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Well, originally I wanted a sword, and so rather than save or go buy a cheap sword, I figured I'd take up blacksmithing (or bladesmithing if you want to be specific) as a hobby, and make it myself. That should tell you about my personality (Same thing occured for both making Chainmail and Brewing Me...

Hello, I'm in an interesting position in looking into getting into WMA, and thats I'm also an amateur blacksmith. So it brings to asking the question of what is needed or looked for in the forging of a practice sword (as opposed to a full battle ready type sword), Such as steel type, if the blade ne...