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Post by celegon on Mar 27, 2015 17:51:15 GMT
if this is a stupid question..well chalk it up to me reading to much jrr tolkein  has anyone ever inscribed or engraved elven script/runes on a sword before or are there any customizers that do it? i imagine it would be very difficult. but. |
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Post by Gunnar Wolfgard on Mar 27, 2015 18:28:56 GMT
Do you mean like these ? Anything is possible. Click on picture to enlarge.   |
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Post by Gunnar Wolfgard on Mar 27, 2015 18:33:59 GMT
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Post by Voltan on Mar 27, 2015 18:46:51 GMT
Calling @findlithui...
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Post by chrisperoni on Mar 27, 2015 18:51:33 GMT
So I take it you've never seen Fable Blades?
Engraving blades happens all the time. Two common ways are to do it with an electrochemical etch or a rotary tool (dremel).
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Post by celegon on Mar 27, 2015 19:20:24 GMT
i knew engraving was fairly common. but i figured it was usualy just runes,or other real languages.
tolkien style elven script is so ornate and detailed. id be nervous about dremmeling it lol
i love the work fable blades does. but those swords will always be out of my price range. do they just do engraving work on premade swords?
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Post by KaOsBlaKbLaDe on Mar 27, 2015 19:36:53 GMT
I wouldnt expect Fable to take on such a commission, but Ernie at Yeshua's sword would more than likely take on something like that without much trouble at all. You should check out his work on "Little Stars", a middle earth inspired falchion with Sindarin script and other details. Ernie did that one with a high speed rotary tool. I'm thinking his is more of a converted dentists drill, but i could be wrong. Electrochemical etching can produce good clean results too, as demonstrated by Brenno, Jeffrey Robinson and some others. I would probably recommend electro-etching if you're not confident with your hand for a rotary tool. A good vinyl mask can be made by anyone with a vinyl plotter/cutter, and then you simply help the etchant and electricity do their thing. There are tutorials for the electro chemical process here and elsewhere on the net. I'm getting ready to do a few blades of my own , and will be expirimenting with both aforementioned methods as well as simply masking and soaking in a tank of etchant.
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Post by celegon on Mar 27, 2015 19:50:58 GMT
thanks for the help guys. the eletrco way seems to be easy and looks great. i guess the trick is with that is to get a nice clean sticker made. im going to try my hand and a simple symbole on a knife or somthing. caus eit looks fun to try  |
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Post by KaOsBlaKbLaDe on Mar 27, 2015 20:03:33 GMT
make sure not to use "cheap" vinyl. Try to stick with something like 5 year exterior grade with a good adhesive.
You also wanna make sure to clean the blade as well as you can before starting. This should all be covered in any tut's you find. I think chris peroni did an etchant bath with a euro pommel that he cut the template by hand and he wasn't real happy with the results. Curves are a pain in the butt with an exacto, so i've used my ruby tipped leather knife for paint masks on motorcycle jobs with great results, but i'm not sure how well it'll cross over with the difference in paint consistency vs. etchant etc. My real concern is the submersion method. I'm afraid of bleeding under the mask, so i've set aside anold windlass blade that is getting polished up before i try that one.
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Post by chrisperoni on Mar 27, 2015 20:03:55 GMT
Vinyl sheets are easy to use and cheap - you can pick them up at arts and craft stores. Or you can bring an image to a print shop and they can make the vinyl sticker for you for pretty cheap too. I don't like the idea of masking and soaking a whole blade in etchant - seems like overkill to use a lot of product (etchant and masking) with a greater chance of some part of the blade getting etched by accident. Usually the idea is to keep the possibility of etching the wrong part of the blade to a minimum by controlling where it's applied.
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on Mar 28, 2015 10:12:11 GMT
I am a doughnut might work out pretty good. While they are bend over laughing cut off their head.
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Post by celegon on Mar 28, 2015 15:34:01 GMT
thats beautiful, ive found a few translaters online. im not sur ehow acuate they are though im still toying around with what i want it to say |
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Post by celegon on Mar 28, 2015 23:01:46 GMT
i had read those translators were not right.and they sometimes butcher the words..guess i read right lol
i apreciate the help and info.. i recently ordered a H/T bastard sword and i plan on doing some modding to it. after i get the handle reworked id really love the etch the blade. in the mean time i have a few tomahawks and a viking axe i my try some simple etch work on
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Post by celegon on Mar 30, 2015 1:35:05 GMT
Findlithui, would you say this name generator is inacurate also? ive been going over it looking fr a good name for the sword but im not sure if its right or not elf.namegeneratorfun.com/ |
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Post by celegon on Mar 30, 2015 2:42:56 GMT
thaks for he reply! i didnt try the "your name option" i just looked through the names based on differnt things or themes. looks like figuring out what i want on the sword is gonna be more work than i thought |
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Post by chrisperoni on Mar 30, 2015 3:03:47 GMT
You can get a piece of steel at the hardware store for about 5 or 10 dollars to practice on if you want to try it before etching something in your collection
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Post by celegon on Mar 30, 2015 3:21:05 GMT
thank you a ton, when i get it worked out ill take you up on that. i know what i want to say more or less.i just need a name. at the very least i guess i could just name the celegon and yea il need to do some practicing..good thing i have so many junker knives Grin - just do it in English, then PM me . Compounds can be fairly simple.... your Board name is one:
celeg S., N. [kˈɛlɛg] adj. swift, agile, hasty ◇ Ety/366, PM/353, VT/41:10
"The person performing the verb action is often derived by the endings -or, -on and -ron
(male) or -eth and -ril (female). However, these are not real endings but remnants of
underlying archaic forms, so there’s no guarantee that they come out like this in every
instance, and they should be used with great care. The rule indicated here is a mere rough
guideline.
maeth (fight)!maethor (fighter) or *maethril (female fighter)
roch (horse) !rochon (rider) or *rocheth (female rider)
nath (net)! nathron (weaver) or nathril (female weaver)"
celegon - one who acts with swiftness, agility ....
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