Alright, try doing as followed: hilt can be attached 3 ways - either you take the whole wooden part - shape it, make a hole in it, and slide it onto the end part of the blade; make 2 wooden pieces, slap them around the tang, and then secure them in place by covering up in leather straps; or that one about making holes and just nailing it down - but, the best thing to do, is to combine 2 of the types.
Wielding the crossguard sounds like a descent thing to do, but make sure you have all the measurements set (so you dont run out of space on the tang), and remember the propper order - crossguard, grip, pommel.
Now, if your tang is long enough, you can just attach the crossguard and the hilt, leaving a little part of the tang in the end (4-7 cm). and then reshaping the end of the tang into a pommel - this is the best way to make it. Alternatively, you can just wield it to the tang, or make a "complex pommel", which has 2 parallel outgoing parts which are used to connect to the tang ( by making holes in it or wielding). Or, you can just wield the pommel onto the end of the tang, but use this method as a last resort.

My chainmail production is currently at a hold - i had finals followed up by all the christmas celebrations (and we, slavs, like to celebrate those alot), followed up by the continuing finals in 3 days from now, so im studying and eating mostly, but im forcing myself to make even the slightest additions to the mail. At this point i have a 4 paces wide chainmail belt, that goes double the length (over my shoulder), When I'll have 2 of those, i'll start connecting them to make a vest.

Hope my inferior knowledge of swordmaking helps in any way, good luck, brother in arms.

guess what man at arms made?
the coolest... baddest...
BIGGEST
most BRUTAL weapon...
the pyramid heads great knife from silent hill www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL-Js-I7fSE&list=PLUUGFk1wE5OHqeNDwp2q9_ZiPqKlWNc6V&index=1
pic unrelated

Derp, forgot to put in the link

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2IejBWnMB0

I remember seing somebody else making that blade, though it was larger and heavier.

Making a one-handed sword must be in touch with a few simple mechanics: 1. it must be light - 1.5 - 2 kg; 2. It must BE a one-handed sword - for a longsword, it'll be around 110 cm (8-12 for the handle, rest - for the blade). 3. It must be balanced, with the centre of balance placed 4 cm away from the guard (4 finger rule). If you'll encounter any problems with balancing the sword, make a crewing-on pommel to regulate the dispensing weight.

With my sincere regards, the bastard who cant finish his chainmail.

the piece of metal i planned on using for the rapier/one-handed sword, i cut into two shorter pieces. i was planning on making them super cool slashy-stabby weapons, but i remembered a video www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F-VVjqarZE
its a video of a twin-bladed sword thingy that has an electrical current running through it, making the sword a taser. and i was suddenly left with a dilemma: do i make dual-wield weapons or do i make singular slap jap?
pic unrelated

Single bladed sword would be better, for practise sake.

kek
thanks fr the advice
gool duck with the chain mail

Well, they look awesome, and they're easy to make, depends on how much detailed version you want. Making a curved handle would be a pain in the ass, but i believe i've heard someone mentioning that that's actually a component of a industrial saw of some sort.

oh yeah i forgot to mention: the one on the left is the unupgraded version, without anything being added to it.
the other one is... well...
ITS MY MEAT BICYCLE HAHAHAHA WROOM WROOM CONDUCTOR OF THE POOP TRAIN HAHAHAHA
***** it has dynamite on it.
next to the fuel can that sets the blade on fire.
because jet fuel cant melt psycho steel
anyway i think that if it didn't rotate, it would possibly grab onto flesh. and if it DID rotate then it would fly away as soon as you hit someone with it (or fly into the bearers dick DEEZ NUTS , depending which way the blade rotates), so i would have to make a version that could latch onto the victim, while simultittytaniously cut into them. while setting them on fire.

It wasnt ment to rotate. Maybe it can explode, or maybe the dynamite is for a situation when the poor skag is too far to hit with an axe...so then you throw the axe...after lighting the fuse...

Luv u 2, bby

Well, we dont use rapiers, because thrusting strikes are not allowed.
They need less materials to make, but the handles are a pain in the ass with all those small parts.

i tried going for a walk last sunday to get some exercise.
i ended up making a knife instead
what the **** happened
does this happen to you too?

