Recently, I went to the Home Depot nearby to buy tools and supplies for making a longbow. I bought a sureform rasp, a set of files, and a red oak 1 by 2. A couple days later, I used the rasp to make a bow out of a piece of scrap wood I round lying around. The next day, I was tillering it (getting it into shape) and it snapped! Oh well, I made a sword out of it. Gee, that rasp is handy! I just sanded it with the files today. The hilt was the other piece of the snapped wood, with a drilled hole in it and glued on with Weldbond and Wood Glue, with newspaper for filling in the spots where there were big gaps. I made it to the style of a c. AD 1450 hand-and-a-half medieval sword. I loved making the sword. It was really exciting (and addicting).
I’m thinking about starting a business of selling weapons like these for the neighborhood, but I don’t think anyone would buy them. Maybe I can buy a grinder attachment for the electric drill so I can make small medieval sword shaped letter openers! Hmmmm, that would be nice. Here are some pics of my sword:
