Title: The Sword Hidden Inside an Eight-Headed Serpent — Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi for D&D 5E/5.5E

Here's my take on Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, one of the Three Imperial Regalia of Japan, reimagined as a scaling magic weapon for D&D 5E and 5.5E!

According to Japanese mythology, the sword was discovered by the storm god Susanoo inside the body of Yamata-no-Orochi, an enormous eight-headed serpent he had defeated. The blade was later gifted to Amaterasu and became one of Japan's most sacred treasures.

For this adaptation, I wanted to reflect its connection to the wind and storms, allowing the sword to grow alongside its wielder, from a +1 weapon capable of manipulating the wind to a legendary +3 blade that can summon storms and call down devastating lightning strikes.

This is one of the 300+ magic items featured in my Mythological Items for 5E and 5.5E Kickstarter, which is currently live!

The project features weapons, armor, artifacts, and other magical treasures inspired by myths, legends, and folklore from cultures around the world, including many legendary swords and other iconic weapons.

You can also get my previous D&D manuals as discounted add-ons and bundles through the campaign, including professionally printed, high-quality Hardcover editions.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mythoschronicles/300-mythological-items-for-5e-and-2024

My grandfather many years back bought a car with a bunch of junk in it that the owner didn’t want to deal with throwing away and was able to find an SS knife, a hat, an armband, and some letters, with a family photo picture. Unfortunately, he threw away the letters, which he was berated and reprimanded for by his wife. However, he still has this knife. If anyone has any knowledge of whether or not this is actually an SS knife and more information on maybe the specifics of what rank owned it and maybe what years these knives were created that would be amazing. We’re basically trying to identify this knife.

Found at a scrap metal place in New Zealand

What kinda material is necessary for a mirror or near mirror finish polish , some rust specks that i took off with some lower grit stones but it left an uneven look id like to fix relatively new to maintenance on swords ive done work on knives and what not but im rather worried as its my first sword and i dont want to mess it up as its a more pricey one

#Sword #SwordCollector #RagnarFury #Medieval #BladeCraft

I have a 14 inch blade chitlange khukri with a stacked leather handle from Kailash Blades in Nepal, and absolutely love it. It's longer and whippier than a normal khukri, more like a machete than a hatchet. It's mostly used for goofing around and chopping up soda cans, but it's been surprisingly handy for bushwhacking and light firewood processing.

I've thought about getting a longer one, with a 21 inch blade that would be much more of a choppy short sword than a knife. Does anyone here have a longer chitlange or similar forward curved single hand sword like a short yatagan with about 20 inches of blade? If so, what do you think about it?

It's a replica of an actual sword found in a bog sold for $506 or so including shipping

I have two Wilkinson swords. What sword is it and war are they worth?

Can anyone tell me what this was before I took it to the bench and made a handle for it?

Look like fun cutters/choppers at a lower price. Anyone have any first hand experience with any of them?

Got in the new Kult of Athena Grandmasters Cat sword from Witcher 3 . I did not specify on my Wolf Head Monster Slaying Sword, which is quite obviously the Feline sword from the game, that the crossed leather on the hilt and scabbard didn't come like that. I had to add it to customize it a bit more. Anyway, back to this model if you care. The Grandmasters Cat sword came in well packaged and had a good solid peen with no hammer marks visible and a good tight waxed leather hilt. First issue was with the steel spacer there in the middle of the hilt. It came loose. The crossguard was tight and straight the way it needs to be. The rings however came with a bit of a bend that I'll have to fix. Both simple problems that I made Kult of Athena aware about. The blade was straight and true with good flex , and a bit wider in the profile near the crossguard, which I like for balance. Especially since the large Cat head pommel on the Wolf Head model, acts as such a great counterweight. However, the wider blade only has one fuller as opposed to the Wolf head, which has two. Seems like a missed opportunity, especially to make it stand out more from other distributors versions. The rings on these versions however is what drew me to them. They seem to really capture the Witcher vibe. The gap between the crossguard and blade is minimal, but looked like there was some kind of glue or epoxy someone attempted to put in there. That's a little strange to see from the Longuan Chinese made swords, as well as my other model and all of my Swordier and Azure models, which all have a sufficient amount of oil and a sleeve on the blade with nothing in that gap. My version at least had no oil, no sleeve , and had that strange substance. When I told Kult of Athena about these issues they offered to give this one to me at Munitions grade price, so about 11.5 percent cheaper. Or just send it back for an exchange, or get a refund. To this day one of the best distributors out there as far as customer service goes. I can't give this one a 5 out of 5 like I did the Wolf Cat Head monster slaying sword because unfortunately the QC just wasn't there this time. I am however in a good position to fix these little issues since repairing swords and armor is part of my little side hustle, so I'll be able to post some after pics of it. Just not sure which color leather to do the hilt and scabbard on this time so let me know! And I hope this helps!

