Well, This Sword took me almost two month to make and this was not easy to make it such perfect. A lot of people asked me to make Sword so i tried to make most perfect Sword that i can.
Blade Length: 35 Inches
Handle Length: 12 Inches
Overall Length: 47 Inches
All the Processes are below of making this beautiful Sword:
Forging:
It took me almost two days to prepare and hand forge Rebar piece into a long iron Strip and this was my most Hard forging ever. I don't have any power hammers so all the forging i did with my hands as well as other metal processes and turned a rebar piece into an 50 inch long metal strip.
Grinding:
I make most of grindings of steel strip with my Angle grinder and turned the strip into a well ballanced workpiece. I also
did a lot of hand sanding with a help of abrasive to remove the edges and almost all the roughness of the blank.
v. I made diamod blade type by hand sanding.
v. Hand Sanded the Blade to remove roughness.
v. The Hollow Ground was done manually which makes all the counstruction more lighter and stronger.
Hardness:
There is a proven and professional way to harden a Sword and that is
Heating the whole surface placed into a Fire evenly to a critical temperature. After that Quench the heated detail in oil. Now the steel is hard but fragile. Tempering is the best way to increase Toughness of the sword.
Handle:
The Handle contains of three parts.
v. POMMEL: Purpose of pommel is to ballance all the counstruction and to force more energy during a hit.
v. Cross Guard: A nice brass piece which protects hands, it is also needs to be sealed by Spacer.
v. Wood: Any piece of light wood would be nice for the handle which could be wrapped with some soft leather strips.
Forging a SWORD out of Rusted Iron REBAR
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This is the most Hard forging i have ever done, Here is some of the Best moments of this Sword video. 01:34 forging 03:01 shaping 05:05 hardening 06:28 making handle 08:16 making cross guard 10:52 making pommel 09:49 making handle 12:31 assembling Final product
I can't believe it took you 2 days just to forge the thing. Nevertheless, it came out nice and shiny👍🗡️!
Armature cannot be hardened. Because hardenable reinforcement cannot be welded. Who needs fragile places in rebar? Hello from Russia p.s Try to make it from a spring, torsion bar or a powerful spring (for example, from a railway carriage). Just do not forget to release after hardening - it can burst)))
In theory, the pommel balances the blade. Therefore, it should not be made of light metal)))
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Hmm the handle is round. That is a problem. It makes difficult to keep the blade aligned with the direction of the cut.
We need more people like this guy. People like him make life a living RPG and that's what I want out of my time.
It makes it a living rpg? How?
I'm boutta break into his back yard
Swords weren't invented in RPGs 🤦
i do not remember making this comment lol
We definitely need more people living the RPG life because I don't think normalcy is working anymore. People are getting sick of it and we need others like him to inspire people to change to a more exciting and fulfilling lifestyle!
I'm 23 and this makes me feel like such a sad excuse of a man, only thing I can forge is my mom's signature on permission slips.
Nah bro don’t be hard on yourself, it’s all good Besides, you can always get better
You can't expect to be a Phoenix if you don't become ashes first. Hardship will build you up, it's a gift from God. Bear with it my friend.
I think trades should make a comeback. This is so cool. Blacksmithing, welding, and carpentry are really cool trades.
Blacksmithing is easier when you have friends. There's no reason one person should be forging a sword this large on their own.
Absolutely stunning for the amount stuff you had access to. However, there's something I think you missed and it's a small part, easy to fix. It looked like you made the handle circular. Usually, bladed weapons in general have oval handles so that one can feel the edge alignment in the hand.
