How Real Swords Are Made For TV And Movies

How Real Swords Are Made For TV And Movies | Movies Insider

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4 жыл бұрын

There's a blacksmith in Hollywood who specializes in making swords, knives, and armor for films and TV shows. When rubber or plastic just won't do, productions have real custom swords made for the actors to swing at each other. For over 30 years, Tony Swatton has been forging iconic arms, armor, and props for over 200 feature films, TV shows, and commercials. Some of his work includes swords for "Blade," "Pirates of the Caribbean," "The Mask of Zorro," and "Hook." Insider's Joe Avella dropped by Sword and the Stone in Burbank, California, where Swatton and his team forge and build swords and other weapons all day long.
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@vanz681 4 жыл бұрын

Me: Cool, but can you make a lightsaber? Blacksmith : *Makes a functional lightsaber* Me: *You weren’t suppose to do that*

@anniekinsmishkamouse7575 4 жыл бұрын

Glorious. He is a Master for sure. And I hope he will take on an apprentice at some point so these skills are not lost.

@darian7181 4 жыл бұрын

This guy be lookin like blacksmiths from rpg games lmao

@johnappleseed6608 4 жыл бұрын

Big boi Darian I like to think that he is one

@chrometry9676 4 жыл бұрын

He's from man at arms or the old man at arms it's a youtube channel

@BPJJohn 4 жыл бұрын

Skyrim Blacksmiths be like...

@tyrranicalt-rad6164 4 жыл бұрын

He made the blade in blade. The knives in knives out The hook in hook The slingblade in slingblade ...and so on

@ArpitaPrabhat 3 жыл бұрын

huh?

@krainanimates3256 2 жыл бұрын

underated

@thegoatgotmilked373 4 жыл бұрын

Tony Swatton had a show on KZfaq called "Man At Arms", where he made weapons from movies and games on requests. It's on Awe Me channel. Nowadays it is a different (equally as good) team of blacksmiths that do the Man At Arms show. (Man At Arms: Reforged)

@elliotshelton9120 4 жыл бұрын

He needs to be on forged in fire the TV show as a judge he make a really good judge and if not a judge he could compete but that wouldn't be fair be at 30 years under his belt but I can see him as being a judge

@GadZip 4 жыл бұрын

But he would be too busy I think

@james8369 4 жыл бұрын

Multiple of his colleagues have competed in the show

@omeralimalik5343 4 жыл бұрын

title : "How this blacksmith makes real swords ...." literally 10 seconds after the video "yeah , real swords "

@typograf62 4 жыл бұрын

Actually the hardening is a two-step process 4:50 (unless he has some special steel). First heat it op to glowing cherry red and quench it. At this step the steel is very likely to shatter (like glass). Then heat it up to a lesser temperature, depending on the use intended. That process is called tempering.

@13374me 2 жыл бұрын

While the video is in that hardening would make it easier to crack/shatter, the tempering is what makes it less likely to do this. You harden by quenching, which is a single step, tempering is a separate thing to reset the crystal structure of the metal, it toughens the metal. You need to temper a blade for it to be useful, but it's not a part of hardening it.

@djemba 4 жыл бұрын

The original Man at Arms.

@hamanu666 3 жыл бұрын

I am happy the skills exist to still make these weapons. I have been binge watching various smith videos on youtube and find them fascinating. The art of blacksmithing, specifically bladesmithing is alive and well in the 21st century with no hint of disappearing like the skills that saw the end of Damascus weapon making in the early 1800s.

@hanikazuha 4 жыл бұрын

Man at Arms old season, who made Sokka's meteor sword, Minecraft diamond sword and Kirito's Elucidator

@Darklg23 4 жыл бұрын

Yep then Ilya, Matt and Kerry took the helm

@deathsnake6956 3 жыл бұрын

I like the Episode of Making the He-Man Masters of the Universe Sword from the Cartoons. So nice made. Want it!

@princetandukar9290 4 жыл бұрын

Missed opportunity @1:10 should have said “plastic or rubber sword won’t cut it!!”

@charbrielmartinez2753 4 жыл бұрын

This dude is straight out of a rpg, whoa

@HitamHitamHitamHitamHitam 4 жыл бұрын

TONY I MISS YOU😁

@Bjaz98 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone else remember when he did Man at Arms on the AweMe channel?

@dagalpup1278 3 жыл бұрын

Yes i loved that show, i thought he died, im so glad to hear hes still alive

@niku6151 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing man!!!

@griannhs6923 4 жыл бұрын

Man that guy is badass

@jmac6973 4 жыл бұрын

this guy needs his own TV series! i would love to watch him create some cool swords

@ceezy27 4 жыл бұрын

joe mckelroy he used to have one

@jmac6973 4 жыл бұрын

@@ceezy27 ok cool. what was it called?

