Big Giant Swords

Mike Craughwell hopes to turn a spare-time passion into a full-time profession. Craughwell is a welder who specializes in making gigantic swords. Joined by a motley crew of artists and builders in the woods of Martha's Vineyard, ``Irish'' Mike painstakingly creates the unique swords by hand. Some are 8 feet long and weigh up to 100 pounds. Once inspired by video games and 1980s fantasy sci-fi movies to build life-sized replicas of weapons, Mike now focuses on original works. However, the busine…