Well this guy did a great job at making a medium quality sword even tho he's not a blacksmith or a a wordsmith. But the fact that he's not knowledgeable about medieval weapons or just forging in general shows. I'm a blacksmith, i've made a few swords now, and he could tweak a thing or two. First of all, he shouldn't cover his steel with a layer of clay to "prevent carbon loss". This is irrelevant, we don't carry weighted vests in every day life to not get sucked up by tornadoes. Carbon loss can happen, except that's irrelevant in that case and the technique used is kinda dumb. He didn't temper his sword prior to quenching, wich is a mistake. He should have done a few cycles during the final steps of the forging, by hammering while at a low recristalisation temperature (but i mean he's not that great of a Smith so he just carved the shape out instead, wich would be a nonsense in a medieval setup, just beacause stock removal is so expensive compared to just forging the blade at the right shape directly). Then, the clay... At a quenching temperature, you're nowhere near the heat necessary to modify noticeably the carbon content of your edge, wich means... He put clay for nothing (and even then, keep in mind that decarburization can take hours at high temperatures, so basically you'd have to do it on purpose to lose carbon). Then, he quenched the blade... With the clay still on??? And too cold??? So basically the clay prevents the steel from properly hardening, that's why we'd use it foe making hamons, and the heat seemed way too low to even have quenched if it didn't have clay. So in short, the guy pretended to make a tempered blade when he just didn't temper his blade at all, he just did some shenanigans to pretend like he's changing the steel. But whatever, a sword doesn't HAVE to be hardened, in a medieval context it wouldn't be uncommon to see untempered weapons. Then, about the tempering, i don't exactly understand why he put the blade in a box and then put sand on top of it... Does he want to grow a sword tree? I suppose he saw a blacksmith put a hot blade in vermiculite once and thought he could do the same with sand, except his blade isn't hot, the sand isn't vermiculite, and, minor detail, you usually do that step to CANCEL HARDENING. (btw vermiculite is used to keep the heat in the blade, sand would just suck up the heat, but that doesn't matter on a cold blade). And, well, the handle is round, wich makes it very hard to feel the edge alignment. That just shows he doesn't use handled tools or weapons in general a whole lot, or at least didn't pay attention about why axe handles weren't round for exemple... Overall not a bad attempt at all for a beginner, just a lack of informations on a lot of aspects, be it forging or weaponry, but that's kind of a problem when you want to forge a weapon. If he studied the subject a bit more he'd have done a quite good job a making a sword tho! (oh and i have yet to feel the balancing of the blade tho) Last side note : he shouldn't have faked the cut maille at the end... Like he strikes it, and cuts to a photo of the cut maille... First of all even a good sword would have been stopped by that, just beacause you don't cut steel with steel that easily. Then, i'm pretty sure it's the maille that cut into the sword lmao, he probablement got a nice saw blade where the sword hit
@@jeanladoire4141 thanks for pointing this out! The tempering part bothered me bit in the video(, too).
@@jeanladoire4141 6:16 if he didn't temper it, what's that?
@@RLee-we1fc that's planting a sword for making a sword tree (what he did is pointless, the sword isn't tempered, and in no case should you bury it in sand)
@@jeanladoire4141 that's funny, a sword tree. 😂 😂
the fact you made a beautiful blade with hand tools and no fancy workshop makes this sword even more special. Beautiful workmanship, elegantly simple and a timeless design.
Wdym he used a buzz saw
@@Donglehutone tool
@@Donglehuta single modern tool doesn't equate to a fancy workshop.
do you just have a million things in your backyard
yes, yes he does
Do you not?
A million things, a million ideas…
maybe he has a junkyard
@@sisi_pusi didnt think of that, smart
I Applaud you Sir! The WORLD IS Missing MORE Folks like YOURSELF and EVERYONE WHO WORKS AN ACTUAL "TRADE" (BUILDING SOMETHING FROM NOTHING WITH YOUR HANDS) That BENEFITS SOCIETY!!! THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS!!!
Thanks for obscuring the comparison at the end of the video with a bunch of end cards, that really helped me see what happened to the chainmail and the sword.
Unbelievable! This is the definition of making do with what you have! I had my doubts when you started to forge but I stand corrected. What you accomplished with the tools you used is unreal. Well done 👏
I was looking for this comment, there's always this comment
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@@isaacgarcia117 ²1йййй33111ф3кк0
very pretty. but issues are as follows 1. rebar is not harden able steel 2. clay coating is not to prevent carbon loss its to provide a differential heat treat to the edge and core of the blade giving strength to the edge and flexibility to the core. 3. tempering is not to harden the blade it is to pull hardness out of the blade in a controlled manner to give flexibility and prevent snapping. 4. while convenient a burn through on the handle material leaves gapping (caused by the burnt material) and embrittles the wood leading to possible cracking. 5. not a negative cudos on the guard and pummel they are gorgeous. all in all you made a beautiful piece and i hope you don't take anything i have said as anything other than constructive criticism. i love seeing people make blades keep at it.😊
sarei stato curioso di vedere la flessibilità del debole , ma purtroppo non fa vedere nemmeno l'equilibratura.
