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Post by randomnobody on Sept 10, 2013 1:52:03 GMT
Psst, hey Saito, what's going on with this thing?
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Sept 10, 2013 2:31:36 GMT
It is on hold, i had an issue with the fittings being less wide than the grip and it looked stupid, so im having Ernie mill out tang slots for me on a new guard and pommel (exact same as the others but wider) but hes overloaded with projects so he hasnt had time to get to mine yet. once i get the milled out fittings back from him ill assemble the sword and finish the grip and post it up. I decided its better to wait for ernie to do it than pay the local machine shops they all wanted like 75-100 bucks just to do the slots. Ernie is much more affordable.
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Post by randomnobody on Sept 10, 2013 2:58:59 GMT
Fair enough, no rushing good stuff. Just, you know...hurry up.
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Sept 10, 2013 3:06:14 GMT
hahahha i heard that man, i want to play with it!
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Post by LemuelTheLemur on Sept 10, 2013 3:11:56 GMT
good ol' Ernie The guy really does under charge for his work. Can't wait to see how it turns out
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 11, 2013 23:06:48 GMT
After about 9 hours in the shop,alot of grinding, hammering, polishing, and Cursing... heres my progress update. Guard and pommel have been fitted properly and all rough work is done, they have been rounded and trued up to their final geometry, and given a rough polish. the grip core is finished and ready to be split apart and cut in half to make room for the Polished Bone Spacer that will be in the middle of the grip. The fittings will recieved a better hand polish job to remove all machine marks, the pommel will be peened, and the entire blade and hilt will be given a final Polish. The grip cores will be glued on, the leather wrap will be done, and then the whole sword will receive its final cleaning and be dubbed ready for use! But it wont be lingering long, because this sucker is scheduled to be shipped to Crusader Monk ASAP for scabbard, baldric, and belt work....
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Post by randomnobody on Oct 11, 2013 23:30:42 GMT
It's about time.
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Post by LemuelTheLemur on Oct 12, 2013 0:30:50 GMT
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 12, 2013 0:35:26 GMT
that looks pretty cool, but the grips not as long as the photos suggest. only 10 inches.
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Post by Adrian Jordan on Oct 12, 2013 3:28:15 GMT
Looking real good.
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 15, 2013 0:04:56 GMT
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Post by Onimusha on Oct 15, 2013 0:24:55 GMT
Getting nearer to your promised swine slicing.
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Oct 15, 2013 11:19:20 GMT
That's a biggie!
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Post by freq on Oct 15, 2013 11:43:23 GMT
how are you going to get the handle on if you have peened the pommel on already? wouldn't that make it harder to get the fit nice and tight ?
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 15, 2013 18:36:38 GMT
when doing a peened pommel you have to do it this way otherwise when heating the tang tip to peen it you will catch the wood core on fire and burn it off long before you finish the peen. Dont ask me how i know this. Check out this video, this is how i did/am doing this sword
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Post by Onimusha on Oct 15, 2013 19:42:33 GMT
I thought that's how it was done anyway. It's a lot easier for albion, since their blades are machined, but it shouldn't be too bad.
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 15, 2013 23:04:58 GMT
its a semprini. i can grind out and finish a blade in half the time it takes to fit a hilt. its NOT like in the Albion video. theyve cut out all the parts where stuff doesnt fit and it takes Hours with needle files just to get it right and all that stuff lol
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Post by Onimusha on Oct 15, 2013 23:25:23 GMT
All their tangs will be the same size and shape, since they're cnc machined. They can just mill out grip slabs. Kinda puts things in perspective. You do all that hand work for a lot less.
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on Oct 16, 2013 7:35:22 GMT
Thought you had this blade, hilt and pommel milled out by some one elase and you did the final fitting.
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 16, 2013 8:28:33 GMT
i had ernie send me slotted guard and pommel blanks which i ground, shaped, polished, and fitted myself. The blade is all me except the fuller, which ernie also did. I suggest anyone wanting hilt parts to get in contact with Ernie, he does a bang up job, and it will cost a hell of alot less than a local machine shop will charge. i made the mistake of paying a local machine shop 90 bucks just to mill tang slots for me and then they botched it and made the slot offset so the pommel wouldnt sit right.
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