MAKING A ZWEIHANDER SWORD!!! Part 1
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14 episodes is my guess
I'm guessing 19
100,000
22
Mor weaponds of the Witcher
Hey Alec, I’m an Electrical Engineer and could build you a custom forge door control PCB with high-temp fiberglass and components. Send me a message!
Give this engineer the likes they deserve!
Send him an email if you can. You'd get better traction that here in the comments.
I just may!
Right on brother I love people like you who are willing to lend a helping hand
@@frommypointofview7173 I get bored without some sort of project keeping me busy outside of work!
I'm planning on retiring in the next 27 years, so may be able to really settle in for the last quarter of this build......
rat276 maybe someone will get it for you as a retirement gift if it’s ready in time 😅
@@MegaChrisb10 does he actually sell his UA-cam work? Im sure he sells blades such as this but I wouldn't be surprised if he kept something like this?
@@trentens991 he does occasionall sells pieces but most he keeps i have watched a lot of his videos and he has sold two maybe three pieces
@@The_Professional_Hobbiest he sold the Calvary Sabre for (I think) $20,000 and that was his longest build. I feel like if he likes this enough he'll keep it but time will tell.
Trenten S yah he’s sold the last few in online auctions :)
Yes people are making jokes about 100 part build series but don’t take it seriously! I love the extreme detail you go into in each and every video
If its worth diong its worth doing right
Forged in Fire: You will have 5 days.
Alec: 5 months, ok.
There is rush project and there is long term project
@@greedisbad9890 i am only replying to this to give u a notification about a comment u made 11 months ago
Me: "making a sword that big is challenging".
Alec: "we are making a flamberge"
Me: "well, damn..."
I’m actually making a sword to.
can't wait for part 27 when they do something wrong and start again :)
DUDE!!!! I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING!!!! ROFLMAO
No that's when he tries to fix it. He starts again on 32
🤣🤣🤣
Lol yep it's always happens 🤦🏼♂️😂 learning process 🤷🏼♂️
You know, I love that he shows the mistakes along the way. I know you weren't saying anything negative.
I just like that it isn't always a perfect process.
Man, this thing's gonna have more layers than Shrek...
Omfg😂😂
Bruh
😂😂
You blaspheme sir!!!
Zweihanders are like onions
*They have L A Y E R S*
"...the only sword bigger than the claymore!"
I take it he has not heard of the scottish lowlander sword. The replica I got to handle a while back was about 67 to 67.5 inches.
WindWolfAlpha The greatsword’s blade go up to 100 inches in length
also nodachi swords!!! The Norimitsu Odachi is the biggest, measuring 377cm for almost 15kgs!! thats fucking huge!
@@niccovouk but that wasn't a battle sword
"It's 5 foot 3, that's like..."
*gesturing half a foot above himself*
"here on us!"
Lol
they must be shaven dwarves then
@@NicolasPetrali93 I was thinking thin Hobbits ..
@@krisfahnz but they are not very well known for their craftsmanship, dwarves are tho, blacksmiths and jewelers...
The Brits are a deceptively short people
@@Hopper_House Will isn't British though
I get the feeling this series is going to have quite a few parts lol
Making a Zweihander, Part 384: tapping the guard slightly
Im guessing 40 parts :D
It can be 40 parts as long as 38 of them aren't spent on a freakin' handle.
Nah 69
@@NotQuiteEpic IDK if it's lile the cavalry handle I wouldn't mind.
When Alec built the forge doors I instantly remembered that one time he built the pressure box
Me, during the forge doors episode: “this is serious over engineering, something will go wrong and y’all will just end up propping the door up and leaving it.” This episode: “forge doors broke day one.” I give it either another break, or 2 weeks and we won’t see the doors ever move again 😂 good luck figuring it out though!
agreed. id ditch the electronics in favor of a mechanical foot pedal pulling the wires and a locking mechanism...
Given the high amount of sparks, filings, iron and dust around the workshop, I would definitely put some filters over the fan to prevent damage
This.
Does he not already have filters?
I'd assume most people do, even outside of metal work.
