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CHEDING, TAIWAN — The sword maker inserts an 18-inch shaft of metal into his red-hot kiln. Then he adds his special ingredient: a human thighbone. The bone, says Kuo Chang-hsi, is supposed to ...

The sword-making process is indeed a laborious one. Once the tanren is done, another process takes over where the hard steel is wrapped with a softer one to protect the integrity of the blade.

The history of sword making begins somewhere in the enormous span of time ranging between the third and second millennia BC, depending on your definition of what, exactly, constitutes a “sword ...

Then Wenderski melted aluminum -- making sure the children kept at least 10 feet away -- and poured it into the boxes. The swords made in Wenderski's classes aren't sharpened to a cutting edge.

Even though the handmade portion of Hackaday is still in its infancy, we expected to put up a post on traditional japanese sword making by now. What [Kelvin] sent in to the tip line far surpases th… ...

In this class, sword-making can be a family activity. Vince Carag, 54, says he and his stepson, Jake Yokubaitis, “were looking for something we could do together,” and they decided on this class.

There’s the sword forge he built specifically before the show because he knew he’d have to make a long sword. And then there’s the 700-750 pound anvil.

All swords are not created equal, particularly when it comes to "Game of Thrones," the HBO series based on George R.R. Martin's character-rich sword-and-sorcery saga.