Scott Kowalski wrote: |
Michael,
I am guessing that because of the beautiful weather we have been experiencing in the area that you have not been able to get anymore pictures of the blade. That and the fact that it sounds as if it is hard to get any pictures that will do it justice. I am looking forwards to seeing what you do with the fittings for the sword. I would also like to add this. If anyone is thinking of having a sword, dagger, or polearm made I cannot recommend Michael enough. He is very easy to work with and understands not only what he is doing but does his best to understand what the customer wants. I know that this will not be the only project that I have Michael make for me. I already have a couple in mind that I will be speaking with him about. I also know that I am not the only one that is either planning on having him make them another piece or have already either contacted him about one or already received their second. Scott |
Yes I second this enthusiastically. :D
Superior quality, reasonable ( so far ) turn around times that I'm guessing will get longer as more and more people discover his talent. Very good at understanding what the client is looking for, and what is very important to me when having a " using " capable weapon made, is that his design talent is not just with the aesthetics but in the functional " engineering " sense of making things sturdy: Every detail is thought out to avoid weak stress points or stress risers.
A tang will be as strong as it needs to be in all it's dimensions and not be the weakest point in a blade i.e with my Cinquedea project the very pronounced central rib on the blade is going to cross over into the tang and even if the tang ends up being narrow it with have as much or more thickness as the blade at the cross over point of tang and blade shoulders. The tang will probably distal taper towards the pommel as needed to balance the dagger.
Now I discussed this with Michael but he already had this in mind for the tang almost as if he had read my mind: In other words we are very much on the same page when it comes to what I think is good structural design.
Oh, it doesn't hurt that his work is impeccable in execution and finish perfection.