They set up a whole ventilated room just for grinding and sanding. Trying to minimize the dust and grime around the shop.
@@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929 Not from what was shown of the control box. Of course, he doesn't have venting slots either, so...
@@Thadaloneous true, but that only accounts for the grinding room, not for the scale from forging, charcoal, general dust etc.
"We're making a Zweihander!"
Three.
Months.
Later...
It's bloody gorgeous!
"Yes! The most gorgeous POMMEL we ever done. Now, on our next episode we will be continuing the blade, We are about half way there."
38 episodes later- "Now for hand sanding and the birth of Alec 3rd grandchild!" LOL!!!
You're optimistic
And now time to start tapering.
*Years
*gets the spongebob style time-cards and voiceover keyed up*
Will: "While Alec is working on that I'll be **cracking on** with the guard design..."
Next thing you know we'll be hearing Will saying "aluminium" - the British are coming! The British are coming!
al-loo-min-e--ium
I was down here to make a similar comment! "Cracking on?" Maybe Will has been spending too much time with Alec...
i love Alec's approach to challenges, like instead of getting angry that the forge doors stopped working, he just accepted it and went on to investigate what the problem might be. hats off to you.
Alec : the forge doors broke
Me: that happen sooner than I thought
An arduino wired to a bread board driving steppers at the upper limit of their capabilities in a radically temperature changing environment? I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did.
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When this video started I was going to make a joke about how many parts of the series were going to be about fixing the forge doors...welp.
@@Argosh true but I was expecting to get a little bit more into the video before it broke
It would much easier to use pneumatic cylinder to lift these doors. No controllers involved
"Its crazy to think of a sword bigger than this one!"
Michael Cthulu has joined the chat...
I'd love to see their reaction to his stuff. From what I've seen, they likely haven't (Alec tends to show his appreciation for other cool channels).
That said, Mike doesn't even try to make accurate historical or functional stuff, so I think it'd be a clash of styles to see them working together, which is something I keep thinking I'd like to see. On something like this, probably not good. On something more 'fantasy' inspired, I'd love to see them collaborate. ;)
@@Broadpaw_Fox yeah for sure. I'm thinking of their reaction to the bunker buster sword or the cyborg axe he made
Michael doesn't make swords, he makes *SWORDS!*
@@Broadpaw_Fox He's mentioned Mike at least once and expressed admiration for him.
Your Sexualized Grandparents are gay
his swords can't rightly be called swords.They're too thick,heavy,massive ,indeed it they were like slabs of raw iron
Finally, back to forging. You guys do realize that's why we follow you, because we enjoy your forging projects not your commercials. Really looking forward to seeing this project completed, I'm guessing 12 episodes.
Hes the kind of man to have a +15 zewilder before the bell gargoyles
I came here for dark souls comments and you delivered
Make it of a 3 million layer billet... Who knows how long the series might go. Don't go setting limits on yourselves lads!
There's gotta be a reason for them to start over.
After their initial weld and stack, they had 247 layers. Drawing the bar out, cutting it in half, stacking again, would require it be done 12 times to get over the 1M count. 13 times would be 2M and 14 would be 4M. However, they usually cut and stack using multiple pieces so the number of forge welds will be considerably lower and yet retain the requisite layer count.
My prediction:
15 episodes over 3 months and this will include one do-over and no less than three oopsies by Alec which will cause lost time lol
Either way I’m here for it
'no less than 3 oopsies' is basically the motto for the whole show 😂
I love that he shows his mistakes and failures. Then he analyzes what went wrong and how to fix it. And that sometimes "fixing" it is to just start over armed with better knowledge. I also love his constant pursuit of learning new things.
Watching him forge something is like watching a microcosm of how to tackle life.
So long as things are done in a safe and logical manner, most of the time there is no such thing as failure so catastrophic that you can't start again. So long as we avoid death and injury (and breaking equipment), the only real stakes are some wasted material. Can't even say time was lost, because that time was exchanged for valuable knowledge and skills.
Also, he makes blacksmithing look really fun for some reason.
it's the journey...
