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Omg okay, I think I have figured out how to make the best sword in the world. Okay it will have a granite core (yeah the rock). Over that would be a 1/2" layer of industrial dimond. On top of that another layer of sergical steel(Or temered carbon) to keep that sob sharp. Now add another 3/4" layer of polished Iron. Lastly a Stainless steel 1" covering to keep it shiny and pretty.

weight - 50lbs
length/blade - 4 1/2'
overall length - 5 1/3'

Here is what I would make it look like.

What do ya think? Help me out guys, I wanna make the best sword that will never dull or rust.
Also, no suggestions like making it out of the material of a neutron star. I wish but it aint gunna happen :p
 
Nice but i know nothing on how to make swords,so why the granite?(To give it weight for ease of sliceing?)
 
Voodoo_Chile said:
Nice but i know nothing on how to make swords,so why the granite?(To give it weight for ease of sliceing?)
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That and I dont want the sword to break/Shatter EVER!

I am not sure about the shape tho, it looks kinda impracticle due to only one side being sharp and no hand guard.
 
i'd say give it a stronger looking hilt. something along the lines of Aragorn's sword hilt from LOTR. that wold make it awesome.

is the sword gonna be for sword-play or just hacking and slashing. if it's sword play then it looks nice and delicate. if you intended slashing then i reckon it needs to be a bit thicker and sturdier.
 
Ahh right you are.Makes sense to use granite.i was wondering.You know the Sword design of FFX.(Tidus's ones to be exact)Is there any reason to have them shaped like that or is it just for show.(Been pondering this for awhile and I come up blank every time)
 
The point of the sword is to be Heavy hack and slash weapon. I would like it to never shatter on another weapon, decay from age, rust, lose its edge, heavy enough to knock an opponents weapon/shield out of their hand. It's not supposed to be used by a barbarian and not like a ninja, more like a medium built sword that enables you to have some finesse useing the swords momentum.
 
The granite core would probably weaken it. Granite is amazingly easy to break when its used in such thin quantities. A solid piece of granite in the shape of a human arm bone would just as brittle as the actual bone.

What you will probably want in the center is steel. If your using traditional materials that is.

EDIT: If your not using traditional materials then use carbon fiber nanotubes for the whole blade, I think they can be the strongest material ever made if done properly. As for the weight, just use a tungsten carbide center. Its one of the strongest metals in existance and extremely heavy, so it should give you the proper weight and strength in the center you would need.
 
coolio2man said:
Omg okay, I think I have figured out how to make the best sword in the world. Okay it will have a granite core (yeah the rock). Over that would be a 1/2" layer of industrial dimond. On top of that another layer of sergical steel(Or temered carbon) to keep that sob sharp. Now add another 3/4" layer of polished Iron. Lastly a Stainless steel 1" covering to keep it shiny and pretty.

weight - 50lbs
length/blade - 4 1/2'
overall length - 5 1/3'

Here is what I would make it look like.

What do ya think? Help me out guys, I wanna make the best sword that will never dull or rust.
Also, no suggestions like making it out of the material of a neutron star. I wish but it aint gunna happen :p
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What good is a sword you can't weild?
 
*idly spins chaingun barrel*

I'd go with the carbon fiber option too. You can find better materials than common rock to put in a sword.
 
Perhaps Carbon Fiber, or even G-10 Material.

A friend of mine had Harpy knife with a G-10 handle, it got ran over by a semi and didn't even scratch it. Carbon Fiber is also what they use in Helicopter blades I do believe. That being that they still do. Due to it's light weight, and mega-strength
 
coolio2man said:
Lol, 50lbs isnt that heavy dude.
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Ok, I've tried taking a bench bar, which is 45 pounds, and holding it as a sword. Unless I was holding it straight up or resting it on the floor there is no way I could hold it out infront of meat an angle. I'm not weak either, I have a pretty strong upper body and I can't swing that around without some major down time inbetween.
 
Remember, a bench bar is more akward than a sword. I don't know about you, but I can swing a 50lbs sword.
 
I can easily swing something 50 pounds. Yea bench bars are more top heavy and the weight isn't evenly distributed. I'm just saying I can't swing it as fast as I could a 5 pound sword.
 
coolio2man said:
The point of the sword is to be Heavy hack and slash weapon. I would like it to never shatter on another weapon, decay from age, rust, lose its edge, heavy enough to knock an opponents weapon/shield out of their hand. It's not supposed to be used by a barbarian and not like a ninja, more like a medium built sword that enables you to have some finesse useing the swords momentum.
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Does Carbon Fiber meet these requirements?
 
you want make the best sword ever?

make a Katana

or a big machete!
 
holy hell in a hand basket!!

I know a blacksmith who will do it for 9 shillings
 
<RJMC> said:
you want make the best sword ever?

make a Katana

or a big machete!
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katanas and longswords are really totally different in purpose, as he said its meant as a barbarian type thing, not a ninja thing.
 
I have a Black Ronin Ninja Sword. It's fantastic!
Ninja Swords are truly amazing. Then again, I'm all about t3h Ninja!

I also have some Oriental Daggers, and a Nord Barbarian sword.
 
We all know that European Knights are so much cooler than Ninjas. Actually I think historically ninjas were just spys and not fighters, Samurais were the fighters and a Knight could still pwn them.
 
