I have been trying to build myself some blue swords and I followed the instructions using the build guide from the Belegarth website and it all went great and I was happy with how it turned out, but when I gave it to my friend to check it failed for flex. I bought 3/8" cores from Blains Farm and Fleet to do this but they seem not to be working. Any suggestions for what would make a better core, if there is anything that I can do better would be great, or if there is a link I can be directed to that answers all my smithing questions that'd be great. Thanks friends.
- Pockets