Legend of Zelda Pixelated Swords: Anti-danger Sticks

April 6, 2015, 9:00 am

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Etsy shop Gothelf Bros Studios makes these wooden replicas of Link’s swords from The Legend of Zelda. There’s the Wooden Sword, the White Sword and the Magic Sword. Isn’t the Old Man kind of an ass for not giving the Magic Sword to Link right away? The kid’s trying to save your kingdom! Really, NPCs should be giving us everything they have as soon as we press start.

Gothelf Bros. Studios makes the swords in two sizes. The 9.5″ Wooden Sword or White Sword cost $20 (USD) each, while their 19″ versions cost $35 each. The 10.5″ Magic Sword costs $25 while its 21″ version costs $40.

[via ThisIsWhyImBroke]

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Katana Forged from Meteorite: The Sword of Heaven

May 15, 2015, 10:00 am

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Back in 2010 we heard about how the late Sir Terry Pratchett made his own sword using a bit of iron from a meteorite. The blade of this katana on the other hand was made entirely from a meteorite. It’s called the Tentetsutou (天鉄刀), which translates to Sword of Heaven. Yep, this is going to read like a wiki page for a JRPG item.

The renowned blacksmith Yoshindo Yoshiwara crafted the katana using fragments from Gibeon, an iron-alloy meteorite that landed near a town in Namibia after which it was named. Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT) made this video about Tentetsutou. Sadly it’s all in Japanese, but you can get glimpses of the katana at 2:34 and 7:18.

According to Namibia 1-on-1, in the late 1830s British explorer Sir James Alexander saw locals using Gibeon’s pieces to make tools and weapons. Alexander sent samples back to London, where it was verified that the rock came from space.

You can see the rest of Gibeon at the Post Street Mall in Namibia, while Tentetsutou is on permanent display at CIT’s exhibit at the Skytree tower in Tokyo, Japan. Cool story, sword! I bet it teaches you a badass special move if you use it 255 times.

千葉工業大学が東京スカイツリータウンで展示している、鉄の隕石で作られた日本刀「天鉄刀」。4億5千万年前にアフリカに落ちた鉄隕石「ギベオン」を使ったんだって。これを装備してスカイツリー頂上のラスボスを倒しに行くんですね。 pic.twitter.com/xpVdflYi5M

— ザン・ウー (@Zan_Woo) May 10, 2015

Let’s end on this note by Twitter user Zan_Woo, who says he’s going to take the Sword of Heaven, climb the Skytree and defeat the final boss at the top of the tower. Legend of Zan Woo: Let Us Climb Together. Coming to Nintendo 5DS in 2030.

[via Chibi Institute of Technology & RocketNews24 via Nerdist]

Robot Goes Fruit Ninja with a Katana Sword

June 5, 2015, 12:00 pm

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Late last year I talked a bit about a pair of robotic arms that had a sword fight. It was pretty awesome to see them battle it out to the with swords. This time out we have a robot with a katana sword and this ‘bot is totally a Fruit Ninja.

In fact, this robot is accurate enough with its sword to slice a pea pod in half. The robot is a Yaskawa Motoman-MH24, which is used in the medical field. The robot is slicing stuff based on movements captured from modern samurai Isa Machii.

This is one video that you will want to see. I keep expecting chairs and stuff to come flying out of the ceiling for it to slice.

[via Kotaku]

Watch the Kill Bill Katana Remade with Traditional Japanese Methods

July 17, 2015, 12:00 pm

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I grew up watching all the old martial arts movies I could find on late night TV. I was always particularly enamored with the samurai and the katana sword. Perhaps the most famous movie with a Katana sword in it is Kill Bill.

Man at Arms: Reforged decided to replicate the Kill Bill sword using traditional Japanese forging methods. Incredibly, the build started with 1,100 pounds of charcoal to make their own metal from ore.

The finished product is embellished with 24k gold and could definitely find its way in the hands of a Japanese samurai protecting his master, or a hot blonde looking to kill her former boss. Watch the video to see the build, it’s awesome.

