Blacksmith Forged Titanium Sword

This is a forged titanium ART sword and a demonstration on how it was made by Randy McDaniel. NOTE: There is a second YouTube video of Randy actually forging a titanium knife. The sword was done just to figure out a process and produce an artistic piece in titanium.
WARNING: Forging, knife making, titanium and all of the shown operations are dangerous and should not be done with out proper training and the supervision of a knowlegable adult.
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Howto & Style

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• sword
• knife
• blacksmith
• dragon
• forge
• how-to
• demo
• titanium
• fun
• hammering
• hot
• metal
• art
• sculpture

[Dozzer]

Gotta love how people don't listen to what you say in the video, and also assume that they're smarter then you are.

On another note though, thats a wicked sword! Is it folded prior to forming it?

[drgnfly4g]

@Dozzer The only folding was at the bottom to make the two halves. It is not layered.

Mainly this was a challenge to figure out how I could make a sword with a material that I couldn't weld or use the ususal fasteners like I would in steel. Thanks!

[laharl69cirno]

what is that metal you're hitting in the video?? I want some.

[drgnfly4g]

@laharl69cirno It's not metal. It's modeling clay. Hot metal works the same way as modeling clay except I don't need heat or heavy hammer blows to work the clay. It's a good demonstration material.

[jmabee]

titanium needs to be forged in a vaccume due to it combusting on exposure to air. as such i dont think this is pure titanium.

[drgnfly4g]

@jmabee Not so. There are hundreds of forging shops that forge titanium in the air. See my other video of "Forged Titanium Knife" and you'll see me doing it. It's the welding of it that requires the special atmostphere, not forging.

[drgnfly4g]

@ceranko Uh, titanium is LIGHTER than steel!

[The1990norbert]

i like the sound when gets with the anvil flap flap flap

[linka711]

are titanium swords sharper than steel ones?

[geminyo]

@drgnfly4g I weld titanium, and I find this project bloody fascinating. Beautiful work. Can titanium hold an edge?

[Tarikace15]

@11kyzak11 Your arguments are true I've seen steel getting blown to bits by a bomb but Titanium didn't so yeah Titanium could cut Steel in half with minimum trouble.

[synapse131]

@xxTeutonicKnightxx It would be great for armor as it has elasticity and springs back to shape and would take blows well without denting but I would guess would be too flexible for swords and edged weapons and as stated above, wouldn't hold an edge.

[11kyzak11]

So...? Is Titanium Lighter than Steel and Stronger than Steel? If not can you tell me what its like as in. Titanium vs Steel ?

[snickers763]

@xxTeutonicKnightxx well titanium dosent hold and edge thats why its bad for swords im sure armor would be fine but it would take a hell of a long time to make

[xxTeutonicKnightxx]

@snickers763 Can it make great armor?