Forging a Xiphos - The Hoplite's Sword
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- Опубліковано 25 тра 2021
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In this video, I forge a xiphos, Which is a greek sword of the 4th century BCE.
The leaf-shaped blade is about 24" long and is forged from 5160 spring steel. After forging to shape, it is rough ground, then heat-treated with a fairly springy temper. The blade is then ground to a 220 grit finish. The handle pieces are made from Jocabata (check spelling) wood. They are epoxied and pinned into place with a bronze plate on either end. The tang of the sword is peened over to lock everything securely in place
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Your kit is going to be absolutely incredible when it's all done! Beautiful job on the sword and that is certainly a chopper!
woodworker here. You want to add a finish onto the stained handle to seal and protect it. A stain by itself doesn't offer any protection and looks pretty dull once dried. I'd add either a couple coats of danish oil, shellac or a blend of danish oil and oil based polyurethane and wipe on 3-4 coats. That wood grain and color will pop and il will prevent it form getting waterspots ot dirt from hands on it and making it all dirty.
that's a killer piece of steel
Badass thak
Great video, thanks
That was so impressive! This is one of the best sword forging videos I have seen. Thank you!
Nice I love these Ancient Greek projects I didn’t finish it but damn I love it
Awesome! Beautiful weapon!
(the name is pronounced roughly [kseephos])
That sounds a lot cooler! Thanks for the correction.
awesome sword
You always have the sickest shirts on lol
I love to see your work
Such incredible work on the sword to end with such disappointing work on the handle.
Loved the video, that's a beautiful sword. Longswords are always fun, but there's something really cool about those early two-foot blades like the Greek Xiphos or Roman Gladius. They just look deadly in a different way. Lots of interesting swords back then like the Falcata and Kopis, the wacky looking Egyptian Kopesh and so on.
Glad we got to see you use it, too! It cut those branches really damn well. 10/10!
Hell yeah Thak! Great work, as always.
The sword is gorgeous.
Awesome
This is my dream sword. Absolute perfection.
There's an ancient tale about an Athenian who asks a Spartan soldier why their swords were so short. The Spartan answered, "It's long enough to reach your heart". End of conversation. And no doubt many Persians will fall before your mighty blade!
amazing beautiful sword
Glad to see your suit coming together.
the section where you hand filing i found those cheap diamond square blocks work pretty well on truing up the lines and flats, they crap for proper sharpening but a useful tool for hand blocking.
turned out great, happens to be my fav type of sword too
That's a great idea!
This is mesmerising I can watch this all day ☺️👏👌🇦🇺
Great job man as usual! Can't wait for the final assembly!
Wow! A lot of hard work produced an amazing Xiphos! Thank you for sharing this treasure!
Excellent all round. Really well filmed and a big thanks for taking the time to take us through that major build. Really loving your Hoplite project.
Beautiful
Fantastic. I love it. Always wanted to make a Roman galdius, so this is right up my alley.
Nice Kohlswa! Great job on that sword.
Beautiful blade, fantastic video! You really helped clear up some questions I had about hammering methods for the construction of the blade shape, as well. This deserves more views!
I like the Finnish on the sword , made to use not for show but in saying that it 's still kick's arse Rob . :)
The word in Greek is spelled: ΞΙΦΟΣ / ξίφος
The letter Ξ / ξ in Greek is always pronounced like the X / x in the word 'exit'
Greetings from Croatia!!! Nice video Man.
Hello there!
What a beautifull piece of craftmanship. Really like your take on functionality and confort over bling.
Amazing sword
I'll add this to my list of swords I'm going to make, now just need to get my forge working again lol
Really, really impressive work - well done!!
Love the videos Thak! You’re a huge inspiration. If you ever need shop help or an apprentice let me know :D
Persian: "Surrender your weapons!"
Greeks: "..... that all?.... sure... here. We can make a thousand more in a weekend."
Persian: _confused Pikachu face_
Solid video as always. Really loving the hoplite build
Really great looking sword. I like the finish for sure. Looks authentic. Another well done from me. You're fast approaching the finish line for the entire kit.
Hell ya! Love this series! You are gonna look badass brother
yesssss i was waiting for this !!!
Well done with this sword it came out great!
Well done man it looks great! Can’t wait to see the full panoply 🤘
Just a fucking magnificent piece of craftsmanship on this one man. Really good job!
Awesome blade! It will keel!
Day two shirt ftw
In the early iron age you were better off using a bronze sword that an iron one. Late bronze age & early iron age the skill that went into making swords out of work handed bronze made them better than most iron weapons for a few hundred years.
That's a fantastic sword, congratulations, I just would have built it a cylinder-shaped pommel to be historically accurate, but it's still a great job. 👍👍
I considered that...but decided on a more Gladius design
@@ThakIronworks It is not completely incorrect, there is a very similar xiphos-type sword, from Macedonia, only it is not the most common
This is great! If I had the ability, knowledge, and equipment to do this I probably have made it a bit stabbier and a little less choppier. Also I would have made the handle shape a little different. However, these are minor changes and don't take away from the wonderful job here!
It also taught some valuable techniques for a knife project I have planned. Subscribed.
Great video ! the leaf shape is a bit exaggerated but overall it looks very nice !
Hey good job, any hiplite would trade many horses for that.
Great ! i imagine the ancien blacksmith work... Hot !
Great content! How does one start their blacksmith journey? What led you to make these beautiful pieces
Another great video Thak. As is always the case with your videos, informative and entertaining. Would love to see you make a Roman gladius someday. One question: how do you get the spine of the sword so ramrod straight?
Great work Thak.
I didnt expect the sword to take 45 mins. Looking at the helm/chestpiece videos for your hoplite kit which i considered much more intricate to forge i expected a shorter video. Did you just go over the sword forging in more detail or is it just that much more of a hussle to make?
A lot of different steps involved in making a blade.....so the video ended up being quite long although it took less time construct than the helmet for example
Nice piece! I love a weapon you can use for yardwork AND self defense. Are you going to stick with just the Xiphos and Dory or are you going to do a Kopis as well?
I'll have to check this out when I get home tonight!
I wonder if you did something from warhammer 40,000 how many views it would get? Very popular thing right now.
Tuatahi racing stile axe is next?
What's up ??stumbled across one of your videos !! Curintly bing watching your video's, but do hope u see my comment!! Lov the content plan on watching all u make , so thank u for all u do!! I'll definitely bother u later . But thank u
Welcome aboard
Totally awesome
Hi there ,in one of your past life you could of been one of the Spartan 300 and smithy or a gladiator.
First
I'm Greek, the Xiphos is pronounced "See-phos"
Love the video but miss the super cool music you usually have..
add some lofi music or something when you have it on mute
It's pronounced Ksifos. Or Kseefos.
White Zombie was way better than Rob on his own.
ALMOST ALL, PRONOUNCE THE WORD "XIFOS" WRONG WAY.!!!
IN GREEK LANGUAGE THE LETTER "X" ("Ξ") (ΞΙΦΟΣ), PRONOUNSED AS "KS",....NOT AS "Z" ..... SO,.... THE RIGHT PRONOUNCE FOR THE SWORD IS "KS-I'FOS",....NOT AS "ZI-FOS".!!!
C.V: I LIKE VERY MUCH YOUR WORK ON ALL ANCIENT GREEK HARMOR AND WEAPONS YOU MAKE.....MY CONGRATULATIONS.!!!
Its pronounced Kseefose .
Hop-li-te, not Hop-il-ite
I am saying hop lite...maybe sounds different to you
Pronounced "Ziff-Ous"