Editing Sword (section)

====Sword replicas====
The production of replicas of historical swords originates with 19th-century [[historicism (art)|historicism]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Gabbay, Dov M. |author2=Anthonie Meijers |author3=Paul Thagard |author4=John Woods |year=2009 |title=Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences |publisher=Elsevier Publishing |page=1208 |isbn=978-0-444-51667-1}}</ref> Contemporary replicas can range from cheap factory produced look-alikes to exact recreations of individual artifacts, including an approximation of the historical production methods.

Some kinds of swords are still commonly used today as weapons, often as a side arm for military infantry. The Japanese ''[[katana]]'', ''[[wakizashi]]'' and ''[[tantō]]'' are carried by some infantry and officers in Japan and other parts of Asia and the ''[[kukri]]'' is the official melee weapon for [[Nepal]]. Other swords in use today are the [[sabre]], the [[scimitar]], the [[shortsword]] and the [[machete]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Chappell |first=Mike |year=1993 |title=The Gurkhas |pages=31–32 |isbn=978-1-85532-357-5 |publisher=Osprey Publishing}}</ref>
* In the case of a rat-tail [[tang (tools)|tang]], the maker welds a thin rod to the end of the blade at the crossguard; this rod goes through the grip.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://knife-depot.com/pages/all-about-knife-tangs|title=All About Knife Tangs|website=Knife Depot|language=en|access-date=2018-12-02}}</ref>
* In traditional construction, Swordsmiths [[peening|peened]] such tangs over the end of the pommel, or occasionally welded the hilt furniture to the tang and threaded the end for screwing on a pommel. This style is often referred to as a "narrow" or "hidden" tang. Modern, less traditional, replicas often feature a threaded pommel or a pommel nut which holds the hilt together and allows dismantling.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}
* In a "full" tang (most commonly used in knives and [[machete]]s), the tang has about the same width as the blade, and is generally the same shape as the grip.<ref name=TangTypes>{{cite web |url=http://www.gungfu.com/cart-htm/swords_tang_types.htm |title=Tang Types of a Sword |publisher=gungfu.com |access-date=7 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061030154047/http://www.gungfu.com/cart-htm/swords_tang_types.htm |archive-date=30 October 2006 }}</ref>