Nial
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For no one in this world can you trust not men not women not beast, This you can trust!
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Post by Nial on Aug 26, 2010 12:29:13 GMT
Wow Jeff that is super nice. The skull details really set it up and i think you made the right choice to leave the nicks in the blade for that old battlefield look. It's gorgeous like all your work.Well doen man!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2010 15:53:07 GMT
Got that. I use the compression fit aswell, I always put guard and pommel in place before I add the grip so they have to be fixed seperately. Might try that peening of the back on the next one, wonder how well it works with steel. Mild steel should be soft enough I reckon.
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Post by brotherbanzai on Aug 26, 2010 22:44:16 GMT
Thanks deepbluedave ;D I may eventually have to make myself another of these with my own blade of the same dimensions, but without the nicks. I really do like the way his one looks with the blade wear, and I'm glad others see the character in it too, but it's also a shame not to cut and thrust with it because it handles so nicely. Thanks a lot Nial Makes me wonder what they hit it against to create all the little nicks. It really looks like damage from edge on impact with another hardened blade. In my mind it's interesting that there are no nicks along the spine or down on the strong of the blade. It makes me imagine that the ancient madman who wielded it never did any parrying or blocking, just drove forward slicing and thrusting. Hey chenessfan, I'd imagine mild steel would be soft enough to back peen (newly coined term I think as well. Yep, I like to have each part on there securely on it's own too, whenever possible, rather than have any parts depending on the attachment of the adjacent part or parts. That way, if any one part should suffer a critical failure, you're still unlikely to end up with a helicopter of death.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2010 23:01:25 GMT
Excellent work, Jeff; the sword looks great. You definitely had me going with the story, there. I had no idea you were a writer, too. Makes me hope I'll be able to describe the blades I e-mailed you about with equal relish, but those are still some ways off.
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Post by brotherbanzai on Aug 28, 2010 14:31:03 GMT
Thanks Vincent I'm keeping writing as my back-up plan for retirement when I get tired of doing bronze work (I really like working in bronze but every step in the process is toxic )
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2010 10:55:29 GMT
Thought you might want to know, I tried the back peen on mild steel and it works like a charm! I did some testing and the guard stays in place even under stress that would loosen up a guard without the back peen. So I'm very happy with this way of assembling hilt furniture. Sorry for my crappy camera, hope you guys can see it.
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Post by brotherbanzai on Sept 1, 2010 17:29:51 GMT
Sweet, I'm glad it worked for you. Maybe I've started a trend Dang I should have coined the term banzaipeen instead of calling it a backpeen, coulda been famous Additionally, I reground a small punch to a flattened shape, which I use for the banzaipeen( ) to keep it nice and neat and even. Not sure if that would work on the mild steel either but the bronze is malleable enough to be peened with that.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2010 18:43:09 GMT
Metal is just puddy. The type and temperature determine how soft it is. I'm sure the same would work with stainless, it would just take a heck of a lot longer to do it at room temperature.
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Post by stromloswordsusa on Sept 4, 2010 0:48:19 GMT
Jeff you are already famous to us (well at least as long as proboards lets us stay...)
My blades have now been seconded to someone more capable with more time to get them done!
Cheers, Rob (D-5 for continental shift)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2010 8:04:46 GMT
Jup, that was a great idea of yours, BB. That deserves a +1 I'll try the reground punch method in a second. Don't see why it shouldn't work, mild steel is really soft and the round punch required only minimall force so with a bit more power the flat punch should work just fine. And look much better also.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2010 11:07:50 GMT
Absolutely love the cross and blade, consider the shapes both yoinked!
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Post by brotherbanzai on Sept 5, 2010 18:18:30 GMT
:DThanks Rob Ah well, I hope someone gets some use out of those blades you had. They sold quite a few of those, I wonder how many are just back to lying around collecting dust? Thanks chenessfan, glad I could be of some help As a side note, I just did some re-working of some hilt parts that were originally on a DSA sword for a friend of mine. I don't know what sort of metal they are made out of but I had assumed it was mild steel. It was actually noticeably easier to drill out that bronze is. I was a bit surprised. Hey bloodwraith, Well, you aren't yoinking the blade from me since I didn't make it I'd expect the dimensions are based pretty closely on historical blades of the type so you're likely yoinking it from some people that have been dead for several centuries There probably aren't a whole lot of basic shapes that haven't been tried at some point, I wouldn't be surprised to discover an historical blade with a cross the same shape as the one I made either (I'd be surprised if it had little skulls sculpted into it).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2010 21:10:13 GMT
DSA? I'm not sure but there was some talking about crap metal used on hilt fittings, especially that Oslo viking... Brenno wanted to use them for his Dragon's bane and found them to be very light and soft. Maybe that's the case here aswell?
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Post by brotherbanzai on Sept 10, 2010 0:32:01 GMT
It's possible, thought the metal wasn't light. Felt about the right weight for steel, but was way easier to drill than I expected. I thought it might even have been some kind of cast pot metal. the sword is just for light cutting practice so it won't make much difference. We used one of the cheap H/T longsword bare blades, the reworked DSA parts that were lying around, and a new grip I made.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2010 14:04:03 GMT
An absolutely beautiful sword! What a creative imagination you have, both in creating swords and stories. Congratulations on an outstanding creation!!
+1 to you
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Post by brotherbanzai on Sept 14, 2010 3:12:43 GMT
Thanks very much Ol' Nick Glad so many liked my little story too
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Post by chrisperoni on Sept 14, 2010 3:52:54 GMT
what a stunning sword- I wish I could have it! -and the story is great too. (reminds me of all the short stories found throughout the elder scrolls/morrowind, if anyone knows the reference)
-Damn it looks so good!
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Post by brotherbanzai on Sept 17, 2010 14:58:02 GMT
Thanks chrisperoni Glad you like the sword and the story. By the way, here are some pictures of the linen cord under-wrap. I really like this stuff. It's great for doing a very thin under-wrap, where you otherwise wouldn't have room for a regular thickness cord wrap. Kind of time consuming though.
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