A wooden sword is a nothing but a replica of the original metal sword and it is assembled with wood, and mostly these kinds of swords are used in training for martial arts. Wooden swords are manufactured with good quality woods such as hickory or impact-grade oak, because these woods offer good strength. Wooden swords can also made at home and it is sure a rewarding work, and making of a wooden sword is limited to the individual’s imagination. This article gives the basic, easy steps to make a wooden sword easily.
The first important step is to investigate the development of the sword and it is a best idea to gain some knowledge from the past. It is very important to know the parts of the sword such as blades, guard, and hilt where blade is the cutting edge, guard is the shield for sword wielder’s hand and hilt is a handle. The second step is to designing and planning, as before starting any work, designing plays the key role. The design should contain the features of the sword and how the sword used for the purpose. Before completing the design, a large number of rough drafts should be made and choose the wood that fits the purpose. For example, balsa wood can be utilized to prepare a wooden sword for ornamental purposes.
After deciding the final design, it’s time to cut the lumber to suit the design, and power tools can be used to cut the fine design. First, big pieces of wood should be cut down and worked more to make it smaller, and be careful while working with the sword as the error cannot be rectified easily. Initially, complete finish is not required, and it can be made better later. Now, it’s time to assemble the sword correctly and one has to make sure that every parts fit properly.
The wooden pieces can be connected by many ways such as glue, metal fasteners, and doweling. Glue is the comfortable method, metal fasteners are ridges, and doweling is a more protective way to join woods. After finishing the sword, now it’s time to focus much on its appearance to give a attractive finish. Initially, sword should be sand properly to remove the rough edges and then the sword can be painted or stained with respect to individual’s taste. There are several choices available such as oil stains, lacquer, water-based stains, and paint. Oil stains gives rich beauty, lacquer gives protective finish, water-based stains are easy to apply, and paint is the more expressive method.