this is a short little video from a TV documentary. it shows some of the forging process but it mostly focuses on cutting tests
zhengwutang makes REAL Chinese swords the REAL Chinese way-forged from high carbon steel, folded, welded sanmei construction/lamination and differential heat clay treatments
unfortunantly, the forging part of the video is quite short. i would like it if they showed them folding/welding the different steel alloys together (lamination process)
honestly, i’ve never understood why anyone use a wushu blade. they make false blades that have the look and feel of real swords so you could use those for beginners