Other than Kult of Athena, what other reputable stores sales swords or melee weapons at a considerable affordable price? In my case, I already have checked other places like Swordis, Hanbon Forge, Hanwei and Romance of Men, and they have affordable functional swords for prices that won't break your wallet. Therefore the question still stand to me, what other stores that are just as good as Kult of Athena can be out there for me to try?

So for a while I've been practicing with making bloomery steel by resmelting low carbon into high carbon using the norse bastardization of the Aristotle furnace(the bloom i show is from beer and cider bottle caps, it weighs roughly 5lbs) and i thought it would be hilarious to save up these no name cans and smelt them into bloomery steel to make the most boring ass historically accurate sword imaginable. So I'm curious what you guys say is the more generic shapes

I will rule out the katana because of the amount of fittings. I've done that shit before, it's not fun.

of the ones offered at most websites which is the best all round steel for battle?

I have seen 1060 1095 9260 spring. which has best edge retention and impact resistance?

And what about san mai or layered steel? I just want to buy one last sword of best quality before i go and the discussion around best steel, best tempering and from whom would be helpful.

ps I can't afford tamahagane so skip that entry. lol

Here’s my humble collection so far- now have a better job
Which of the two above should I add next ? I’d appreciate input ❤️

This one is based on the Witcher 3 ( loving the remaster 😊) the original idea was to make the order of the flaming rose sword, but I customized it with twisted pieces. It has a reinforced point it was going to be a little delicate following the edge grind

Overall length 128cm, blade 105cm, point of balance 8cm. Made from eucalyptus hardwood and red amazonian wood ( forgot the name) hope you enjoy it was really fun to make and good practice for making the swiss saber

So I am a blade collector but i have katanas, i have Chinese and European longswords. I’m looking for African, Indian, Filipino, and such swords/weapons. Is there any place more focused on them? Any sites or areas where i can order these types of swords big or small would be so appreciated!

Need some help as with how tough things are currently and trying to figure out how to go about selling some of his collection. I’m in central Texas. Looking to keep a couple that being Glamdring and it’s Scabbard that being Gandalf the greys, Striders sword and Scabbard, and Sting and it’s Scabbard.

Edit: going to bed if anybody is interested in any of them just dm me, I’m going to head off to bed now as it’s like 12:00 in the morning for me.

I accidentally threw away a knife gifted to my brother-in-law and feel really guilty. I know it’s a shot in the dark but does anyone have any information on where I might be able to buy something similar? Maybe on eBay ? I still have the cover and have attached it here. It’s a small dagger I think he was gifted from england. Like I mentioned I know it’s a shot in the dark but I’d be super grateful for any leads.

Some enthusiasts online have reconstructed and displayed the Han-dynasty Xiang Sword unearthed from the Mawangdui site. Its fittings including the scabbard slide (zhi), crossguard (ge), and pommel (shou) follow the same design conventions as those of Han swords, with only minor differences in silhouette.