Bladesmith
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Bladesmithing is the art of making knives, swords, daggers and other blades using a forge, hammer, anvil, and other smithing tools. Bladesmiths employ a variety of metalworking techniques similar to t
Bladesmith, Nuremberg, Germany, 1569
At the Bladesmith's, by Carl von Häberlin (1879)
A sword-maker from Damascus, Syria, c. 1900
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A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than that of a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be straight or curved. A thrusting sword te
Bladesmith
…Bladesmithing is the art of making knives, swords, daggers and other blades using a forge, hammer, anvil, and other smithing tools. Bladesmiths employ a variety of metalworking techniques similar to…
Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century
Western Han iron sword
Apa-type swords, 17th-century BC
The swords found together with the Nebra sky disk, c. 1600 BC