GhostValkyrie said:
Remember, a bench bar is more akward than a sword. I don't know about you, but I can swing a 50lbs sword.
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Sure i could probly swing a 100 pound sword as well, doesnt mean that i would want to bring it to battle. swords shouldnt be heavy. Its going to take a really long time to recover from a 50lbs swing.
 
one questiong Ghostvalkyrie
do you know the diference of a ninja sword and a samurai katana?
 
Something like this would be more practicle. I really would like someone to give me some input on materials.
Requirements
-Sword must never decay
-Must always stay sharp
-never dull
-Never shatter
-either extremely heavy or very light, either is fine not medium tho
-never rust
-not biodegradeable
 
<RJMC> said:
one questiong Ghostvalkyrie
do you know the diference of a ninja sword and a samurai katana?
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Well, it's the shaping of the blade.

Ninja Blades are straight, and Katanas have a curve to them.
There are "Ninja Katanas", but that's just a Katana people who call themselves Ninjas today use...(or I could be mistaken. I'm a bit tired right now.) Real Ninjas trained in the art don't use Katanas, at least not that I know of.
 
I have a few ideas for the ultimate sword.

1. Coat it in salt (for obvious reasons)

2. Add a laser-sight

3. Make it shoot smaller swords out of the hilt
 
fizzlephox said:
I have a few ideas for the ultimate sword.

1. Coat it in salt (for obvious reasons)

2. Add a laser-sight

3. Make it shoot smaller swords out of the hilt
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ha! That's awesome. The best part is the smaller swords.
 
fizzlephox said:
We all know that European Knights are so much cooler than Ninjas. Actually I think historically ninjas were just spys and not fighters, Samurais were the fighters and a Knight could still pwn them.
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Oh come one a Viking would pwn a Knight any day of the week.But a Celt would pwn a Viking so obviously a Celt would be the best fighter.Trying to find some info on the weapons the Celts used and except for some Myth's( The Caldabolg which cut a mountain in half) im drawing a blank.

http://www.celticgrounds.com/chapters/c-weapons.htm
 
To quote some random person on the internet: Those who live by the sword are shot by those who don't.
 
Seems to be a very ambitious project, I hope it goes well! :D
needs a bigger handle
 
hahaha, sword making is an art form. some kid isn't just going to build one in his back yard. This is a pipe dream and silly thread. Even if you somehow did manage to make a sword what good would it be, you can't use it. It's only purpose would be for display, in which case there's no point in making a real sword, you make a display sword. A real sword is a weapon, and if your caught owning it without having made it clear to the police your in a world of hurt. Not to mention the trouble you'd be in if it was stolen. You'd be held responsible.

Silly thread, next people will be claiming to make some super fancy gun that shoots bullets round corners :rolleyes: Make one in morrowind or something, its way more fun and you can kill people without going to prison.. well apart from in the game where you will end up in prison if a guard see's you heh. But atleast in morrowind you can make it a magic sword :p

Will be back to close this later I imagine :\
 
Fenric said:
hahaha, sword making is an art form. some kid isn't just going to build one in his back yard. This is a pipe dream and silly thread. Even if you somehow did manage to make a sword what good would it be, you can't use it. It's only purpose would be for display, in which case there's no point in making a real sword, you make a display sword. A real sword is a weapon, and if your caught owning it without having made it clear to the police your in a world of hurt. Not to mention the trouble you'd be in if it was stolen. You'd be held responsible.

Silly thread, next people will be claiming to make some super fancy gun that shoots bullets round corners :rolleyes: Make one in morrowind or something, its way more fun and you can kill people without going to prison.. well apart from in the game where you will end up in prison if a guard see's you heh. But atleast in morrowind you can make it a magic sword :p

Will be back to close this later I imagine :\
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words of encouragement as usual. i think it'd be unfair to close this, no real reason to. it's not spam, it's not offensive to anyone, it's remained ontopic, we're having a civilised conversation.

btw, they have made a prototype gun that can shoot round corners. read it on bbc website a few months back. uses a special chamber and camera, but hasn't got a very long range. *searches for link*
 
There are guns that shoot round corners.....i had a water pistol that did that :D
 
yeah but how many kids are gonna be able to make guns that shoot round corners

Murray water pistols not included ;)

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Dedalus, I said "Will be back to close this later I imagine :\" which means I'll not be closing it yet, but probably will have to later when it ends up a spam fest about swords, rather than the making of them.
 
Okay, I narrowed it down and so far...
The pic will be what it looks like.
The core of the sword will be iron
then a layer of carbon fiber
then a layer of sergical steel
in the sergical steel i will powder it with diamond dust.


Is there anything harder that wont shatter than iron?
 
fizzlephox said:
We all know that European Knights are so much cooler than Ninjas. Actually I think historically ninjas were just spys and not fighters, Samurais were the fighters and a Knight could still pwn them.
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Ninjas were assassins.
Trained to go behind enemy lines and kill the leaders/Generals.

So, A knight Vs assassian battle wouldn't happen, the knight would be accompanied by an army, the Ninjas would go kill all their leaders, and then the Samuri would pwn the knights.

On Topic: What are you making this sword for ?
 
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