OGmudbone

Does any one here shoot and possibly make their own steel knock down targets. I have been wanting to make my own targets and design a weight or spring to reset them as well. any ideas?

Thanks in advance

I am most certainly not missing the point, swords.... point.... haha. I do know that anything made of tool steel that it tempered wrong can shatter into many sharp fragments. But people recommend making hammers or many other tools everyday, and they can shatter just a well as any sword. Maybe we just need to have a huge disclaimer on the front page of the site, ANY THING DONE IN ANY TYPE OF SHOP CAN BE DANGEROUS. On top of all of this anyone using any type of sword or knife is engaging in a dangerous activity. I am quit sure more people hurt themselves everyday with properly made knifes or swords than people ever do with a improperly forged or tempered one

But I don't believe any of this is really what the majority of all these "warning" are about, most of them read much more like, I can do this and im some fancy shmancy master by self proclamation and no one ells should even try

That type of attitude never helps anyone learn or have fun with there hobby