Vampire Hunter D sword
Feb 4, 2008 2:13:36 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2008 2:13:36 GMT
bytheway said:
Well most likely there'd be problems with getting it together, i'm no spec here, but to me it seems like silver and steel aren't best friends. Golden sword would actually be even worse, cause gold is even weaker than silver. Made from pure gold it'd probably break to small pieces from picking it up from the ground.
Break into pieces??? Gold isn't brittle. It's soft, like lead.
It would hold up being held, but even a swing would probably cause the thing to bend.
Silver might hold up a tad better, but it cannot flex, nor hold an edge. Not every metal can by heat-treated the way steel can.
Silver inlays wouldn't be a problem. It's been done, though generally not after the first 1/3 of the blade.
As for the initial poster, this kid has no idea what they want, or what they're asking for. Custom swords are expensive, which is why sub-$300 production swords are something one needs to be careful about purchasing.
It would be possible to create a similar sword using a preexisting blade, then fabricating new mounts for it by one's self.
Though, judging by the OP's grammar, terminology, and overall presentation of the problem, they are 14 and have neither the money, skill, nor the dedication to follow through.
Now, as far as actually aquiring a word like this, here's how I would do it.
>MRL recently carried a sword they refered to as a Nodachi. It wasn't mounted anything like a traditional Nodachi, but being a Windlass blade, it should be just within the limits of functionality at its size. I would aquire and strip this sword.
>Custom mounts would have to be manufactured. Nothing even remotely similar to this sword's furniture exists in the production market for butchering or customization. I would come up with a sketch of the guard, and I'd probably have to fork over the money to a custom machine shop to create it from steel. Other then making this by hand with chisels, files, and a dremel, I can't think of a better way to do it that wouldnt take months of solid work.
>Handle can be carved from wood, wrapped with leather and with metal accents.
>Pommel can be carved from solid steel. Probably a laborios process, but for a correct balance, it must be done.
>Put it together. Colors of the hilt furniture can be achieved through cold-blueing solutions(Birchwood-Casey). The skull-symbol would have to be painted with a heavy-duty enamel.
>Scabbard wouldn't be too hard to make and laquer.
There's no way you'd get the sword to be as long AND thin as it is in the movies/comic, nor be as fast/reactive. That's simply a matter of physics.
