Making a practice sword (federschwert)
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- Making a practice sword of the feder type for historical martial arts practice. The process includes forging the blade, grinding it, forging the crossguard, turning the pommel and making the handle.
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Hey! Great video. I forged one of these myself and I used some examples of your build in mine. Not many videos of feders being made. So thanks.
Very nice. Thanks for making this video. The design looks like a Regenyei.
I've never seen anyone quench in soapy water before...
Soap helps reduce the leidenfrost effect - steam jacketing that can prevent a proper quench. Rovtar must be using W2 or something like that - a water quenching steel.
Thanks for sharing this video! Did you just MIG weld the cross-guard onto the tang and grind smooth or did you forge weld it?
Is there a detailed feder pattern anywhere?
Just out of professional curiosity, what size stock did you start from for this? Looks like about 3.5 cm, but I can't easily tell.
11:18 what is the tool name?
Hello, what kind of steel did you use? Spring steel from a coil spring? Thanks in advance.
+HFV1986 Hi, I used 1055 carbon steel, but you could easily use a thicker coil spring
Thanks for your reply!
Hi, what did you quench tje sword in, and to (about) what temeprature did you get it? Thanks :)
+Wojtuma In the video I quenched the sword in oil, but later I re-quenched it in water as oil didn't give it the propper hardness. The colours of the heated piece are wrong in the video but you should heat it to about 800 - 850 degrees celsius, it could also be more or less, depending on the type of steel.
That is awesome but super thick I'd hate to get hit by it haha
i want to make this... do you have the dimension required for safety like the blade thickness, the diameter of the tip, and the heat treat method to make this springy? did this need normalization and tempering?
greeting from indonesia
Of course you should start with a good quality spring steel, temper it correctly and keep grinding it untill it has a nice flex to it (that depends on the steel, temper, blade width lenght, ...) Mostly you just have to figure out what works for you.
will jeep leaf spring work? so basically i need to grind the distal taper to find the flex after tempering? to what color should i temper it, yellow or blue?
if it is a good spring it should work ok, If you grind the final dimensions of the distal taper after tempering It should warp less and you will be able to test it. Considering that you don't need edge retention in a practice sword you can temper it to blue, so it makes a tougher sword.
How much time does it take start to finish?
for a basic one it takes about 10 hours
how do i make the pommel and the threading at home? or are there other alternatives a novice can aplly
+MrBjeun You can forge the pommel and grind it afterwards with an angle grinder or file. Instead of threading you can punch the hole or drill it and pien the tang afterwards.
thanks, additionally, could you maybe consider making a german messer as a project. There's not that many info about it on youtube and you make some of the best vids
a messer will definetly be in the to do list and I will surely make a video
awesome, looking forward to it
do you sell these and if yes at what price?
+Aldito Hernandez Not yet, but I intend to sell them in near future, I think the price will be about 150 - 200 euros, depends on the finish and other characteristics.
+Rovtar forge if you do please contact me on a price with shipping to the USA if you can.
Aldito Hernandez I will, as soon as I make one to sell.
+Rovtar forge thanks :)
it is your power hamer ?
+Leon boss Yes, but hat was when I got it and this is the lowest power and the smallest die, you will see it in full power and full size die in next videos.
A si slovenec?
+BaracudaTeam Da
your anvil moves quite a bit.