Oh and try to say Zweihänder with a hard "z" like: Tsweihänder
The much more difficult "händer" part is beautful, btw.
What's next? Dreihänder? LOL :-D
Neunundsechzighänder
Zweimillionenhänder
Mache einen Munchkin-Witz auf UA-cam: Steige eine Stufe auf!
I just wanted to say its actually called Flamberge.
We dont speak fo that
Don’t care how long the craftsmanship takes, would love to see a stunning piece.
best.
My god. They're actually doing it. The absolute mad lads.
I'm claiming layer 69 as my own
Nice
Nice
I'm taking 69,420
Guess I'll take layer 666.
I'll take 420 😎
See you guys in August when this series is finally done
Everyone who disliked doesn't have their own layer of steel.
I'm starting to think a lot of people just don't like successful people. I got my steel!
*steele
Or they got annoyed by your low-effort ad Hominem comment and disliked to spite you.
Or they didn't like him comparing a shitty mobile gacha to a legend like Final Fantasy.
Or they were dissatisfied with some part of the video.
Or they were claymore fans.
Or any other perfectly valid reason.
Everyone who posts comments like yours doesn't have their own layer of brain.
Spamming the right side of the screen hearing Raid shadow legends
At least they're not shilling for NordVPN anymore.
Gotta keep them lights on boys.
@@blanknone5408 Nothing wrong with having sponsors.
@@twpvw5 this is worse than nordvpn though.
@@iamaduckquack unless they're shitty sponsors.
I can't to see this finished in in 2021
I can't see this finished in my lifetime.
Make a 2,000,000 layer, Damascus steel glass frames for Mr. Steele himself. In celebration of you hitting 2mil any day now, the iconic look with your signature style, both Damascus and glasses would be epic!
Alecs pronounciation of zweihänder is spot on.
Nice to see Will wearing gloves in the grinding room 😅
Probably a good thing to start using gloves while most of his fingers is still intact 😁
My old master told something equal...
I thought you weren't supposed to wear gloves when working with machines with fast moving parts, so they don't snag the glove and take your hand along for the ride
@@giggityguy you aren't supposed to but those pieces are so long his hands can stay way away from the moving parts of the grinder
@@giggityguy nah depends on what type of machine. Abrasives tends to grind trough gloves rather than pull them. Machines like lathes, Mills and drillpresses I would be very carfull around if using gloves.
But beltgrinders, angelgrinders and so on is more risk to get injured on if not using gloves.
The second it takes to grind a whole in a thin glove has saved my fingers several times from serious injuri.
Oh man I'm tearing up... one of the layers of steal is for me😭😭
Hey, that's my layer. Get your own!
@@kevinmcauley Make me!
Oof, wouldn't recommend crying. The salty water might comprise the whole project.
@@alexhill828 Just gonna be honest here the other guy's comment was a lot funnier.
Alec, it has been a long trip from the 13K subscribers you had when I started watching you, congratulations on closing in on 2 million. Thanks for the boost Will Selter.
That all said, Valentines day is coming- I was curious if you would show us how to make some Damascus roses for our loved ones for Valentines day this year.
63 part series? COUNT ME IN!
I wonder how the quench is gonna go. Either way I’m watching
They either need to build a new very tall oil tube just for this quench or they could quench sideways, straight into the oil with the small side of the blade going into the oil first. Would of course be more risky that way.
Hang it off the balcony to drop it down a 6ft quench tube 😂🤘
Someone remembers the claymore.
@@RedmarKerkhof I've not been watching that long, I found Alec when he was just starting his Falcion back in 2018 was it? I'm a Sawsmith myself so was searching smithing and found him, a fellow young Brit 👍
they might just make a pile of montana snow and use that for quenching
next winter
Dude you should totally make the master sword from The legend of Zelda.
Golden Waffles or the fairy deity sword would be neat as well XP
Please yes.
Already been done by other channels (more than once) like Man at arms. I personally think staying away from movie/video game weapons (he did one before Gendry's hammer from Got) is better as it gives them more freedom.
