The First Sword

Childhood wooden sword made from lath with a simple crossguard fastened by recycled nails
Childhood wooden sword made from lath with a simple crossguard fastened by recycled nails
The first sword. I remember it being quite a bit bigger.

This was the first sword I made.

I remember it being quite a bit bigger. Perhaps I was smaller. I was maybe eight years old.

The design is clearly lifted from the Asterix comic books. You can also see that my first experience with a plane went directly into shaping the “blade.”

Early work. Wooden lath and recycled nails.

Reverse side of a childhood wooden sword showing plane marks and recycled nail fasteners
Construction details: wooden lath, plane marks, and recycled nails.

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