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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 6, 2023 13:26:05 GMT
I've been talking to the infamous John Greybeard about doing a line of Bronze hilted swords with me and we've discussed the first batch I'd like to offer.
In the past my "legendary Edition" Elvish sabers with pattern weld fittings sold for around 2500 which is admittedly too expensive for most people.
It was unavoidable as those swords were costing me way too much to make and took way too long because i had to collaborate with and pay several people just to get hilt parts squared away.
So the idea is to cut all the middlemen and all the BS and I'll offer small batches of different designs of my popular swords complete with bronze fittings from John, at a Significantly more affordable price.
The goal is to aim for a final cost of 1500+ shipping, which is pretty on par with Albion and Valiant Armory ext.
In order to keep them affordable like this, I need to get a minimum of 10 Hilt sets from john for it to be worth his time and effort as well, which means I need at least 1 person to
commit to commissioning one to cover the cost of the batch of fittings.
You will have options on blade and handle length, grip wrap color ext, just like any other custom sword. We can also make other minor tweaks to the blade profiles as well to tailor each sword to you.
If anyone wants to jump on board hit me up.
Pics of my previous one below, just imagine it with beautiful bronze fittings instead of the steel shown in pic.
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Post by LeMal on Oct 9, 2023 3:16:27 GMT
Sounds like a great idea.
And if I also might suggest it, if you and John make your bare blades and his fittings in this line separately available, it'd give another price point that would very much interest those of us who like to customize our stuff.
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 9, 2023 13:16:15 GMT
Sounds like a great idea. And if I also might suggest it, if you and John make your bare blades and his fittings in this line separately available, it'd give another price point that would very much interest those of us who like to customize our stuff. Bare blades have always been an option from me, even custom request. can maybe look into the fittings in the future too.
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Post by LeMal on Oct 9, 2023 15:50:23 GMT
Very cool. If I might ask (and impetus for those of us who might want to start saving up ;) ) for reference how much would a bare blade from the elvish sabre you pictured run?
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Post by dhampird on Oct 28, 2023 22:45:53 GMT
How much can one change the design, and what about plain steel fittings?
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 28, 2023 23:05:12 GMT
How much can one change the design, and what about plain steel fittings? within reason blade changes are not a big deal. No steel fittings, the steel fittings are the reason these were costing 2K+ before.
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Post by lightanddeath on Nov 7, 2023 3:02:55 GMT
Hmm you could put a heron on that blade… and it would be fantastic. I’m potentially your huckleberry.
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Nov 7, 2023 14:40:26 GMT
Hmm you could put a heron on that blade… and it would be fantastic. I’m potentially your huckleberry. totally doable, ive done it in the past
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Post by lightanddeath on Nov 7, 2023 17:50:29 GMT
DM me with blade details and I’ll probably be your guinea pig if you’d be willing to put a heron mark on it and make something with a little curve like the sabre above.
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