[via Gizmodo]

Blade of the Black Swordsman: Not as Dirty as It Sounds

August 27, 2015, 1:00 pm

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Blade of the Black Swordsman sounds like some sort of interracial adult movie, but it’s not. It’s actually a really cool black sword made out of foam. With it, you can best your enemies without drawing blood, and having to go to jail/the hospital.

I feel like I am a little out of the loop on this one. Apparently it’s an unlicensed replica of a sword used in a video game, so the video game can’t be mentioned. I might not know what game it’s from, but I am a sucker for foam weapons.

We have been known to have some serious foam dart/sword beat downs around my house. If you’re up for some less-lethal fighting yourself, you can get one for $29.99 at ThinkGeek.

Pencil Sword Eraser: The Pencil Is Mightier

September 15, 2015, 1:00 pm

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I can’t count the number of pencil sword fights I got into growing up. All I know is that my elementary school teachers didn’t appreciate it much. I can recall one particularly nasty duel where my opponent ended up with some lead under the palm of his hand.

What may well be the coolest add-on eraser for a pencil I have ever seen has turned up. It looks like the hilt of a sword. Slip it onto your pencil, and your pencil sword fights will now be much more realistic.

The erasers actually work, as if you would want to mess up the world’s coolest erasers with mere mistakes. They come in blue, grey, and black, and you can purchase them online from Peleg Design.

[via Laughing Squid]

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DIY Fallout 4 Shishkebab: You’ll Scorch Your Eye Out, Kid

November 14, 2015, 6:50 am

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Like many of you, Caleb Kraft is a fan of Fallout 4. Unlike many of you he’s a maker both in the game and in real life. When he saw the concept art for a new version of the series’ flaming sword he decided to make a fully-functioning replica. This is Vault Dweller at Arms.

Caleb asked the help of the famous retro console modder Ryan Fitzpatrick aka Platinumfungi to make the Shishkebab replica. They made it by installing a crude flame-throwing system on an actual katana. Unlike the video game sword, this replica’s motorcycle handbrake isn’t just a handguard. It’s also the trigger that releases butane from a canister to the copper pipe installed over the blade. A button near the hilt activates a spark of electricity at one of the pipe’s openings to ignite the butane.

Make the Cryolator next Caleb! Check out his article on Make: for more videos of their build.

[via Geeky Gadgets]

Star Trek: TNG Foam Klingon Bat’leth is Better than a Nerf Sword

November 16, 2015, 2:15 pm

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I always thought that Worf was one of the coolest characters on Star Trek: The Next Generation. I also liked the fact that he had a cool melee weapon called a Bat’leth. I always wondered how many Klingon’s chopped off their own fingers handling one of those wild curved bladed weapons.

Fortunately, this particular version will leave all your limbs and digits intact since it is made from foam. That means you can be the king of Nerf battles when you whip this thing out and commence to beating on chumps that are out of darts.

The foam weapon is based on one of the Bat’leth propsused in the series and is four feet long. You can pick one up at Entertainment Earth for $42.99 when it lands in April 2016. Pre-orders are underway right now.

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Life-size Attack on Titan Sword Replica: Neck Scratcher

December 14, 2015, 9:45 am

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Compared to other fictional weapons, the sword used by Attack on Titan‘s heroes isn’t that hard to replicate. But if you want to go straight to slashing with the Survey Corps, you can’t go wrong with ThinkGeek’s officially licensed replica. The plastic sword measures 30″ long and has ejectable blades. You’ll just have to imagine the rest of the 3D Maneuver Gear.

ThinkGeek normally sells the toy for $4o (USD) but as of this writing, you can get one for only $24.

DIY 3D Printed Light-up Halo Energy Sword: Slice & Solder

January 29, 2016, 5:28 am

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There are tons of foam or plastic replicas of the iconic Energy Sword, but tinkerers can make one that does more with less weight with the help of Adafruit’s guide. The company’s design uses 3D printed components and a pair of RGB LED strips to create a cool prop or toy.

The replica is based on Adafruit’s Arduino-compatible Feather microcontroller and its NeoPixel LED strip. The company also designed 3D models of the sword’s blades and handle; you’ll need to print the former with a translucent material so the light from the NeoPixel will shine through. Adafruit’s Bluetooth app will let you change the NeoPixel’s color and mode.