@@nathanthom8176 Thanks for the heads up. Hes done video game stuff fin the past like a Damascus steel bayonet from counter strike and so on. But ill be sure to keep that in mind
Nathan Thom I would like to see his interpretation of it doesn’t necessarily have to be a dead on replica.
when moms dress their kids in the same clothes
Great project idea! I have always loved your longer, ambitious projects, like the kris, the katana, the viking sword -- you always do so much learning and always end up with something beautiful!
Less speed runs and more shop time with all the sounds of forging
I love the sound of hot steel under the power hammer
That slap slap slap is like industrial sex.
Yeah just sit back relax and enjoy the 5.5 hour long video
Well, actually it‘s ZWEIHÄNDER but i’ll let you pass on that one
Was going to post this when I saw the missing umlaut
same here~~
I don't want to be that guy but someone had to be that guy.. thank you for your sacrifice.
If it wasn't for you i had to be that guy.
Weiser Krippe Alec kann kein Deutsch!
Ehre genommen!
hey guys, i think it is really ambitious to forge a Zweihander sword, especially with 2 million layers. it is going to be as beautiful as all your projects are, I'm sure. this may run take up to 20 - 25 episodes to take on such a project, with everything else you two are up to. cherrs !
Ah, the first 50 part series of the year. Settle in boys!
Zweihander the two hilted wavy giant piece of glorious German engineering
My German heart is happy
I am stunned, Alec and Wil, that you did not grind off the outer surfaces of the steel before you clamped and welded them together. Stunned. I've seen so many failures of Damascus steel attempts on your favorite show, Forged in Fire, that I am stunned. Good luck. You'll need it!
Sooooo Alec, if it's a layer for every subscriber in essence I own a layer of that magnificent sword?
Jeff Burgess good luck separating these layers😂
I always wished that there was a several-molecule-thick layer of steel in a blade to represent my presence in someone's life!
Yesss i commented on the last vid saying "Forge a zweihander!" this makes me excited
Very excited to see this new project! Who would have thought that the channel would grow two 2 million subscribers? You have come a long ways in both distance and skill building, Alec. Teaming with Will was a genius move.
63" is actually a relatively small zweihander, they came up to 84", and the longest claymore ever recorded was 88"
Alec!!! My son is about to turn 8 years old and you are his hero!!!PLEASE give little Kenny a shout out on your next video! That would make his birthday bud!
loooove the chillhop background music
Yeah! Big blacksmithing project on the blacksmithing channel!
Great to see you guys making more historically-inspired swords!
I'm betting on 21 episodes....
@@xperia5295 40 episodes?
25
That's a weird way to spell 74
Well the viking sword was 23 or 24 episodes and this is going to be much bigger . . . plus they might mess up and have to start over part of the way through sooooo
I'm going to say 35 episodes.
@@JDStone-jg8cg do bear in mind though Aleck was just learning to engrave and inlay gold and jewels on the viking sword... So unless they do a major mess up then it shouldn't take nearly as long....
Here a few Umlaute for you to copy:
ä Ä
ö Ö
ü Ü
and I throw in a "SZ" too for good measure
ß
Å å
Ææ
₪៛₹¤﷼฿Ωθฯ
Swaihander or Zfeihaender pronounce it as you wish but please no A instead of Ä or Ae. It looks so weird.
The last thing they need now is an instruction how to pronounce them all correctly.
I’m so excited for this series! This sword style holds a special place in my heart 😜 majestic AF!
Yes!!! I’ve been hoping you’d attempt something like this. If only it were possible for you to release a video a day like you use to. But MAN it’s gonna be worth the wait.
They should make one of Geralts swords from the Witcher, like so they see it 👍
I mean you got close with the pronunciation
Only they spell it Zweihander and not Zweihänder :(
@@felix5657 thats quite normal and acceptable for anyone without a german keyboard map. The german solution to use ae, oe and ue when äöü are not avaiable is pretty much unknown outside germany.
The anticipation is killing me. I wish I could forget about this project and come back in three years when it’s done and binge watch all the episodes at once!
