I recently completed another great project with Tim Seaton. This time around he asked me to make him a viking sword and sent me just a view guidelines. Tim seems to always leave most of the details up to me and it's nice to get the creative juices flowing.
He wanted the sword to be based off of our production viking blade but with the fuller extended towards the tip more and fully polished.
Here is what I came up with.
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Tim named the sword Ragnar shortly after recieving it. I had been refering to it as the Sword of Seaton.
Wrought Iron hilt, handle spacer and pommel cross.
Steel trilobe
Copper handle spacers
Antler handle
For more pictures and a video please visit our website http://baltimoreknife.com/ragnar.htm
Comments are always welcome,
Matt
good morro all
i talked to matt a while age and ask him to forge me a custom viking sword I gave him a few ideas and left the rest up to him :cool:
Matt took a few ideas and then came up with a amazing sword and hilt constuction is priceless
I am very blessed to have Matt and Kerry at B.K.S as friends and sword makers
i highly recommend Matt at B.K.S to any one who truly appreciates custom sword work
happy holiday all
tseaton
i talked to matt a while age and ask him to forge me a custom viking sword I gave him a few ideas and left the rest up to him :cool:
Matt took a few ideas and then came up with a amazing sword and hilt constuction is priceless
I am very blessed to have Matt and Kerry at B.K.S as friends and sword makers
i highly recommend Matt at B.K.S to any one who truly appreciates custom sword work
happy holiday all
tseaton
I'm fortunate to live relatively near BKS and recently commissioned something from them. I tend to be a little more exacting but they were quick to come up with some cool suggestions. Can hardly wait to see what they create ultimately.
Very nicely done!! I've always loved BKS workmanship,but this is something else. :cool: The stage by stage video of this sword's construction was also higly informative.I find this project to be especially inspiring for me personally because I just so happen to be in the middle of hilting my own viking sword ;) :D
Awesome all around
Awesome all around
| Tim Seaton wrote: |
| good morro all
i talked to matt a while age and ask him to forge me a custom viking sword I gave him a few ideas and left the rest up to him :cool: Matt took a few ideas and then came up with a amazing sword and hilt constuction is priceless I am very blessed to have Matt and Kerry at B.K.S as friends and sword makers i highly recommend Matt at B.K.S to any one who truly appreciates custom sword work happy holiday all tseaton |
You are a very fortunate Viking indeed! The hilt furniture is very attractive and nicely executed. :)
Are you a transplanted Minnesota Vikings fan in California? (You did name your sword Ragnar. ;) )
| Isaac H. wrote: |
| Very nicely done!! I've always loved BKS workmanship,but this is something else. :cool: The stage by stage video of this sword's construction was also higly informative.;) :D
Awesome all around |
Well said and since I can't say it better, the reason for quoting the above. ;) :D :cool:
| Bryan W. wrote: |
| I'm fortunate to live relatively near BKS and recently commissioned something from them. I tend to be a little more exacting but they were quick to come up with some cool suggestions. Can hardly wait to see what they create ultimately. |
Cant wait to get started on this project. Smallswords have always been a favorite of ours.
| Isaac H. wrote: |
| Very nicely done!! I've always loved BKS workmanship,but this is something else. :cool: The stage by stage video of this sword's construction was also higly informative.I find this project to be especially inspiring for me personally because I just so happen to be in the middle of hilting my own viking sword ;) :D
Awesome all around |
Good to know. Glad it helped a little bit. This sword just went together perfectly. I noticed that I didnt add any of the blade making to the video so maybe I will post them here if anyone wants to see.
That's cool you used wrought on the hilt. Do you have a shot that shows the sheen you utilized on the iron?
| Jeremy V. Krause wrote: |
| That's cool you used wrought on the hilt. Do you have a shot that shows the sheen you utilized on the iron? |
In the video it shows the finish right before I etched. I think they were polished to a 400 then hit on a scothbrite wheel that smoothes the grain out a bit more and then etched. I often use hand scotchbrite during the etch. I do a lighter etch on wrought then most. I just like the subtle colors to come out and not so much a texture change.
| Matthew Stagmer wrote: | ||
In the video it shows the finish right before I etched. I think they were polished to a 400 then hit on a scothbrite wheel that smoothes the grain out a bit more and then etched. I often use hand scotchbrite during the etch. I do a lighter etch on wrought then most. I just like the subtle colors to come out and not so much a texture change. |
Thanks- a very nice video. I like the sheen you arrived at and your musical selection for the video. :cool:
| Jeremy V. Krause wrote: | ||||
Thanks- a very nice video. I like the sheen you arrived at and your musical selection for the video. :cool: |
Nothing like some VIking Jazz :)
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