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Shad in 2020: You fools, don’t you see!? It cannot be done! Shad in 2022: …but what if we could? Shad in 2024: Reality is whatever I want it to be. *becomes carbon fiber Dark Souls boss*

If you build it, we will come.

I STILL believe this sword deserves to be called the Tyranth sword for 2 reasons. 1: When you originally discussed how to call it, you mentioned calling it the Tyrant sword, which is close enough to Tyranth anyways. 2: As much as I love to see you teasing and bullying him Shad, Tyranth is putting a TREMENDOUS amount of effort into this stuff and if I remember correctly, long time viewer here, this long term project is pretty much the first thing that gave us viewers an insight into Tyranths craftsman skill. I believe he deserves to have it named after him.

Shad and Tyranth shaking their floppy greatswords together in front of a castle. Now that's something I didn't think I'd see ;-)

First AK-50 and now Carbond Fiber Sword!? We're so fucking back!!!

Now we need to mount it as a bayonet to Brandon Herrera's AK-50

Just watching some Aussie boys with their toys. The joy that Shad is exuding here is infectious.

Two grown men talking about how floppy their swords are. Perfect 👌🏽

I remember mentioning the concept of carbon fiber swords back when I was in highschool and people telling me it’d never happen. This puts a goofily large grin on my face.

Guess what: 2 minutes old and it's in my home feed. Has the curse been lifted?

"Will it kill?" "Yes, and I feel that's something we had an issue with last time with the knife." "We had to put so much effort with the knife"

In a month, Brandon built the AK 50, and Shad built this. Fantastic

Hello Shad, i worked at a manufacture where we laminated parts by hand for Racecars/bikes (Lemans, MotoGP, KTM for example) Planes and Helicopters (Boeing,Airbus) and other high stress parts. I could help and get you in touch with the company to make your dream composite sword. I already have a few examples for improving the next sword

Shad and Tyranth are now Honorary Member's of "The Knights of the Pool Noodle Slayers."

Wait... You're telling me we might get a legitimate, usable Buster Sword in future???

Oh darn, it looks so beautiful after it's fixed!! it looks so absolutely science fiction, I love it ^^

The Titan Sword is one step closer to becoming a reality!!

May this sword forever be known as CurseBreaker, and may the Shadlands thrive forever! For the Shadlands, for castles, and for swords everywhere! 🎉

Kind of surprised at the amount of Herrera fans that watch this Shad too

This is "The Grand Tour" of Swords, I love these guys and their banter

Shad at 26:02 "Remember, this isn't about what it does to the wood. It's about what the wood does to the blade". Shad not 24 seconds (minus replay) later: "It actually did more damage to the wood than the katana did..." He just couldn't stop himself could he?

Hey there guys. I have a lot of construction experience with composite high end materials, even carbon fiber. To help solve the delamination and blade sharpness problem, you need to employ a tight fitting compress along the entire length. Have you guys seen the ancient flint sword prototype, or a macuahuitl? This is essentially what you need to do. Use the carbon fiber as the core with a u shaped insert along its length. Then, insert the blade separately. This allows you to have interchangeable blades and improves the overall integrity of the sword. Finally, employ a diamond shaped compress to the point where the guard meets the blade. These are just my thoughts, but regardless, I love what you guys are doing. Keep up the good work.

It doesnt matter to me if the sword is any good. I just enjoyed watching you two giggling like a couple of kids having the most fun

11:05 Shad now knows how overpowered Elden Ring Bosses are.

Call it CURSEBREAKER!

Honestly I just love how the rivet repair at the end completely changed the aesthetic from fantasy to sci-fi.

I am a fibreglass boatbuilder, and I also made myself a carbon kevlar sword. I also went for scale, the overall length is 130cm. However I went with a single edged Japanese inspired design. I went with a sandwich layup between two layers MDF, hand wetted with System 3 silvertip resin and pressed with ~150kg in lead ingots. It turned out amazing! I used unidirectional carbon wrapped around the wedge shaped kevlar core. Its super stiff and its sharp enough to cut blackberry branches. I think it would be unparalleled against unarmored opponents. Perfect zombie killing weapon.

I love swords,that's how I found your channel 2yrs ago. You know your blades.

For your edge problems (the little pieces of edge not aligning) try using bandsaw blades. You can get 60 inch (150cm) blades that are .75 inch (about 2cm) wide that you can lay into the edge for a perfectly straight edge (obviously use the backside side of the bandsaw blade, not the saw edge). And it is nice tough springy steel.

