Assassins Creed Weaponry

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Assassins Creed Weaponry Apr 14, 2012 17:43:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2012 17:43:09 GMT Hey Peeps, I've been looking online for Assassins creed weaponry, I've found one in the USA, Thought I can't find anyone selling them in the UK online. Can I get them into the UK from the USA? Thanks, Tzipi :mrgreen:

Jussi Ekholm Member Posts: 2,658	Assassins Creed Weaponry Apr 14, 2012 18:57:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Jussi Ekholm on Apr 14, 2012 18:57:10 GMT Well I don't know how the UK laws have changed and if it's easy or hard to import swords into country. However this UK store has Windlass made Assassins Creed weaponry and clothing: www.thevikingstore.co.uk/assassi ... d-87-c.asp
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Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Assassins Creed Weaponry Apr 15, 2012 9:00:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2012 9:00:01 GMT Thanks Jussi

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Assassins Creed Weaponry Apr 25, 2012 1:18:42 GMT

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I just got the Altair assassin's creed fighting knife today. When I get a chance I'll take pictures and do a mini review. My first impressions though are that there are a few things that need to be fixed on it to be safe. The sheath securing the knife is unsafe and needs to be worked on. The point pokes through the end of the sheath and needs reinforcing. Finally, I am going to blacken the furniture since the white on it looks kind of tacky. None of them is very difficult and will make a huge improvement in it. I'm also probably going to dye the leather black, paint over the metal chest piece all in black and then highlight the lines in silver. That is just personal taste though.

Again, cool concept and solid blade, just needs some tweaks to take it to the next level.

Morrigan's Talon by Brendan of Fable Blades

Herron's Flight by Brendan of Fable Blades

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Assassins Creed Weaponry Apr 25, 2012 3:09:06 GMT

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Post by 14thforsaken on Apr 25, 2012 3:09:06 GMT

Actually, I just got finished re-painting the handle and the metal chest piece. I painted them a base black and then did a silver dry brush over them. It looks much better now. This is what they should have done from the start. Tomorrow I'll dye the suede black.

Morrigan's Talon by Brendan of Fable Blades

Herron's Flight by Brendan of Fable Blades

Evil is what we make of it. We use the tools we must. --Gerald Tarrant, Black Sun Risi

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Assassins Creed Weaponry Apr 25, 2012 3:11:01 GMT

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Post by Reaver on Apr 25, 2012 3:11:01 GMT

14thforsaken wrote
Actually, I just got finished re-painting the handle and the metal chest piece. I painted them a base black and then did a silver dry brush over them. It looks much better now. This is what they should have done from the start. Tomorrow I'll dye the suede black.

Is the handle plastic? that would be a major turnoff at that price.

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Assassins Creed Weaponry Apr 25, 2012 4:31:19 GMT

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Reaver wrote

Is the handle plastic? that would be a major turnoff at that price.

It's metal and fairly heavy. When I was trying to figure out how to setup the belt and scabbard system for it, the knife slid out and hit me pommel first on the side of my foot. It hurt like hell and I have a nice little bruise from it. The main things I would suggest to anyone getting one are to re-enforce the tip of the scabbard or else the blade will poke through and rig another strap to securely hold the knife in place when it is hanging upside down on your back.

Morrigan's Talon by Brendan of Fable Blades

Herron's Flight by Brendan of Fable Blades

Evil is what we make of it. We use the tools we must. --Gerald Tarrant, Black Sun Risi

Reaver Member Posts: 184	Assassins Creed Weaponry Apr 25, 2012 4:40:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Reaver on Apr 25, 2012 4:40:47 GMT hopefully the money not spent on the sheath went into the blade then, haha. looking forward to your review.

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Assassins Creed Weaponry Apr 26, 2012 2:23:25 GMT

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For the money its not bad. The concept they had for the suspension system is a good one, it just wasn't the best execution. I imagine it will take me about 5 minutes to rig a temporary fix and probably an hour tops to do a more professional one once I've figured out the way I want to go and have all the materials I need. Dying leather doesn't take very long if you've done it before, nor did repainting the handle. It would have been even faster if I had just went with a straight black but I wanted to re-create the worn look and did a silver wash over it. Why they picked white I have no idea.....if a metal handle is going to weather and the color starts to wear off, its going to be silver looking not white.

All told, I'll probably end up take 3 hours or so to make all the changes and maybe another hour if I decide to sharpen it which won't happen until I get the suspension system fixed.

Morrigan's Talon by Brendan of Fable Blades

Herron's Flight by Brendan of Fable Blades

Evil is what we make of it. We use the tools we must. --Gerald Tarrant, Black Sun Risi

Reaver Member Posts: 184	Assassins Creed Weaponry Apr 26, 2012 4:06:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Reaver on Apr 26, 2012 4:06:08 GMT If you decide to sharpen, a Katana-esque polish might be a great idea. I'm curious how much potential it has as a cutter. i.e bottles, pool noodles and tatami.

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Assassins Creed Weaponry Apr 26, 2012 5:07:41 GMT

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Reaver wrote
If you decide to sharpen, a Katana-esque polish might be a great idea. I'm curious how much potential it has as a cutter. i.e bottles, pool noodles and tatami.

The blade is fairly dark out of the box. I'm actually thinking of gun-bluing it. In way it kind of makes sense for an Assassin's blade to be dark.

The blade profile is remarkably similar to Windlass's Raven Claw Fighting Knife so I would expect it to perform similarly. Good for opening long shallowish cuts and underhanded thrusts up into a target.

Morrigan's Talon by Brendan of Fable Blades

Herron's Flight by Brendan of Fable Blades

Evil is what we make of it. We use the tools we must. --Gerald Tarrant, Black Sun Risi

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Assassins Creed Weaponry Apr 28, 2012 4:45:16 GMT

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Post by 14thforsaken on Apr 28, 2012 4:45:16 GMT

Got around to taking some pictures of the knife and harness now they have been painted and stained. For the leather I used Cova Color Midnight black. I didn't bother trying to stain the Velcro, it being polyester, its just not going to take up the dye. For the blade handle I used some citadel miniatures paint. The colors were Chaos Black and Mithril Silver. Since Citadel helpfully renamed all of their colors a while back, I think the ones I used would now be called Abaddon Black and Runefang Steel. On the metal chest piece, I didn't do anything fancy. I just painted it black and then did a silver wash over it to make it have a slightly worn look. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of the handle before painting it but you can see what it was like from the KoA pictures below.

Mine now looks like this:

The harness originally looked like this:

Mine now looks like:

All in all it worked pretty well for something that took less than a couple hours to do, excluding dry times.

Morrigan's Talon by Brendan of Fable Blades

Herron's Flight by Brendan of Fable Blades

Evil is what we make of it. We use the tools we must. --Gerald Tarrant, Black Sun Risi

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