Lunge to Adafruit’s website for the guide.

Guy Builds Functional Ice Sword, Chops Stuff

February 29, 2016, 7:15 am

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Allen Pan is a cool guy. Cool as ice even. Allen recently built a sword not out of steel, but of ice. Surprisingly, it is strong enough to chop through a watermelon and also can decapitate helpless snowmen. I’m surprised they don’t have these swords in Winterfell where the winters are like decades long.

It is impressively strong because Pan made the sword out of Pykrete, a composite material of water ice and a fiber like sawdust. Who knew that combination could be so tough? They actually considered using it during World War II to build warships. This is a much better use. Watch as Pan demonstrates its power.

Pan used toilet paper instead of sawdust for the wood component, but it seems to be just as strong. His mix was 86% water and 14% toilet paper. We all have access to those materials. This sword is nothing to mess with. That watermelon could easily be a human head. This thing is deadly.

[Home Geekonomics via Neatorama]

Making a 93-layer Damascus Steel Roman Gladius Sword Is Beautiful

March 16, 2016, 8:45 am

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I’ve always rather fancied swords having grown up on kung fu and ninja flicks. This amazing short film shows master bladesmith Tony Swatton of Sword & Stone as he creates an epic sword that any roman soldier would have been glad to have. The sword is a reproduction of a Roman gladius sword. The build uses Damascus steel in a 93-layer technique and has a cool twisted grip.

What makes director Phil Holland’s video of the build especially impressive is the image quality, as it was shot in 8K resolution using the new RED Weapon 8K camera. Naturally, you can’t hope to watch it in 8K, but it is still glorious in 1080p, and incredible in 4K if your system can handle it.

Making a sword looks like very hard and hot work indeed. I got sweaty just looking at the process. The video is well worth a watch.

[via Gizmodo]

3D Printed Baby Rattle Sword: ExPLAlibur

April 4, 2016, 1:30 pm

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Thingiverse member Targ was inspired by a fellow designer dutchmogul’s 3D printed rattle mace and made a pair of sword rattles for his baby. Each sword is made of five pieces. Targ printed all of them using PLA filament, with the exception of the jewel, which is made of Taulman’s T-Glase filament.

Targ also 3D printed the little balls that give off the rattling sound. To ensure that they’d stay inside the sword, he inserted the peas while his printed was making the blade. He recommends using super glue or 5-minute epoxy to secure the sword pieces together.

Head to Targ’s Thingiverse page to download the files for the rattle. Dutchmogul’s mace rattle is just as cute so you should check that out as well.

[via MAKE:]

 

Voltron’s Flaming Sword Forged in Real Life

June 16, 2016, 6:00 am

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The blacksmiths of Baltimore Knife & Sword always do an amazing job forging fantasy weapons for Man at Arms Reforged, but they have really outdone themselves this time. This latest sword is just perfection. The team created a recreation of Voltron’s blazing sword, and it really ignites! Hank Hill would be proud, because it has a continuous propane-fueled flame. “Nothing burns like propane, I’ll tell you what!”

This was a challenging build since it was never a real sword to begin with. It’s from an ’80s cartoon, so they couldn’t get any high-res shots of the weapon. So they ended up using a small toy version to design a 3D model from, and built it from there.

The finished sword is a blazing and badass blade that I wouldn’t want to be on the wrong end of.

The Backyard Scientist Makes a Flaming Sword

August 4, 2016, 1:30 pm

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Kevin Kohler aka “The Backyard Scientist” does all kinds of cool and questionable stuff in his backyard. Well, now he has made a cool, or should I say hot, flaming sword.

Kohler filmed himself building a sword that’s literally on fire. Basically, he cast a toy foam sword in aluminum, drilled holes in it, polished it up, then went the extra mile and connected it to a propane tank, because you can never have enough propane.

Then he used his fiery sword to slice a watermelon. It get’s pretty hot in his hand though so he can’t use it for very long, but luckily it doesn’t take long to slice things. And cooling it off is as simple as dipping it in the swimming pool.

