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I apologize I just wrote too much. I was trying to say that a master smith was not need to forge a sword that would work. A master smith was needed to make a sword that would survive longer than it's user.

LafayetteCCurtis beat me too the parry as it were :) but I a a hobby blacksmith and i can easily make a "usable" sword, however the word usable is subjective. So many words in our conman tongue mean many different things or rather conjure up different meanings in our heads when we read the...

Thanks , I have read everything on the free portion of the ARMA site

I have applied for membership a few weeks ago but for now there is not anyone else practicing near me. Dallas Fort Worth is 3hrs away and when accepted I plan on contacting them for a visit. I just got Clements's Medieval swordsmanship and have been reading it in my down time. I know its not a how t...

As a beginner how often do you use a pell? I work on mine once a week even though the disrespect is there for more than that my endurance is not and I worry about developing bad habits trying to use it when tired.

I work just footwork and guard transition mostly now, any other advice to add in ?

Nah those are 6" scraps of osage with large knots! I just flat sanded them and glued them up. I have beat the snot out of the pell with it and it shows very little wear., i am happy with it thus far. I build custom TD hybrid longbows with all bamboo cores and have shyed away from the osage and ...

I like this idea and approach. I dont qualify for the offer as am just a noob learning footwork and guards but I will be buying a blunt in the future and look forward to the review.

Thanks for offering

I sanded the epoxy skin coat smooth and added a leather wrap on the handle. I weighted the waster and it came in a just over 2 .25 lbs. I drilled a hole in the handle to add weight too later but for now I will use it without the weight to begin with. All that is left are a few coats of polyurethane....

I can offset the blance where I need it to be so no problem there and I can make that weight easy as well. I finished profiling the blank, rounded the edges, add the diamond wood cross guard to the hilt and add the epoxy skin coat. I put her back in the oven and will check in a few hours then add a ...

I understand the actually weapon weighs around 3.5 lbs on avg but how much do waster usually weigh and where does the balance point need to be?

Got up earlier and pulled the sword blank from the oven. I had cured the blank for 4 hours @ 180 degrees using my bow oven. Looks nasty huh :) http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz148/Erratus/longsword/100_0555.jpg http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz148/Erratus/longsword/100_0556.jpg [/img]

Its glued up however it will be tomorrow before I can pull it from the form. Everything went well during the glue up.

While I was looking around in the shop I found a wood that is heavier, stronger and most of all tougher than hickory , Osage Orange. I also found a piece of hard wild cherry that i will add to either side of the osage then sandwich it all with hickory. The guard will be made up of the osage strips w...

has anyone built a laminated waster and if you did how did it hold up? I will be laminating one out of hickory lamination that I had leftover from building a longbow. I can take pics, if that is welcomed, of the process. In the end I think it will be more than strong enough for the purpose. Any thou...

I endeavor to do both as I have worked in my shop for many years to be able to pursue both now with dedication.