@ceezy27 4 жыл бұрын

Man at arms it’s a KZfaq channel look up awe me that’s the channel he was like the first bunch of episodes

@bloodsmithy 4 жыл бұрын

How do they film safely with a real sword?

@shanerobison3392 4 жыл бұрын

Bring man at arms back

@jordanezell5132 4 жыл бұрын

Why can’t this guy be a judge on Forged in Fire?

@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun 4 жыл бұрын

They are probably prepared for a Zombie Apocalypse

@NecroUndine559 4 жыл бұрын

Frank West: Say CHEESE

@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun 4 жыл бұрын

@@NecroUndine559 nice Dead Rising reference lol

@Moccason 4 жыл бұрын

this is such an epic man and such an epic job

@ludonymous526 3 жыл бұрын

Who's here for the old season of "Man At Arms"?

@johnluujl 4 жыл бұрын

great, now I want one

@icantchooseaname6903 3 жыл бұрын

Wait so can he enchant the swords with that anvil? Cuz i saw flame on one of the swords so i bet it has fire aspect 2

@gaaranaruto991 4 жыл бұрын

aren't they from Man at Arms?

@josephrector8735 4 жыл бұрын

Like the first two seasons..then it went to stagmire brothers of Baltimore knife and sword..which then became That Works channel

@Schizm1 4 жыл бұрын

Hold on - Isn't he the guy from the old series of Men at Arms?

@Bradinkus 4 жыл бұрын

This guy is like collecting iron ores for secretly 10 yrs before 30 of blacksmith And like Enchanted sword that used in movies and he collects it

@alexismarquez3674 2 жыл бұрын

KINDNESS ROCKS ALWAYS 🙏

@DespondentGuardian 3 жыл бұрын

I'm 17 and I was 16 when I made my first knife (I believe, the pandemic has me confused) in a blacksmith so this video is very pleasing to watch

@MurderBong 4 жыл бұрын

I WANT TO SEE HIM RE-MAKE PANS SWORD FROM 'HOOK'

@truelionofhylia8437 3 жыл бұрын

Or Denethor's sword from The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Gotta go with a battle-ready version.

@MrJdebest 4 жыл бұрын

Who makes the swords used on Forged in Fire ? I heard that it was David Baker?

@PeterSolarchannel 4 жыл бұрын

Who uses swords these days? Only if you are HE-MAN you need one. I HAVE THE POWER

@goner19 3 жыл бұрын

have meet him several times ! a real cool cat !

@BritShows 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@VietNamCuisine 4 жыл бұрын

It looks similar to my HP envy laptop, the steel grain

@crs50 4 жыл бұрын

its truly real swords on all ages!

@evocati13 4 жыл бұрын

Which sword is the one at 1:02? The Damascus blade with the gold?

@asaasaalmirol4348 4 жыл бұрын

I didnt know bigshow is a blacksmith.

@rabbit-kan 4 жыл бұрын

there're always "people" who will say, this is fake sword, just like they say everything else is fake.

@Rajat-Sharma1 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@delilahsolorzano1260 4 жыл бұрын

Mulan was my favorite.

@mrjerrygh8476 3 жыл бұрын

SUPER

@myeheheh6887 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine what be could do with all those weapons-

@animamundii 4 жыл бұрын

Would be a great video if they let the blacksmith talk 90% of the time and the clueless guy would be quiet. Unfortunately, it was the other way around

@karaward6193 4 жыл бұрын

Because it’s so important that Peter Pan is true to the real life Peter Pan

@BPLuvsJisooTRKim 2 ай бұрын

I'm here after asking chatgpt a remarkable artisan blacksmith known for high quality weapon or tools

@floris7552 4 жыл бұрын

Cool

@arlynaparri8427 4 жыл бұрын

Sooo okay it's real, I accept that. But my question is, how the heck the actors using this kinds of swords are unharmed at all? I mean is it all about practice or yeah it's real but dull?? Answers please, thank you

@samsignorelli 4 жыл бұрын

Stage combat...all the moves are choreographed and rehearsed a LOT. My fencing club is maybe a mile from Tony's shop in Burbank, and we still have some of his weapons on the walls. There's a definite technique to good stage combat, but it's hard to explain in writing, but it really boils down to understanding where your weapon is, how to manipulate it safely, and not doing anything stupid.

@13freitag13 4 жыл бұрын

if the blade wouldn't be hardened it would bend permanently and get dents, because it's still soft, tempering after the hardening process prevents the blade from cracking or breaking

@legitWillSmithy 4 жыл бұрын

The narrator got a lot of stuff wrong, but still cool to see Tony is still doing big things in the smithing/Hollywood world.

@dankulafan6905 4 жыл бұрын

Are these legal?

@cygneturesounds 4 жыл бұрын

...Grind-ed... You ah, you wanna give that another go?