Of some sort, maybe. Went out for a typical stroll in da park. Going past our HEMA training spot, i saw another group. Ended up in beating half the squad in sparing, walked away with a bracelet and numerous bruises.

No pic of the knife?

its not quite finished yet, but its gonna be one of those wavy things. yknow? y know wavy?

Wavy, yeah

yeah kinda like that, but its gonna be more fat

So i found out after hammering on the gear thing that it was a bit brittle, so i decided to make the staff thing. Not really meant for hitting, but it looks like some necromancer staff thingy. Added some spare bones too.

dunno why im writing this here... i think its cos i do,nt want to forget it, anyway, here are a few ideas that i came up with
1: The power agonizer. its a weapon used by the Dark eldar in 40k comics. i thought that the concept of it was cool. its a whip that latches on to the spine of whatever it hits, and then proceeds to generate unfathomable pain into that creature. it got me thinking, because i have heard that plasma causes really intense pain, but plasma technology isn't exactly fit to go into a weapons like this.
2: Vibrating sword. so i was at the dentist today and sme kind of power tool was used on me. it was a little needle that vibrated 40.000 times a second. i dont know what something like that would do in a sword, but i think it'd be cool to find out.

sadly, its not like i will be making either of these anytime soon. i have lots of homework to do, and lots of other projects to finish.

Well, you can make a bigger furnace out of an old oil barrel, those special rocks that keep up the hight temperatures, and an air blower.
If you want to make a mace or an axe out of this, there are several ideas:
Mace - drill a hole through the gear, stopping in the centre, stick a handle through it and secure it with either bolted on bracket, or wield it together.
Axe - cut in half, secure with brackets, can be done both single or double sided.

For the spining flashy thing, you'll need some arks to place the gear into, there's no rocket science to it, actually, just requires lots of wires, LED's and engines.

Okay, first off, you should shape the blade. Make a wide bar but with the part that goes into the pummel. For making the "rotten" metal bit, we will need 1. something sharp 2. acid - nitric or 15% sulphuric. Or if u have an old car battery, open its lid, there should be some liquid acid in there, do be careful, that **** will eat ur flash and bones in seconds. 3. gas cutter

First off, heat up the soon-to-be sword till its red hot. Then, secure the blade in a vice, and take some sharp tool - wedge or even an axe - and start hitting the blade of the pummel under 30 - 50 degree angle - to make those spikes on the rotten part of the blade. Do be careful not to chopp off too many spikes, the blade will be thin unevenly and u'll have to redo the whole procedure.

Alright, we've got the spikes, now we need to make the tainted half of the blade a different colour? To do so, heat up the tainted part to a dull red and then quench it in nasty old motor oil (and try dipping it back into water to cool it off, oil doesnt quite set the temperature lower, that way the steel would be brittle). Why didnt we do this sooner might u ask? Well, if we did, the places under our spikes would be of different colour, that would stand out too much, and painting those parts would be a trouble.

Good, so now we have the tainted blade, but we still need that venomed rot to it? Best thing to use is a gas cutter, it will make fine craters and disparities in the surface of the blade, but we still need something to make them impercect. Right, thats when we get the acid, just pour it on some of the parts of the blade. To control and stop the acid, use chalk powder or plain water, and then maybe paint in the colour of your liking (because the acid will eat away the blackened surface, leaving the original tint of the steel under).

After the tainted part is complete, proceed to shape, sharpen and polish the untouched part of the blade.

Sure hope this helps, im more of a regular arms craftsmen, though i wanted to make an " undead " set of armour - broken here and there, rotten away a bit, stained with blood, that sort of stuff.

thanks for the tips, it'll help a LOT
if you want some inspiration for the undead set of armor, the rest of this comment is for the purpose of that:
The Hive from Destiny look pretty morbid/undead duckduckgo.com/?q=The+Hive+Destiny&iax=1&ia=images

try using burlap to get that old/orcish/undead look: duckduckgo.com/?q=burlap&iax=1&ia=images
duckduckgo.com/?q=burlap+mask&iax=1&ia=images

I tried connecting some skulls and bones to some rusty chains, and it looked pretty good. i think they do the same to their armor in Warhammer 40k:
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good luck with the armor!

