Swords & Daggers

Materials

• sill seal
• 3' lathe strip (sword) / 16" lathe strip (dagger)
• flat black spray paint
• brown spray paint
• silver spray paint
• staple gun

Instructions:

The process of building a sword or a dagger are almost identical. The only difference is in the length of the blade and the hilt guard.

Make the blade:

With a saw, taper one end of the lathe strip and paint silver.

Make the hilt:

Cut two pieces of sill seal long enough to wrap around the lathe strip. Paint the sill seal black. Placing the sill seal with the ridges facing out and running perpendicular to the blade, staple the sill seal to the bottom of the blade. Your finished hilt should be approximately 5" long so you will need to cut the second piece of sill seal for the correct length.

Make a sword hilt guard:

Cut a strip of sill seal 14.5". At this point, you need to get creative depending on how you want your hilt guard to look. I wanted a 'pirate' sword, so I trimmed the sill seal to the approximate dimensions below:

Spray paint the hilt guard brown. Place the slit over the tip of the sword and push down toward the hilt. Bend the other end around to the base of the blade and staple in place.

Make a dagger hilt guard:

Cut a strip of sill seal 4.5" x 1.75". Cut a 1.5" slit in the center running the length of the strip. Spray paint the hilt guard black. Place the slit over the tip of the dagger and push down toward the hilt.

Additional pictures can be found here.