Knives & Blades Of SteelFor The Knife & Blade Enthusiast

What are some cool wooden sword styles?

I am planning on making some wooden swords, since I have a golden opportunity, but I am unsure what to make it look like… can you guys post some pictures of woode/real swords that I could make, that aren’t amazingling hard? Please, no bokkens/katanas.

http://newstirlingarms.com

might give you some ideas. At it’s most basic, most swords are nothing more than a long blade with a hilt of some kind attached. Depending on your woodworking skills you could mke Straight or curved blades,

Oakshott would be a great resource for making replica swords. He cataloged more swords and types than anyone before him and swords are often reffered to by which of his illustrations they match.

Some excerpts from his book:

http://www.oakeshott.org/Typo.html

Rick Tew Wooden Sword Bokken Ninjitsu weapon Drills