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Post by TheMu on Sept 8, 2012 21:37:37 GMT
Rautasiipi(Iron wing) and Nimetön(Untitled) Here's couple of very old pictures I drew years ago. The photos show the final versions of the swords that I made based on these drawings (with help from a professional welder). They are not usable swords but more like advanced drafts... or sculptures if you will. -TheMu
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Sept 8, 2012 22:08:03 GMT
very nice, i like the apacalypse/improvised look of the pieces, bravo
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Post by TheMu on Oct 6, 2013 16:32:45 GMT
It's been a while since I've had got a hold on my Rautasiipi as it's no longer in my possession. But I wanted to take a couple of pictures of it's clever sheath. The leather straps that would have been used to hang it on one's back seems to have gone lost. But anyhow, it's been designed so that the sword can be drawn from sheath and a cut can be delivered in one move. And it's exceptional because the sword is 120 cm long and it's carried hung on the back! Here's a picture of the simple but functional solution: Attachments:
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Post by LastGodslayer on Oct 6, 2013 20:53:04 GMT
Very clever, but a regular draw would be very dangerous, no?
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Post by TheMu on Oct 8, 2013 9:20:59 GMT
Heh hee, yep. It would probably be impossible to put this design in to production, because the manufacturer would get so many lawsuits from consumers who cut their fingers off. It resembles katana enough that it would be impossible to make people understand that one shouldn't hang it on the belt, but on the back. Hmm... Actually if one hung it on the belt one would cut the belt too. Yep, it's a dangerous design because people might end up loosing their fingers and their trousers! (most peculiar joke but I couldn't resist... I tried though.)
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Post by LastGodslayer on Oct 8, 2013 17:58:57 GMT
One could design around cutting the belt, and there might be a way to make it safe for regular draw, but it would involve moving parts...
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