Awesome Swords

Baltimore Knife and Sword worked their butts off to make a life-size replica of the Buster Sword’s evil twin – the Great Knife wielded by Silent Hill‘s supernatural executioner, Pyramid Head.

Nikken Cutlery sells a line of scissors that look like Japanese swords. They have blades lined with hamon, handles that look like wrapped hilts and scabbards for storage. The top-of-the-line model is based on the sword of the warlord Oda Nobunaga and costs over $300.

Master swordsman Isao Machii shows us how he’d take on Jake Arrieta, as he manages to drive his samurai blade cleanly through the center of a baseball, tossed at 99.4 mph, and a distance of 30 feet, so the ball is even faster than at MLB’s 60 foot distance.

Blood & Iron principal instructor Lee Smith has an exciting saber duel against The Phoenix Society of Historical Swordsmanship’s principal instructor Richard Marsden. YouTuber Skallagrim’s slow mo replays are much appreciated.

Man at Arms: Reforged made life-size replicas of the Viper School’s Serpentine swords from The Witcher 3. They forged the steel one, while they used CNC machines for the silver-plated sword.

Iaido master Isao Machii shows off his sword skills and lightning fast reflexes by slicing various objects lobbed at him at high speed in this commercial for telecom company SoftBank. Flying shrimp is Japanese for fast Internet.

(Gore) For Man at Arms Reforged’s Game of Thrones project, Baltimore Knife and Sword chose to make a replica of Needle, Arya Stark’s weapon of choice. Beware Scary Stark. Stabbing is coming.

Clara Darko edited this highlight reel of 60 of the greatest sword and saber fights in the history of the movies. From The Princess Bride to Seven Samurai to Star Wars to Kill Bill, it’s 4 minutes of swashbuckling that builds to an epic crescendo.

We’ve featured plenty of videos showing how blacksmiths make swords, but this clip from Inspire to Make shows how to make a teensy weapon out of an ordinary nail. Using a smaller nail as the crossguard is especially clever.

Man at Arms: Reforged recreates the classic sword from Final Fantasy VIII. They didn’t bother making the gun part functional, probably due to safety and legal reasons. Besides, how the heck would that even work?

Sadly, Tony Swatton and his crew have parted ways with Man at Arms. But the show is in the capable hands of Baltimore Knife and Sword Co., who mashup pop culture weapons for the show, such as this katana with a lightsaber handle.

Combining the style of a classic cutlass with the flat, wide profile of a machete, Cold Steel’s hybrid weapon is made from 1055 carbon steel with a baked-on black anti-rust finish. Best wielded in pairs. And great for butchering meat.

Even Frostmourne came from fire. Man at Arms takes on one of the most requested and most complex weapons it’s ever made, the sword from the Warcraft franchise. So, we guess we have four Lich Kings now.

Wanna play laser tag but with swords? Check out Sabertron. It keeps score by knowing when it connects with another sword and when it actually hits your opponent. It comes with an integrated health bar and has five game modes.

(Gore) THIS! IS! MAN AT ARMS! Blacksmith Tony Swatton and his crew replicated King Leonidas’ one-handed sword from 300. Mythbusters’ Grant Imahara then dropped by to test it, and to show just how huge Tony is.

Almost a year after forging the Buster Sword, Man at Arms’ Tony Swatton crafted the weapon of choice of Cloud’s nemesis. The Masamune measures an insane 7’2″ long and had Tony using his more unorthodox tools and tricks.

It was only a matter of time before blacksmith Tony Swatton would build the iconic Covenant energy sword from the Halo series. While his version isn’t made from glowing plasma, it’s still a deadly looking melee weapon forged from steel.

Man at Arms caps the year off with a much-awaited project. Tony Swatton and his crew made a life-size replica of the Falchion, Chrom’s sword from one of the year’s best games Fire Emblem: Awakening.

Prop maker Tony Swatton and his crew make real-life versions of the hidden blade and the pirate cutlass from Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. The Assassin’s favored weapon turned out to be a pain in the ass to make.

Swordsmith Tony Swatton continues to crank out impressive weapons, replicating the massive, multi-pointed Zenith Blade, donned by Leona in League of Legends. Though Tony refuses to dress up in her purple and gold bodice.

Sword and Stone’s Tony Swatton forges a replica of Link’s Master Sword. Tony calls it Zelda’s sword, but we’re not going to correct someone with an arsenal of deadly weapons and has access to molten metal.

Make quick work of fruits, veggies, loaves and meats with this set of kitchen knives designed to mimic a set of miniature samurai blades. Includes bread, chef’s meat carver, utility, and paring knives, sheaths and a matching stand.

Swordsmith Tony Swatton continues to crank out impressive weaponry – this time replicating the deadly detachable sword that Hit Girl wields in the forthcoming Kick-Ass 2. We would not want to run into Tony (or his crew) in a dark alley.