Sword Making

There are four basic parts to a sword. The pommel is the nice, usually intricate knob on the end of a sword’s handle. The handle of the sword is called a hilt. The bar that protects your hand as well as making it easier to deflect and attack is the (Hilt) Guard. The blade is the ever famous business end of the sword. The blade itself consists of seven more parts. The tip, or the part capable of puncturing armor and the like, is much like a pinpoint, only oblong. The edge is the sharp part just like on a knife. The back is the opposite side of the edge, given the sword is not double edged in which case there is no back. This allowed for attack damage to work like a tennis swing, slice on the fore stroke and on the backstroke. The fuller or blood grooves. This was to cut down on metal and allow for the same or greater strength by creating more surface area. It was not meant to allow air to switch with the blood and allow the weapon to be removed more easily. The blood just happens to r...