Tyranth and Shad bickering over who gets to claim the color red is hilarious

Nota gonna lie, it kinda looks cooler at the end without the hand guard, all bolted together like that, but overall it's really impressive that it actually managed to do well as a legit sword.

Tyranth and Shad look like a professional medieval knight and a crazy scientist that brought him in our times with a time machine

The fact that this sword is so big and only 1.5 kilos is insane

2 guys discussing whose, erm, sword is bigger, floppier and stiffer. This is why internet was invented!

32:17 man that looks great. Tyranth you're a beast

Can’t wait for the follow up, the sword looked even cooler with the new handle 😀

I'm getting a strong "Ak-50" vibe from Shadiversity. Keep pushing forward man! Just how Brandon Herrera fulfilled his dream of creating a 50 Bmg AK, I want to see you develop a fully functional giant sword! It took Brandon 8 years to fulfill his dream. Don't give up.

I love that when you weighed it you immediately knew which sword was closest in weight to compare with and RAN off to get it!

You gents bickering is the funniest shit. Ty. ....squirted at me LMFAO

men tyrant has such a nice voice. these two are so fun together

This has been the labor of ages and it’s finally here…

Pure polystyrene plastic is about 62 pounds per cubic foot. Polystyrene insulation foam is 1-2 pounds per cubic foot. For torsion boxes that are going to demand large deformations, it may make more sense to use denser foam materials (exotic industrial EPS or EPP, or perhaps some type of soft wood) or to use a space frame of denser materials. Polystyrene insulation foam is very flexible, and has limitations in how much torsion it can take before debonding when it's in a totally enclosed volume. Small changes in density lead to large changes in deformability, just like small changes in thickness lead to large changes in floppyness. How much foam was actually used in the core? Solid balsa is 8-16 pounds per cubic foot, and eucalyptus is 30 pounds per cubic foot. Add another 0.5 to 1 pound of thickness and harder material as a core to fix the floppyness.

Watching you two give eachother a hard time is half the fun.

I can tell that shad is a pain in the ass to work with . Just based on the expressions on the blacksmiths face throughout the video. Lol

The Titan Sword is the HEMA version of the AK-50.

That rebuild Tyranth showed off at the end looks SOOO cool

One day we'll get to monomolecular super swords and then Shad can test them out on blocks of concrete

I just know theres gonna be a video in the near future dedicated to Shad vs Tyranth competitions 😂 Its been getting there for over a year and it's nearly time.

12:32 Shad and Tyranth shaking their swords to see who’s is floppier 😅😂

I love the bit where Shad and Tyranth have a "flop-off"

Granted, I only watch occasionally, but this is the most excited I've ever seen Shad.

Forged in Fires next series: Forged in Lab

Shad shaking his demonstrably floppier sword at 12:30

Our patience has finally paid off boys. EDIT: Wish Nate had been here though; he'd be proud.

I'm genuinely excited, every time we get to see progress on this awesome project. 😎 One suggestion @shadiversity : If I'd try to make a sword like this from these materials, I'd get thin sheetmetal and have the whole thing lasercut from one piece. In the mid section I would also remove material with lasercutting, in a pattern similar to a steel truss, to keep weight down. Then sandblast the whole thing with rough material, to remove sharp edges and increase surface area for the resin. Afterwards I'd fill the voids between the truss elements with foam core and sandwich the steel and foam between carbon fiber fabric. Then I'd sew the fabric to the truss elements with kevlar yarn to prevent delamination even during heavy flexing. The whole process afterwards remains the same, with impregnating the sword with resin, curing and so on. The advantage of lasercutting, apart from beeing able to shape the whole thing exactly like you want and removing material to save weight is also that the edge becomes hardened by the laser cutting process. (I'm not sure how deep the hardening is, but I know it's enough that you break hardened taps without preparation, when trying to cut threads in a lasercut hole.) However, I'm just an armchair engineer here, enjoying the show. 😎 I'm looking forward to the next videos in this series!

The Titan Sword is the Sword Community's AK-50. There is no changing my mind.

Damn that fixed sword in the end looks sick af

12:30 "Shake it, shake it. See? Yours flops more 🤪😂

9:43 - THIS is why I love these kinds of videos. Watching everybody turn into 10-year-olds with delight.