What im actually aiming at is to have a quite regular looking armour that just suffered the elements of time and battle, maybe a few arrows sticking out, nothing fantasy driven.
Alas, i cant actually craft anything, there is no workshop around, and my smiting skills are inferior. All i have is a little theory, and steel wire to make chainmail (which is only 20% done)

MFW im still only a peasant

Pic related its my progress so far on Scar. I just cut up the metal im gonna use. Im gonna hammerweld them together to make that bar. What kind of tips do you have for that?

Either melt it down and pout into a mould, or heat up ant hammer then together. I dont know anything else u can do here

im thinking i should grind off the rust and impurities on the metal and afterwards let it soak for a few mins in some acid to getthe last rust off. what do you think?

Definitely, but if you want to melt it down then u dont have to worry much about the rust.

Update:
So i grinded off a large part of the rust, just enough so it was shiny and not ********** .
Decided to mix lemon acid with vinegar and use a paint brush to put it on.
My room smells like someone shat/farted in it.
If u ever gonna remove rust chemically, do it outside
**** my nose, i dont wanna be voldemort

Happened to me once, was cleaning the plate armour i used to have, good thing i've got a gas mask nearby, was sitting in my room like a starker - with vodka and guitar, of course.

Fail

"and start hitting the blade of the pummel under 30 - 50 degree angle"
I've edited the text and forgot to delete the "of the pummel" part, sorry

Yeah, but there should be some distance between the opposite weaves, maybe making them a little smaller. Oh, and they should be pointy, sharply, would conduct better that way. This might influence the density of the blade, but its not like ur gonna fight with it, right?

no, but of course ill whack some **** with it.
but if you had multiple inward waves like shown in the pic (lets say they are more pointy) wouldnt it just create an arc in one place?

Hmm, yeah, never though about that.
In that case, we will need somewhat of a coil inside of the blades fuller. That would look ******* awesome, if it wasnt so complicated to make.

whats a coil?
it sounds like some cool science fiction ****

The blade would have to be quite large, somewhat of a broadsword, but its quite plausible.

Tesla coil m8, look it up (cant upload any pictures)

yo what about that other stuff, the stuff with the tw metal rods (pic related) yknow what i mean?

Yeah but we need the arc to travel through the blades, not just bolting back and forth at the tip of the blades, i dont know how can we do that.

okay so i thoght about it...
so if we use a tesla coil, wont the napalm melt it or make it super unsafe?
and the handle will need to be made out of something that is both heat resistant and not electrically conducitve, unless...
at that point it would be smarter to have a glove to protect urself against the sword, because then enemies cant pick it up. and then u can embarass them and say "do u even lift bro"
pic related, its me dropping the sword because its electrifrying me.
i think i'll call it the Electrifryer.

And there shouldnt be a gap between the tips of the blades, will make them structurally too weak to be a weapon, and its all ready hollow.

Yeah, either we make a special handle - rubber cowered with handle - or a glove - also rubber but with metal, somewhat a gauntlet. But, there is a small problem, maybe we dont want to set the tesla coil itself on fire, so dipping a sword in a sheath soaked up with napalm would be a problem - or not. Either way tesla coil would be convenient for the ignition of the sword. The main part is to keep it balanced, so it doesnt fly our of your grip.

hmm, ill try talking to an eletrical expert.
once ive made it (if) i might make a cool video and post it on FJ where i smash **** with it.
like in Man at arms
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t58WCSn5lNI
(skip like 4 mins and 27 secs into vid, thats where theres music and breaking stuff)

Hell yeah, Man at arms do all sorts of neat stuff
Have u made any regular swords tho? I remember they mentioned that they dont only make unique weapons, and improve their skills by making regular ones, like vydia games or something

tried making a khopesh, but it turned out crappy. still the best sword ive made. i made it outta a rod of some kind of metal. Its gota pommel, which is a nut that had rusted onto the rod.

You can make a shallow fuller, and then puncture it with an oval shaped hammer head