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Post by freq on Oct 11, 2013 21:34:18 GMT
thought i would chuck up pic of my wifes nightmare in elm st glove to complete the freddy vs jason set :lol: made by a friend of mine in the same way as the glove in the movie right down to the "claws" being fabricated from steak knives Attachments:
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Post by freq on Oct 9, 2013 6:06:47 GMT
since its Halloween soon and i looooove Halloween decided to go and make some of my fave movie weapons this is them first up jasons machete from freddy vs jason my take on the hellraiser knives :twisted: narcisse's thumb blades from nightbreedand lastly my homage to boris karloff as frankenstein the FRANKENBOWIE :lol:
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Post by freq on Oct 6, 2013 11:13:42 GMT
thanks im pretty happy with the dolabra and the cutlass not so much with the xyphos but cant have everything :lol:
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Post by freq on Oct 5, 2013 4:24:29 GMT
my attempt at a leaf bladed xyphos style blade hand forged from a piece of bar unfortunatly handle a little bit off center wields well,handle wood with leather covering roman dolabra again hand forged from one piece of bar then cut and welded to a hand forged eye poll has a temp handle on it at moment till i get some $ to buy a proper handle for it splits wood and digs up the ground so i guess it works :lol: lastly my version of a dussage cutlass, nicknamed this one "the kraken" mostly because the first time i picked it up after i ground in the notches into the blade i thought of the line from pirates of the Caribbean when jack sparrow sees the kracken "hello beastie", again made from flat bar forge shaped, hand guard is hand wrought, scallop is repoussed stainless steel, pommel is aluminum handle is hardwood, makes you fell like the badest mother in the world holding this thing. swear if some one was coming a cross a ship deck holding one of these i would throw down my arms and quit on the spot definitely one of my faves so far
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Post by freq on Sept 27, 2013 11:58:17 GMT
finished up my bollock dagger, changed the blade shape made it narrower at the handle end to give it a more dagger like shape ground in edges and polished it to a near mirror shine pretty happy with it finished blade oooh shiny :lol: Attachments:
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Post by freq on Sept 25, 2013 12:51:51 GMT
started on a bollock dagger this week got handle shaped, stained, sealed made from non structural pinus :lol: (couldnt resist bad pun) blade made from steel bracket with a coach both welded into the blade to attach the blade to the handle, decided to base it around a later scotish dirk style a) because my family is originally from scotland and b) because i have big hands and the handle is quite large and thought the later stiletto style blade would have looked silly or out of place. still have to finish grinding and polishing the blade but so far really happy with how its coming along. Attachments:
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Post by freq on Sept 25, 2013 12:43:49 GMT
guy i know asked me to make him a pole axe based around one his character uses in a game this it what i came up with sent him a pic was stoked with the look, currently mounted on display shaft but cuts well (tested it on 2 ltr bottle no probs), couple of the welds could have been neater but its a learnin process and a vast improvement on the first one i made. made from bisaloy steel (axe blade), random bit of flat/toothed bar for the hammer and a rail dog for the spike. Attachments:
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Post by freq on Sept 25, 2013 12:35:35 GMT
looks nice, was the cross guard cast or stock ground to shape?
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Post by freq on Sept 23, 2013 9:57:54 GMT
quote="Saito"]Swedge? what is swedge?[/quote] swept edge (on back) or from urban dictionary swedge A faux double edge on the blade of a knife. Excellent for reducing the weight of the blade and balancing. The swedge on many knives can be sharpened for a double edge. It usually only runs 1/4 to 1/2 of the blade length but this is plenty to give the knife the benefits of a double edge. Sharpening the swedge of my knife into a double edge gave my stiletto blade the agility it needs to slice the corneas of random homeless people.
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Post by freq on Sept 22, 2013 9:22:43 GMT
like the grip not a fan of the elongated swedge though, but still a nice knife, personally think rivets would ruin the look as it wouldnt match the handle, could potentially attach it with fiberglass resin that would stand up to pretty much any normal knife abuse
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Post by freq on Sept 22, 2013 9:19:41 GMT
thats not a dagger its a short sword :lol: looks good,how did you prevent the fullers from becoming slits in the blade? since its hard to judge depth on this kind of thing
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Post by freq on Sept 22, 2013 9:16:00 GMT
got this one today testing out a poleaxe i made for a guy i know Attachments:
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Post by freq on Sept 20, 2013 5:18:09 GMT
im super impressed with the wood sword cant wait to see finished product :shock:
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Post by freq on Sept 16, 2013 12:02:40 GMT
thanks Greg,now you got my mind going on a totally rebar bastard sword :lol: spent a lot of time on the dacian/roman sword glad to see im not the only one who likes it
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Post by freq on Sept 16, 2013 11:59:53 GMT
look forward to seeing the results of this, was thinking that because most bottles are thermoplastic hot water might make em springier thus harder to cut
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Post by freq on Sept 15, 2013 3:53:36 GMT
was wondering if anyone has looked into whether it is easier or harder to cut bottles filled with hot water or cold water.i would imagine that hot water would make for an easier cut as the plastic would be more pliable, any thoughts?
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Post by freq on Sept 15, 2013 3:47:31 GMT
first up a roman/dacian sica, commonly used by the gladiators after rome conquered dacia, made from bar stock hot bent, with a hand forged tip, has wood guard, wood and leather handle and a kids bowles ball as the pommel(couldnt think of better way to make ball pommel :lol: )second my tactical bowie/thrower made from bar using stock removal, given a camo paint job then wrapped in paracord, throws wicked well best i have ever had/made third a hand forge medieval style dagger made from 12mm rod hot forged to shape with a pine handle and lastly my tac rebar katana this was made as a joke see here viewtopic.php?f=17&t=17776 for the full details on this one, thanx for lookin
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Post by freq on Sept 13, 2013 12:07:14 GMT
this i made as a joke since some one, posted that my axechetti should have a leopard print scabbard, had to junk a leopard print case at work so i rescued some of the vinyl it was made from then decided to have some fun with this build, its made from a piece of crappy sheet metal , its functional (for a given value of functional :lol: Attachments:
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Post by freq on Sept 8, 2013 10:14:44 GMT
thanx, cant pirate anything at moment got my jolly roger in getting cleaned at moment :lol:
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Post by freq on Sept 8, 2013 3:17:03 GMT
had this one floating around the back brain for a whilefinally got skill set to do what i wanted, its my interpretation of a druids sword from fantasy games/movies made from a piece of curved bar stock, cross guard is hand forged from piece of round bar, the rose is stainless steel sheet, the grip is wood core wrapped in leather thorn pattern then covered in vinyl to give the effect of vine wrapping around the handlenot a bad cutter but bit weird due to extreme curve in blade but cuts well
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