1-Not all rebar is made out of iron alone, there are: Carbon Steel Rebars Stainless Steel Rebars European Rebars Epoxy-Coated Rebars Welded Wire Fabric Galvanized Rebars Sheet-Metal Reinforcing Bars Expanded Metal or Wire Mesh Rebars Glass-Fiber-Reinforced-Polymer (GFRP) Rebars 2- clay coating can prevent carbon content loss if you repeateadly bring steel to certain temperature, for this reason stainless steel foil is used nowadays. 3 - as the other 2 items above I think its a matter of English not being is native tongue. 4 - This depends on the wood, and its water content. This technique has been used for centuries without problems in western and eastern civilizations. Cheers!
well said. thats what i also thought. he had so much good qualtity and high carbon steal and choosed mild steal. all the work for a wallhanger. its not useable. why would you heat treat your longsword with clay and heat treated it even wrong. long swords were tempered after heat treating, so they become very flexible and for a good reason. the flexibilty prevents the force of impact travels through the sword straight in to your wrists. if you ever hit and hard object with a baseball bat you know what i mean. even if you did the coating right you would just made the sword stiff.
Some rebar can harden
@@marcosvilardi2085 You can tell the quality of it at the 0:30 mark because the sparks are very dull. A decent high quality steel would be much brighter and throwing more sparks.
I'm impressed. I was under the impression that rebar was always a milder steel. I have a friend who is forging a blade out of rebar. Since we were using my forge, I gave him the two-handed sledge hammer and I got to hold the steel. It still took us 2 days.
I've been hammering out knives for more than 20 years - regular rebar is soft, usually a mixture of lesser steels, it generally won't temper, will not hold an edge and rusts at the drop of a hat. This gentleman did a fantastic job hammering out a sword blade, beautiful work! Doing it the hard way too 👍 f yeah. Much better than i could do!!! That high polish is downright snazzy. 👌 ( If you want a real beast, forge one out of one of those coil springs! Talk about tough(!), some of my favorite blade steel but it is hard stuff. It holds a great edge, will take a good bend and spring right back but hammering out a sword will take a lot longer - when you start hammering it just looks at you, it moves slow until you flatten it out some, but man it makes a rugged, sharp blade!
Yes you had to use a sledge as you didn't use the power of the video jump cut. With jump cuts you can achieve perfect thickness with a small hammer and crowned rail track, with jump cuts you can hollow grind the blade and apply a scalloped grind patina to the tang covering up the very much perfect face finish, you achieve after 2 days tapping on the rail anvil. My fakedar was ringing loud from the opening scene and got so loud I had to stop watching in honor of those blacksmiths that present nose to tail videos without massive progress jump cuts.
I really appreciate how you showed how to forge the pommel and cross guard your video has shed light on so many questions about forging those 2 items What really appreciate is that you showed how long some of those steps took to negotiate those task .Very beautiful craftsmanship the mirror finish you put on that blade and how you did it by hand sanding is admirable Thank you for sharing your video it really helps me out a lot.
love how strongly this feels of indie forgework. no power hammer, no fancy tongs, just a guy with a hole in the ground, an iron brick, and a hammer.
It's going to be a nice wall decoration, eventually useful in case of burglar, but since rebar are not high carbon hardenable steel, one or two on something hard, and bye bye edge ^^
That's why he tempered it?
@@FuhqEwe "Tempered it"
@@drewdabbs418 I think you're implying something but I don't know what it is.
@@FuhqEwe Guess he’s busy, so basically-no, he didn’t temper it
@@Ci1antr0 Did the uploader deliberately attempt to deceive the viewers or are they just ignorant on the correct process?
I can only imagine how sore your arm must be after flattening 1" of solid rebar, love the final product!
Imagina os do ferreiros da idade média
Yeah couldnt help thinking that he should have drilled holes in that rail bit and bolted it down to something that didnt move
Rebar is actually soft, you can see how fast its moving.
Bro made his own backyard DIY furnace. Hats off ❤
Wonderful contrast in the hard work and labor, the power of hands and tools, against the beauty and grace of flowers.
