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Post by stormmaster on Sept 16, 2016 3:15:43 GMT
I would buy a pixie sword in a heartbeat... Might pay for it with fairy gold though. starts with fairy gold, ends with you in your man cave calling it precious.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Sept 16, 2016 3:27:45 GMT
Whats wrong with it?
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Post by Ifrit on Sept 16, 2016 4:33:16 GMT
I would buy a pixie sword in a heartbeat... Might pay for it with fairy gold though. This guy here. My ninja.
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Post by Talon on Sept 16, 2016 21:02:43 GMT
That is a very graceful looking blade in the making.Superb.I'm glad to hear you're on the mend too Fallen.
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on Sept 16, 2016 23:21:36 GMT
Hey I will make him whatever he likes, do you like the design so far. This one is up for debate. Guess this time I can take the humps.
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on Sept 16, 2016 23:23:00 GMT
I did get the blade normalizing to today had to since there was some forging to it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2016 23:56:39 GMT
It looks great! Seems like it'd be a fun blade to cut with.
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on Sept 17, 2016 0:24:01 GMT
You being to nice to me consider what I've said to you Bennettsnipes. But thanks any ways.
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on Sept 21, 2016 19:14:24 GMT
Being heat treated it's been normalized 3 times and already harden, doing the tempering cycles right now. Here was drilling the tang holes In the heat treat oven. For you enjoyment one of my home make and a few forge burner I got off ebay to test and let all of you know how well they do. Some lower cost one's. My thermometer stopped working have a new one coming in. I will start a new thread on this later. Are there any other burners you would like to see me build and test.
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Post by newfoundviking on Sept 21, 2016 20:50:50 GMT
I wanted to build the one at the bottom but could not find the 2 to 3/4 bell anywhere around here.
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Post by stormmaster on Sept 21, 2016 23:13:04 GMT
yeah I asked Driggers to make me a sword based off the lotr movie first age alliance scene, yep its not Tolkien's idea but it is still pretty cool and I consider it elfish based on modern conceptions of that style being very curvy
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on Sept 22, 2016 3:53:28 GMT
If you can't find a 2 to 3/4in bell reducer get a 2 to 1in bell reducer and use a 1 to 3/4in reducing bushing. It's what I've did on several works just fine.
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Post by Jordan Williams on Sept 22, 2016 5:00:25 GMT
Woahhhh this looks super awesome, from the first picture even! I've always liked the curved Elven swords.
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Post by Lukas MG (chenessfan) on Sept 22, 2016 11:19:20 GMT
Ok - it appears that you wish to craft an EDHELLEN sword. Start out with "Pixie" crap? You're dead. I see in photo #1 that this is starting as a "Peter Jackson Movie Sword". You will do a wonderful job.... but it's likely that the basic MODEL is dead ass wrong. Those "movie swords" are Peter Jackson creations. They were made for a MOVIE. They can still be very nice swords.... and you will build what you wish to. Now, I'm going to show you GLAMDRING, as sketched by Tolkien: Does that look like a Peter Jackson movie prop? I will let you decide. It is EDHELLEN, NOT some form of Katana. It was not created to sell a film. Your choice will be your choice.... MY effort is to help you avoid the creation of what will be the best movie prop I've ever seen :). Yeah, it seems Tolkien had no idea what a sword should look like. Doubt he ever held a good one. That looks like something a kid would draw. I like Peter Lyon's (and consequently Fallen's design here) much better though you're right of course, it's not a "Tolkien sword". We'll never know if he'd approve of what Peter Lyon and Peter Jackson did with this books.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2016 12:04:03 GMT
It is Drigger's design, 'nuff said!
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Post by brotherbanzai on Sept 22, 2016 13:19:26 GMT
The Reil "EZ" type burner at the bottom is probably about the easiest (as the name implies) to make, but you'll get better control out of the mickey type burners above. You can get any size pipe fitting, gas fitting, and valves on line as well. When I was building my burners there were a few key parts I couldn't source locally. Internet to the rescue!
Tolkien didn't invent elves. And as a reminder, elves are made up. Peter Jackson made a movie with elves based on a book Tolkien wrote with elves. To think one is a more correct representation of a thing which never existed is a bit silly. To many people, the movies are the definitive example when they think of what elves and their weapons look like. Those people's opinions aren't any less valid than people who prefer the book versions. Jackson had swords made by actual sword makers for a movie, Tolkien scribbled a picture for a book. So what? Derailing a thread to give personal opinions about what a made up sword from a made up race should look like is an unnecessary distraction and a bit insulting to the maker.
Looks good L Driggers.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2016 13:25:52 GMT
The Reil "EZ" type burner at the bottom is probably about the easiest (as the name implies) to make, but you'll get better control out of the mickey type burners above. You can get any size pipe fitting, gas fitting, and valves on line as well. When I was building my burners there were a few key parts I couldn't source locally. Internet to the rescue! Tolkien didn't invent elves. And as a reminder, elves are made up. Peter Jackson made a movie with elves based on a book Tolkien wrote with elves. To think one is a more correct representation of a thing which never existed is a bit silly. To many people, the movies are the definitive example when they think of what elves and their weapons look like. Those people's opinions aren't any less valid than people who prefer the book versions. Jackson had swords made by actual sword makers for a movie, Tolkien scribbled a picture for a book. So what? Derailing a thread to give personal opinions about what a made up sword from a made up race should look like is an unnecessary distraction and a bit insulting to the maker. Looks good L Driggers. Although a lower grit for a comment, my point exactly!
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Post by Jam Flan on Sept 22, 2016 14:20:01 GMT
Yeah, it seems Tolkien had no idea what a sword should look like. Doubt he ever held a good one. That looks like something a kid would draw. That's a bit of a stretch. Tolkien fought during WW1 and was an incredibly knowledgeable and respectable college professor. I find it pretty unimaginable he didn't come into contact with any swords during his life. He was more than knowledgeable enough in history to base his designs after historically and practically accurate swords. I think it's more of a case that his books were based on mythology, they're works of fantasy and I doubt he had any intention of basing his designs on more realistic sword designs. Also, the Hobbit is a children's book, a story he'd tell his kids at bedtime. Hence it naturally looks like something a kid would draw. More on topic: I really love these WIP threads. I rarely post and I don't frequent often, but I check back every week or so to see what people have been up to and maybe find some inspiration. We're cutting the steel for my first stock-removal blades next week (via CNC) and these kinds of threads have been a huge motivator. Thanks!
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Post by Lukas MG (chenessfan) on Sept 22, 2016 15:13:50 GMT
Well, maybe he did get into contact with original swords, I don't know (don't see what WW1 has to do with that). It certainly doesn't show if you look at that thing he drew in the book. That's not really a functioning design and its proportions are horribly off. Not sure I buy the "it's a children's book so that's why he drew it as a child would" theory but it may be correct, I can't say.
But either way, BB is right. Let's not further discuss Tolkien's or Lyon's design. This is Fallen's thread and his sword looks good so far, I'm looking forward to seeing what handle he'll put in there.
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on Sept 22, 2016 16:08:24 GMT
These threads get derailed all the time, I derailed it myself with the forge burners. I prefer the T Rex style myself the top ones are a version of them just a lot cheaper. Even from coming from over seas they were the way I got them $115.00 for the 3/4in and $130.00 for the 1in.
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