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Subject: Blacksmiths are made out of steel.

Antoonio opened this issue on Feb 03, 2003 · 17 posts
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Antoonio ( ) posted Mon, 03 February 2003 at 2:07 AM · edited Sat, 11 January 2025 at 11:38 AM

I started a new hobby. I'm forging a sword. Yup, sword. Dunno the reason, assume I wanted to prove myself that can do something else than just play with computer stuff. And it surely gives some respect among neighbours. ;oP It's been hellish job and it's not ready yet, but after a month I'll have my own sword. ...dunno what I'm gonna do with it though, but what the hell, I got my own sword! .n

Antoonio ( ) posted Mon, 03 February 2003 at 2:17 AM

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...where it all started. Steel was actually really cheap, 0,70e/$ per kilogram. Weight of the sword is ~2kg.

Antoonio ( ) posted Mon, 03 February 2003 at 2:20 AM

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Me doing some serious cutting. That shover of sparks is hot, believe me. (or my burnd shoes and shirt.)

Antoonio ( ) posted Mon, 03 February 2003 at 2:22 AM

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...another one.

Antoonio ( ) posted Mon, 03 February 2003 at 2:25 AM

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...this is after 5 hours. Blade's shapes have been almost done.

Antoonio ( ) posted Mon, 03 February 2003 at 2:29 AM

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And after 8 hours, blade is done. I gotta straighten the blade, attach big spike, sharpen it and start to doing finnishing. .n

Slynky ( ) posted Mon, 03 February 2003 at 7:23 AM

i acn see the headlines now "Maniacle Bald Dude Carves up Storm in Finnish Downtown District! Body Count has reached innumerable Proportions!""

Antoonio ( ) posted Mon, 03 February 2003 at 7:34 AM

LOL (:oD

Misha883 ( ) posted Mon, 03 February 2003 at 7:37 AM

Nice job. Looks like fun.

Michelle A. ( ) posted Mon, 03 February 2003 at 11:53 AM

I thought you already had a big sword?.....heh!....Now you'll have two.... :~*

I am, therefore I create.......
--- michelleamarante.com

starshuffler ( ) posted Mon, 03 February 2003 at 2:50 PM

That's one nasty looking sword! Careful! :-) (*

Slynky ( ) posted Mon, 03 February 2003 at 7:31 PM

that second one toons, look so sexy with sparks flying around "that" area, heh heh...

Antoonio ( ) posted Tue, 04 February 2003 at 12:42 AM

...'chelle, you dirty, dirty lil' girl. ;oD (so where can I send the agreed amount of money?) Slenko, you said "that area", ehehe eheh hehe, "that area", ehehe he. ...well, to be honest, images doesn't show it, but quickly after I burned lots of holes in my clothes, I figured it may be better to use leather pinny. Burn baby burn. .n

randyrives ( ) posted Tue, 04 February 2003 at 6:05 PM

May your sword always bring strong and straight :) Cool! I love swords, I have a couple that I bought at those Gun & Knife shows that are so popluar here in the South. Making your own gotta to be way cool.

cynlee ( ) posted Wed, 05 February 2003 at 12:50 PM

wow! impressive, nice to see the old craft brought back to life- looking fwd. to seeing the posting of the finished product- commendable! lol@'chelle & reply :D... can't top that, not even gonna try

JordyArt ( ) posted Wed, 05 February 2003 at 4:29 PM

wierd. wierd. wierd. But cool. Actually, technically isn't it a cutlass? Swords have a straight blade, and that definately looks curved.......? Next you'll have to get a thin sheet of steel, shape it into a scabbard and line it with velvet.......purple should do nicely.......and nice engraving on the scabbard.... Oh, and what finish are you giving it? The blade sure would look nice chromed...... (Erm, sorry, is this Your sword or mine?!? lol) (",)

Antoonio ( ) posted Thu, 06 February 2003 at 1:38 AM

Randy; You did? And I tought I'm the only one who finds sharp thingies irresistible. Got any pics? Cynlee; ...I'll post image after finnishing it, but it may take some time, these metalworks are way much harder than I tought. Jordybaby; To be honest, that thing is not ment to be curved. Working only from one side, bends the metal toward other. Hellish job was to straightening(is there word like that?), took almost as long as shaping whole blade. So tehchnically, it's like machete or scimitar. ...scabbard, huh. Comparing the effort this one takes, scabbard would take 10 years to finnish. Dunno about the finish, tought about cromed look too. Or burned black sword with cromed blade. Mmmmmmmm, crommmeeeed. .n

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