So excited for a big multi episode project. I think this is definitely going to be a long one! Can't wait to see what's next!
damn and I can remember the days in the rain filled shop, seems like yesterday.
Make forge doors over complicated and they break imagine that
Rewatching again missin those massive weapon projects
You both deserve all the respect and sponsors you can get. It’s amazing to see you create.
Next Project:
FORGE DOO.... Oh wait
You guys are great. From graceful dancing to Alec spinning like The Sound Of Music and Will jamming tubes up Alec’s nose, WHAT IS NOT TO LIKE! Can’t believe what you are going through with the sword. Awesome content and edit. Can’t wait to see what Will learns next in EMT class that he can try on Alec. 😃👍👍👍
I'm so excited about this! I have been waiting for you to make a zweihander for so long!
I'd spend all my time playing with the various weapons in the shop. I honestly don't know how you get anything done.
Ready for the dank dark souls giant dad memes
I hope we'll see a lot of traditional forging on such a classic weapon.
There were ceremonial flamberges much, much longer... I believe the longest ever was just over two meters / Six foot six inches.
I should also note the two of you have my utter respect. You are always pushing the limits of your skills and learning new techniques and trying new things. Success? Failure? Learning is the ultimate key, here!
How about a “Chinese gung fu Damascus staff”. I seen some 95 yr old swing one around once and realized even at 95 he could kill me. Lol
no one has ever wanted to play raid shadow legends ever
Not even the people shilling it.
Tend to binge Alec's projects. So I've saved this until he started on the mountain bike.
Make it a masterpiece! Throw everything you've got at it. Can't wait to say WOW at the end! I for one, Will watch every day.
Yall should find some medieval sounding music to go with this sword
Look into the hurdy gurdy, it's a cool medieval instrument
i assume you are familiar with patty gurdy?
@@shanewilliams787 possibly, tbh I just put my music on shuffle and hear stuff and like it
Andrey Vinogradov is what this channel needs.
@@cinderheart2720 I had no clue but apparently that's who I've been listening to lol
But definitely
"Messing around under here"... also known as troubleshooting.
Yeeeeaaah the 2 millon layers!!! Cant wait to see this 32 episodes.
Keen! So keen for another ridiculously long Steele and Stelter forging epic!
Is there a place to watch some extended raw footage like to see some actual work being done other than slow motion
That works is pretty good for it, especially since it's matt illiya (butchered his name but good stuff)
What happened to him sating less yack yack more whack whack right
Dude, That Dinosaur Damascus Pattern
would look for this sword.
Yessss! After how many years of people asking, you're finally doing it! Great, great choice.
Also thanks a lot Alec. I went back to my addiction (Raid). Oh, how I'd missed my champs. ;)
Dont care how many episodes it takes I've been following you since your first episodes, you have yet to put out work that wasnt absolutely stunning! Keep up the workmanship!!! Cant wait to see more of this build good luck!
"One of 2019's most ambitious.."
I know you gotta follow a script alec, but it's literally another copy/paste mobile game that's designed to drain your wallet
Everybody knows that by now, but if it allows Alec to keep working in the forge full time, i'm not gonna complain.
when you make it you better light it on fire and wield it like that so its actually a fire sword
Fun fact, not only was the zweihander a parade sword, but was also used to fight with pikemen and to compete with spears while still being able to weird a sword.
Oh Yessssssssss can't wait to watch this making of this beast.
"the forge doors aren't working."
AIR CYLINDERRRRRSSSS!
Alec:This video was supported by
Me: skip skip skip skip
Hey...give him a break, he's providing free entertainment to you.
Most add reads are 60 or 90 sec long.
If you were curious
@@jonahhembach7765 *Ads
Cant wait to follow this journey and learn some along the way!!!
Yesssss!! A new 45 part build series!!
You know it’s going to be a long project when they joke about it (whilst dancing) at the very start 😂
All I can say about that intro is...
Zwei?
I literally can't wait to see more of this AWESOME project!!
Awesome to see another mega project. I love these ever since the Viking sword.