Not only is this piece of craft / art perfect. The video is so well made, that you can almost touch the artwork. Actually you could make one, if you dared to, just out of this video. Thank You!
honestly this is one of the few clickbait restoration channels where i really admire the work. this is good. it sings, the proportions are pretty good, its sharp and looks beautiful. great job. genuinely nothing wrong with this.
Except that the sword is made of unhardenable material
Man, talk about working with what you have. Absolute madlad to make a sword like that.
i think this is very beautiful. i also enjoy, the semi primative proccess. i've seen the forging or making of much more complicated looking blades, but i honestly prefer this one. it's simplicity makes it beautiful
Undoubtedly some of the nicest mirror shining I’ve ever seen
Nice to see a sword get actually forged, instead of grinded to shape
One of the most beautiful swords I have ever seen in my life...
This is one of the coolest things I have run across on KZhead in a long time! *I just found your channel but it is incredible* 😳🤯📚🙌
Very beautiful! Heads up, the handle of a sword is traditionally less of a perfect cylinder, more oval in cross section, for ease of grip and control of the sword. Super cool sword though, major chops!
piece of rebar, pit in the ground for a furnace, anvil made from structural beams. this guy's resourcefulness is unmatched beautiful sword too, the ones made by hand by these youtubers are arguably better quality than the factory made reproductions like what I have.
I love how you used simple tools. Showing the process can be done without the myriad machines other KZhead channels show off. Amazing work.
Получился хороший ланцшверт. Не знаю на счёт подходящих для меча свойств арматуры. Может лучше было использовать пружину?
Ннуу.. Скажем, пырнуть можно хорошо, но не более: арматура - штука хрупкая, даже после правильной закалки/отпуска: чугун, практически. А вот заточки, по причине хорошей твёрдости, выходят годные))
Honestly I love that you and other guys are doing this. Making stuff out of old metals etc. Literally if you didnt recycle these theyd just be left to sit there. Props brother!
I have forged a few swords myself and I am quite impressed with your final product. The profile is great and the finish is beautiful!
U should make a video of ur own. ( making a sword
KZhead has become so boring nowdays , i just love watching these type of videos ❤️🔥
This is so cool! No massive fancy forge with heavy duty equipment, just pure craftsmanship… and some power tools lol
you forgot the power of the video jump cut.
@@mrrberger were you actually going to watch 2 days worth of shaping the rebar?? hahahahahahaha
Great vid. Years ago i saw a 3 part saxon sword making vid and it was the best. You've come very close. Would love to see some notes on how you got this tempered. Great job!!
They say WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones… Except for this guy.
It's nice to see something with a mirror finish, and not a damascus pattern. Looks great :)
Very impressive how you did a nice hollow grind with an angle grinder
Man that is a VERY nice hollow grind. Looks very clean
I cant sleep so thank you fir this video, it got me distracted and didn't let the voices get power over me 10/10 forging
I am in awe, this is just beautiful, all in your backyard with not too much fancy equipment just a simple forgery, but created such a majestic piece i love it
It looks very elegant and aesthetically pleasing! Nice work 👍
he is really talented and diligent. he knows what viewers want!
I thought that was a hummingbird! Wow moths are definitely great at mimicking!
the final result is absolutely stunning
Un trabajo increíble!! He estado pensando en hacer un espada, en mi caso solo como adorno ya que no tengo tanto conocimiento del oficio de herrería, y por falta tiempo no podría trabajarla para darle tanto nivel de detalle , pero ahora me entra la duda, y justo tengo una viga de hierro de ese exacto grosor 😋😋
Absolutely fascnating to see such skill and the beauty of creating something so special. Thank you!
I'd love to do some blacksmithing one day. When I have my own land a wood and metal workshop is the first thing I'll build.
Awesome work! This shows the difference between a real fighting sword and the cold-pressed stainless junk available everywhere. It also shows why real swords are so expensive and so dear. I want one for my end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it survivalist fantasies... I just don't think I can afford it! Bravo!!!
The sword you made is totally giving me Highlander vibes. A beautiful sword.
That ring-mail stood no chance! Epic blade!
Discovery of Sword ⚔️🗡️
Looks stunning! Handle might be a bit too round, but I'm sure that a good grip helps with that.
