The Making of a Sword

There is nothing that flames the minds of blade collectors and lovers like the sword. It is a symbol of power, a symbol of nobility and a symbol of times long gone that are, in some´s minds, alive.

This sword was ordered to be a symbol itself, as it is to be a freemason's ritualistic sword. It was made accordingly to the specifications of the contractor by ABS Journeyman Smith Rodrigo Sfreddo.

What you will see is not a tutorial, but a simple gallery of pictures that illustrates the process of making this sword and the results achieved. Maybe it will serve as inspiration; maybe it will serve as technical resource. To many it will serve only to appreciation . I trust all will have fun either way.

Jeff Velasco



Forging the billet on the hidraulic press.	Forging the billet on the power hammer.	Cutting the pattern.

Cutting the pattern in detail.	Cutted pattern.	Cutted pattern in detail

Forging the blade from the cutted billet.	Forging the blade.	Forging the blade.

Forging the blade.	Forged blade.	Marking the fuller.

Cutting the fuller.	Fuller cutting tools.	Rough grinding.

Rough grinding.	Final grinding.	Final grinding in detail..

Grinding is finished.	Preparing for heat treatment.	Normalizing

Heating for quench	The quench.	Pattern revealed.

Pattern revealed (detail)	The final results	The final results.

		Thank you very much!

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