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How To Build Cloud's Buster Sword From Final Fantasy VII

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by Ben Reeves on May 24, 2013 at 08:42 PM

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Is Cloud's Buster Sword from Final Fantasy VII really practical? How much work and steel would go into building one? Find out here. Nothing easy is worth doing; somebody famous once said that or something like it. They were talking about Cloud's Buster Sword.

Every week the blacksmiths at AweMeChannel build a weapons based on pop culture. Watch how they put together Cloud's sword below. Feel free to try this at home. It looks pretty easy.

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by Clear Sarcasm Friday, May 24, 2013 at 08:52 PM

Oh man don't get me started on Final Fantasy. How many FINAL fantasies can there be? Anyway, the game itself is mediocre, at best. The R.P.G. for this one stands for "Role Playing Garbage". They should've turned it into a first person shooter a long time ago...
by nickjamesm7 Friday, May 24, 2013 at 08:53 PM

Cloud must have been pretty damn strong...
by Dan Friday, May 24, 2013 at 08:54 PM

Wasn't the sword alone proof that Cloud was superhuman? He spun it around end over end at the end of EVERY battle!
by GOROW Friday, May 24, 2013 at 09:00 PM

Steel's good, but loyalty's better
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by Aaron Friday, May 24, 2013 at 09:01 PM

http://fireden.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/busta-sword.jpg.jpeg
by Tim Gruver Friday, May 24, 2013 at 09:03 PM

Sweeeeeeeeeeeetttt.
by Sniper Dave Friday, May 24, 2013 at 09:18 PM

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Ob_bg5ROe4/T0oZ2mhC5hI/AAAAAAAAAiE/7_PODNV58ZA/s1600/figma_guts_berserk_dragon_slayer_back.jpg is still 200x more manly than the buster sword
by Codyeo Friday, May 24, 2013 at 09:36 PM

I wish I could find a huge sword like this where the handle won't break from the sheer force of the impact if you try to hit something with it. For now I'm stuck with polypropylene training swords...strong as steel yet cheap and dull so my brother and I can go outside and sword-fight without killing each other.
by Human The Tree Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10:09 PM

This guy always does good work. Now how about the Falchion from Fire Emblem: Awakening?
by Concession Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10:23 PM

So... why is crisis core not on the playstation store yet?
by M3o5nster Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10:36 PM

I'd like to see him make the Ultima sword that glows brighter the lower your health gets :3
by Eleuthera Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10:51 PM

That's cool. Two questions though. A: how do you even carry a sword that honking big 2: more importantly how can you even swing the sword to slice watermelons with it
by ThatBoyNice247 Friday, May 24, 2013 at 11:09 PM

Cool I want one.
by Gamefan71 Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 12:13 AM

Whether one is a fan of the series or not, from a creative view this is an awesome sword to make from scratch. Well done. ^_^
by Allen Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 01:28 AM

Well, first, let me say that that's some impressive work they put into this. Now, let's see... Where does that design come from? Dissidia? It's not even in the comparison picture they used... Second, they took the easy route and just machined in a blade. The Buster Sword is supposed to be one piece. It just generally doesn't even really look like the sword Cloud used. They tried to hard to put in details that weren't there, and then just didn't even try with the actual blade.
by Thunder Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 06:21 AM

If only most people had everything they needed to make this...
by MR TORGUE Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 06:28 AM

HOLY S**T THAT IS F***ING AWESOME!!!
by Companion Cube Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 06:29 AM

I wonder how heavy it is...
by Steve Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 06:38 AM

Radical hamsters have often taught us that governments take away our feeders and make us eat organic apples, free of pesticides and substances. I will not slaughter innocent fish in protest the way they would, but who does the government think they are, denying us pesticides and cancer causing chemicals?! Fight!