[via Laughing Squid]

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Robot Arms Dueling with Katana: Apocalypse Soon

November 19, 2014, 7:00 am

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When we all die, it will certainly be a preventable doom of our own making. If I were placing bets I’d probably go with “catastrophic environmental disaster,” but “robot apocalypse” is certainly a possibility, and the odds just went up… a LOT. Why, you ask? Robots arms that have been taught to wield katana with unerring precision.

Now we know that when the robots rise up against us we will be cut down with differentially tempered swords made in the Japanese style. The consolation prize is that we’ll probably die quickly from the very, very precise and clean cuts.

In the mean time, I’ll be working on a design for an EMP warhammer. Do you think Kickstarter or Indiegogo would be a better funding platform for such a weapon? Should early backers get a free upgrade to fine Nappa leather grips? Maybe if I hit stretch goals I can also make EMP maces, flails, estocs, and halberds.

Watch a Nail Turned into a Tiny Sword: Nailed It!

November 29, 2014, 1:00 pm

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We’ve seen blacksmiths turn pieces of metal into a sword many times, but I bet you’ve never seen them create a weapon from something as tiny as a nail. Hey, mice need weapons too.


This is a fun video that shows Inspire to Make creating a tiny little sword. And before you laugh and say that it can’t hurt anyone, just remember that even needles can kill if inserted in the right area, and splinters hurt like hell. Size matters not.

It is a cute little weapon worthy of any small warrior who has the heart to wield it in battle.

[via Sploid via Nerd Approved]

DIY Hobbit Sting Sword Glows Near Unsecured Wi-Fi Networks: Whitehat Baggins

December 28, 2014, 9:00 am

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The magical dagger Sting protected Bilbo from evil creatures and glowed blue when there were orcs nearby. But WarSting, Spark IO’s modern take on Sting, provides a more timely warning. It will glow when there are unsecured wireless networks nearby.

WarSting is an offshoot of Spark IO’s WarKitteh, the Wi-Fi sniffing cat. They modified a toy Sting that had LEDs, a speaker and a motion sensor. They then spliced in their Spark Core chip and reprogrammed it to detect unsecured Wi-Fi networks.

They also made it so that if you swing WarSting, it will join and store the name of the unsecured network to a Spark Cloud account, then disconnect from it. It will then stop glowing if there are no other unsecured networks. Otherwise, you can keep swinging until you’ve marked all free rides to the Internet innocent networks.

Your browser senses a link nearby. Head to Spark IO’s website to find out how you can make a WarSting.

[via MAKE: via Kotaku]

Lord of the Rings Anduril Flame of the West Sword Replica

January 18, 2015, 9:00 am

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If you are a huge Lord of the Rings fan, you might know the Anduril Flame of the West sword and its significance. If you like the movies but aren’t a super fan you might not. This sword was used in the battle against Sauron and cut the ring of power from the hand of Sauron.

What you see here is a replica of that sword and if you have any visions of cutting evil hands you are out of luck, as this sword is dull on both edges. The blade of the sword is made from 420 J2 stainless steel with runes etched into the sides, and it will take an edge if you want a sharp object.

The sword comes with a wooden display plaque for hanging on the wall and a certificate of authenticity. The matching scabbard is made from real leather and has a 24k gold-plated finish. The sword goes for $179.99(USD) and the scabbard will set you back another $129.99 at ThinkGeek.

Walking Dead Zombie & Sword Letter Opener Set

February 22, 2015, 8:30 am

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One of my favorite characters on The Walking Dead is Michonne. I like her because she uses a sword to slice and dice zombies rather than a gun. If you are besieged with a bunch of slow zombies, I think a sharp Katana sword might be the best way to kill a hoard. I would want guns too though.

This is an official Walking Dead letter opener that opens sealed envelopes much in the same way Michonne dispatches the undead. While it doesn’t quite look like Michonne’s katana, it does look like a sword, and it’s sharp enough to use to open letters. That probably means the blade is completely dull and you simply use it to rip open the top of a letter.

The sword sticks into the rotting skull of a walker and looks awesome. I particularly like that you can see the sword in the mouth of the zombie. The sword is 11.5″ long and the zombie base is 13″ (H) x 4.5″ (W) x 3.5″ (D). You can get your letter opener for $89.99(USD) at ThinkGeek.