It's not a matter of grip. The reason a swords handle is oblong shaped is so you get more effectively align the blade with your cut. A round handle offers no tactile feedback on where the blade edge is facing.
@@FinalFantasyIXIIII I know, I worded that poorly. What I meant was that good grip helps with controlling the spinning, so you'll have atleast a chance of having the blade somewhat aligned.
Challenging project, great result there. Congratulations.
One of the best videos on KZhead ever!
I wish I was good half of you in this! That sword is really beautiful! Even more thinking how it appeared when it was just scrap metal pieces! 😲
Very nice job on the sword forging sir!!! You now have a new subscriber. Well done!!! That is a beautiful sword to say the least and you have shown that you don't need a bunch of fancy tools to make it happen. Just some perseverance, imagination and determination along with some scrap metal. Amazing work.
Also a hell of a lot of smelting and metalworking expertise + still a lot of tools.
@@faselfasel2864 Agreed
I love that you clayed the blade and quenched it, like rebar is carbon steel and it would harden, lol. Looks cool, but it’s a show sword.
Almost perfect restoration? Nah, this is perfect restoration!
3:34 is a awesome shot. You tell a great visual story.
So much goes into what you do. What an amazing job!! Well done!! :)
Absolutely beautiful. I would be so proud if I made that.
🤩✌🏻Good Work, My Young Man!🤩✌🏻 🤩✌🏻Try To Make One Of These Too For You To Play With!🤩✌🏻
I enjoyed this more then the other sword making channels no fancy expensive equipment very impressive
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I am still amazed by the fact that forgeries used to make such swords by hand in the bygone years.
above & beyond such piece of art with no challenge.thank you
I was skeptical at first but wow amazing craftsmanship for sure
What a beautiful work of art. Something that great made by hand should definitely be displayed.
That sword should be in a movie
sensacional; você é um artista 👍 👏👏👏
Beautiful sword, fantastically crafted!
Great hand work on the sword beautiful.
2 days pounding rebar... Thats respect
Great work! Amazing sword!👍👍😁😁🛠️🛠️⚒️⚒️
Great looking sword and you did an excellent job making it also! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
This was so awesome to watch! Thanks. And excellent work!!
It's very beautiful and your Hard work so appreciated 👍
another fantastic creation. That's very impressive
Amazing work, nice sword
I feel like he would thrive in a medieval community
Beautiful workmanship
That sword is beautiful! Really nice job man.
A forge for dummies! You make it look so easy. I do want to create my own sword one day. Thanks for the vid. It’s actually a very nice piece. I bet you been doing this for a while.
The opposite, if you start forging don't do what this guy does lmao
@@shaqjuice420 yeep shaping and tempering would make this sword break pretty easily+ its rebar
Beautiful blade. Nice job. Congrats.
Hello Almost Perfect Restoration! Just had a few questions. I'm making a sword just like yours and had a few questions. First off, what type of blade did you use for your angle grinder when you shaped the blade into the diamond shape? And what blade did you use when you took the top layer of black char of? And how long did you leave the sword in the sand to temper? And finally what putty did you use? Thank you for everything you do!
GREAT VID!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK!!
Eres increíble hermano 👍🏻 Saludos desde 🇦🇷💚😄
Imagine this but in Europe in like 1800, without power tools, i think it would make someone crazy
the "colibri butterfly" at 2:52 is actually a hummingbird MOTH. huge difference, but respect for filming it and including it in your video.
At the end, absolutely amazing how effective it is against attacking squashes. Does it work as well against attacking killer tomatoes?
Nicely done, beautiful sword!
This is the man you wanna stay with during a zombie apocalypse
You got yourself a new subscriber my friend 🙌🏿🙌🏿
That sword is beautiful and awesome job making that.
It's so amazing, I like this sword 😍
Both the crafting of the blade as the filming was expertly done
Amazing style with limited resources This is true craftsmanship
Excelente!! Muy buen trabajo!
Amazing job! Keep going :)
This dude would be nuts in a zombie apocalypse. Bits and pieces of an building? Boom, enough swords to arm 100 men.
I believe it is safe to say that this is not "battle ready". Really good stuff regardless. I'd love that on my wall.