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How to Make a Destroyer Sword

Reenacting the fall of the Atlantean continent is no small feat. What better character to embody than the greatest Atlantean of all time: Conan the Destroyer. The leather and chain mail may not pose too much of a problem to the seasoned role-player, but sporting a custom-made Destroyer sword is sure to stop your peers dead in their sandals. Using some relatively simple tools, you can forge your own blade of destiny.

Things You'll Need

Eye protection
Anvil
Disc grinder
10 lb. sledge hammer
Leaf spring
Bench vise
Whetstone
Hand drill and 1/4-inch bit
1/4-inch Chicago screws
3-by-3 inch piece of pine or oak, 12 inches long
Tape or leather strip

Instructions

Making the Sword
- 1
  Find a leaf spring that meets your sword needs in terms of length and width. The finest tempered steel can be found at your local junkyard.
- 2
  Cut the springs to your desired length with a disc grinder.
- 3
  Use a railroad tie as an anvil and use a sledge hammer to hammer the slat straight. This is a labor-intensive process that could take days, so be patient and keep hammering.
- 4
  Use a Sharpie to draw the shape of the blade on the slat.
- 5
  Use the disc grinder to cut out your sword. This invariably requires you to clamp the blade in a bench vise. Concentrate on cutting out the shape, not sharpening the blade.
Making the Guard and Finishing the Sword
- 6
  Cut a guard, approximately 10 inches long, from one of the still-bent leaf spring slats. Use the disc grinder to cut a slot in the middle of the guard. The slot should be no more than a 1/4 inch smaller than the blade.
- 7
  Hammer the guard into place starting at the butt-end of sword. Leave at least 10 inches from the end for the sword grip.
- 8
  Trace the outline of the sword grip on the block of pine or oak, cut the traced shape from the wood block, then cut the block in half lengthwise.
- 9
  Drill two 1/4-inch holes in the sword grip and then measure the distance between them. Using this measurement, mark off two holes in both pieces of wood and drill.
- 10
  Brace the wood pieces on either side of sword grip and screw together with the Chicago screws.
- 11
  Wrap the new wooden grip with either tape or leather.
- 12
  Sharpen the blade as desired, using a whetstone.

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