 is talkin about material an properties of VLFBERHT swords. I really enjoyed your build and think I will try to make Rhine sword since it has all of the characteristics and a good pic of the restored sword. Thanks for the info!
In my copy it is on page 66, its the 9th sword listed and has "INIOINI" inlayed on the blade. Maybe we have sligthly different copys. Im not shure which sword you mean, but general advice would just be to keep it simple, nothing long, one or no fuller and no rings on the guard that you have weld on. Remember to have enough excess material on the blade for scale and forging mishaps.
I have this version.
www.woodenswords.com/The_Sword_Form_and_Thought_p/book-sch01.htm
This is about as exciting as watching golf.
Some people like things others do not. I find soccer quite boring. Personally i think if id cut the video faster, it would be hard to follow what im doing, but im open to criticism.
@@davidantweiler4729 Bah, don’t listen to him, the video structure is perfect. Were you to compress the content within the video any further, or reduce it into shorter sections, you would be reducing the video structure’s quality, not increasing it! This structure packs a great deal of information into your video, demonstrates your techniques, and contrary to what some might say, does not bore at all!
Information *IS* entertainment! Knowledge *IS* exciting! You’re doing fine, brother, and given how this is some of the best video structure quality in the blacksmithing community, you’ve easily earned my subscription, and many more.
Thank you. Always nice to know you're doing something right.
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