How It's Made Swords

"...and they go to the hilt to make sure the details are just right."

Seriously?

Ok, if all they're doing is making replica swords, I can see that just cutting it out of a block of metal would be faster, but it can't have nearly the same strength and flexibility that a real sword would.

I'm thinking most of this sword making procedure isn't quite historically accurate, but I will admit that most of my knowledge of sword making comes from Highlander.