@Atipat12 4 жыл бұрын

COOL

@alexismarquez3674 2 жыл бұрын

JOHN ROSS LU. CHIONG AKA NINO CHIONG AND FLORENTINO S. SUSALO III WHO LOOKS LIKE ENRIQUE GIL ARE NICE PEOPLE.

@wardaddy3057 4 жыл бұрын

Hattori hanzo : Am I a joke to you?

@kmlac6596 4 жыл бұрын

A REAL SWORD?!?!?! -Justin McElroy

@addysmith6429 4 жыл бұрын

I only clicked because I saw Blade on the thumbnail

@papatulac1962 4 жыл бұрын

Hold up. WTF he can create 35 swords a day?!?!?!

@autumnrose1850 4 жыл бұрын

Bismuth is that you?!

@undergraduate6050 4 жыл бұрын

1:01 Blades Sword..

@VFXCommander 4 жыл бұрын

What about Game of Thrones?

@kenxii1972 4 жыл бұрын

Hey

@magstheonlyone 4 жыл бұрын

Believe or not a blacksmith making real swords? No way

@Dowoge 4 жыл бұрын

Smh he thinks that’s so hard. all u gotta do is add a stick and 2 iron ingots. Smh people these days don’t even know how to craft a damn sword

@chuchupanicorniocastillo7916 4 жыл бұрын

Dowoge man you seriously dumb, he has a mod, it ain’t easy if you need 3 sticks to craft a caoba stick

@ubprincess3583 4 жыл бұрын

Dowoge choosing the correct iron how many times to beat it and for how long to heat it so you can make it light and unbreakable is not as easy as you say it

@Dowoge 4 жыл бұрын

UB Princess r/wooooooooosh

@raindropstarrock41 4 жыл бұрын

@@chuchupanicorniocastillo7916 i think its funny... i think he was referring to minecraft lol

@hella4301 4 жыл бұрын

@@Dowoge how tf is that r/wooosh

@shilloe13 4 жыл бұрын

It is a well known fact that frying pans are stronger than anything in this world but you give us typical swords. 😒😒

@haegeum3040 4 жыл бұрын

why would anyone want frying pans in sci fi movies and alike? that's ridiculous

@YEOsCanal 4 жыл бұрын

Give me the Blade Blade

@Julika7 4 жыл бұрын

35 swords per day? How in the world can he do that alone? Not even with a 12 hour day!

@spacelordvking8000 3 жыл бұрын

Why he hasn't a KZfaq channel ???

@liquinix. 4 жыл бұрын

Early squad⭐

@saradesire9475 4 жыл бұрын

Um ok.

@IbraNNB7 2 жыл бұрын

Nobody from Forge in Fire?????

@14AMRURU 4 жыл бұрын

@aqu695 4 жыл бұрын

can I have one?

@medievalknyght313 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is not real swords. The blacksmith probably doesn't even consider most of the props he made "real swords".

@mayoral_fabrication 4 жыл бұрын

they are the real deal just no sharp edge other than that same elements and parts of a real sword so yes its a real sword

@medievalknyght313 4 жыл бұрын

@@mayoral_fabrication i wouldnt consider a gun that has a non functioning receiver a gun right? I would call it a prop. But if that's your opinion then I have no problem with it just saying my own opinion as well

@alexismarquez3674 2 жыл бұрын

THE LENGTH OF SEPHIROTH'S MASAMUNE WHICH WAS REPLICATED BY MASTER BLACKSMITH TONY SWATTON.

@blankspace1416 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! We definitely didn’t have anything like this. Real swords!! No medieval times had these

@hishamnoun5036 4 жыл бұрын

I’m here I exist

@Atipat12 4 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@alexismarquez3674 2 жыл бұрын

JOHN ROSS LU. CHIONG AKA NINO CHIONG AND FLORENTINO S. SUSALO III WHO LOOKS LIKE ENRIQUE GIL KNOWS I'M A NICE PERSON 🙏

@unusualsheep 4 жыл бұрын

So basically this guy is iron man His name is even tony

@AbeeraShafqat-ag- 4 жыл бұрын

So... This is the actual iron man😉

@nrrajiv1 4 жыл бұрын

Marvel Fan : I heard " Tony Stark" not Tony Swatton - after hammer hitting metal 😅

@lauriemacomber4696 4 жыл бұрын

1st comment Edit 1: first like Edit 2: first view

@nickelhydra3262 4 жыл бұрын

You are first 👍

@Le_xy 4 жыл бұрын

e-e

@Atipat12 4 жыл бұрын

😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

@alexismarquez3674 2 жыл бұрын

JOHN ROSS LU. CHIONG AKA NINO CHIONG AND FLORENTINO S. SUSALO III WHO LOOKS LIKE ENRIQUE GIL PROTECTED ME FROM HARMFUL STUFF. I KEEP ON REPEATING THE IMMACULATE CONCEPCION CATHEDRAL CHURCH ZAMBOANGA CITY.