You guys compliment each other so well here I really like the back and forth it’s so natural!

Astounding, I’m so excited to see that it was finally completed

Heeeelllllll yeah brother, big sword go swing

Shockingly enough: I could see how unusually light it was from the very first clip the sword was being held.

I would reeeaaaally love to see them perfect this! Allready it could be used to make really cool swords, but the thought of making huuge functional swords is sooo much cooler!

"Shad, the last great knight of the empire" Would be the title of a dark souls boss with that sword and shield

If you guys can make those functional, you may have opened a small market for them. Who doesn't love planting a field of watermelons for summer test cuts? LoL

Carbon Fiber Swords... the answer to making realistic and yet absurdly large fantasy swords that are rather sturdy yet also slighter than the regular steel versions!

When talking about it's construction, I had this idea. What if you welded some pieces of steel wire in between the blades and made like a mesh vetween them? And then when applying the carbon fiber, you do the innermost layer by cutting the fiber into thin strips and weave those strips in between the mesh before putting on outside layers to cover the mesh? What would that do to it's durability and shock resistance? I'm basically trying to translate the principle of reinforced concrete into the making of a carbon fiber sword.

The repaired sword right at the end is straight up awesome! Looking forward to the demonstration.

ok the second version after being destroyed actually looks way cooler.

I must say, I am impressed that it performed as well as it did. Bravo guys!

I'll let y'all know that JAIRUS OF ALL has already made a full size carbon fiber Buster Sword which weighs only 5 kilograms. This was back in 2020. I think he used titanium too.

Been a good few months Brandon Herarr makes his AK-50 and Shad and crew make pretty noticeable progress on his carbon fiber large sword.

I was going to make a joke about blunt blades. But I don't see the point.

23:22 !!! CAP ONLLY !!!!! Epic!!

I love that we get a peek at the fixed handle at the end. I'm looking forward to the next one!

The size is the size of Gut's earlier huge sword from the Golden Age arc.

Congratulations!! One small step for Shad, one giant leap for sword nerds.

Watching Shadiversity nerd out like this is so damn wholesome

This is such an emotion: Two people making a sword and breaking it just coz they can

Dude i work in a carbon fiber plant. . Depending on how this goes... tomorrow could be fun.. 😁

I love the pre-dragonslayer shape. cant make a giant sword without paying homage to the king of giant swords himself.

Each day I am surprised at how vastly different you and Jazza are. It’s hilarious how it goes from pleasant and expressive artist to literal warmonger weaponsmith

They’re literally comparing whose hardware is floppier and has better thrusting capabilities. I love this channel. 😅

9:00 weight, (im proud shad got it right) 10:40 manuvrable testing 11:45 one hand with sheld, theu then shake there blades to see flexibility The speed and reach of this is amazing snd if its strong enough it will be the best sword 16:40 composiing materials 18:40 cutting, 23:04 "it squirted at me" 26:10 hard testing against wood Tang broke.... Watch analysis... Increase tang length 28:10 final thoughts

oh that looks so cool at the very end in the sneak peek, with that riveted plate holding the handle on it looks legitimately deadly

I have never felt more ashamed of being poor. All I've got for these guys is love and admiration.

moments like at 9:45 continue to remind me that Shad and Jazza are indeed brothers

12:30 Shad shakes his floppy sword with Tyranth.

Wow genuinely happy that shad finaly found a sponsor

Awesome. I must admit, after the last update I doubted that this project will ammount to anything really good but this video gave me hope. The last seconds with the updated grip made it even better. I will happily wait for the next updates. Especially as a Greatswordwielder and lover

brandon herrara is finished with the ak50 and just like that im invested in a new weapon concept coming to reality

So THATS how you make Shardblades.

i love the childlike competition between you two. its so great to see genuine content on youtube that isnt scripted to the pitch of an laugh!

I love this whole project about the carbon fiber titan sword, it's actually the first video i watched on your channel and well, i''ve been around ever since. So keep up the good work, i am looking forward to seeing the final product of the project!!!

I was waiting over 15 minutes to hear about the kind of edge this thing holds. It's a cool idea.

I'm impressed by all the enthusiasm put into this project.

Dude, the reconstruction of the handle looks dope af. Maybe it would look even cooler with some bluing or a brass finish, but that by itself already makes it look way more badass, in spite of it missing a cross guard

Thank you for being awesome and doing what us other mad scientist geeks only dream of.