How to make a European-style broadsword

This video tutorial shows how to make a European-style broadsword. It demonstrates some of the basics of designing, the stock removal, and finishing processes of how to make a sword (European-type broadsword). Please note that the final steps of forging the sword (including blacksmithing steps like hardening quenching and tempering the steel) are not performed in this video.

This is for decorative purposes only -- not for cleaving Orcs or humans -- no matter how much they annoy you.