Here is a sword that I've wanted to make ever since seeing Albion's 'Dane'. This was a commissioned sword and had some input from the patron who wanted the leather on the ricasso as well the leaded bronze pommel. The weight is 3 pounds 4 oz and total length is 55 inches. POB about an inch from the guard. The blade is forged from a combination of hearth steel (refined from bloom), shear steel and modern steel. The cross is steel with 'forge fire' finish. The grip is old growth white oak salvaged by divers from lake Superior. The pommel is leaded bronze was cast from local native float copper (found naturally as a metal).

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And me saying goodbye to one of my favorite swords that I've made"

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Also.. not sure if I ever showed this axe I recently made...

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Scottish dirk athame knife (for Morrigan worship). This knife was commissioned and the blade is cold-forged, hammer-hardened wrought iron. An important factor for the buyer. The grip is old growth black oak from the muds of Lake Superior and brought up by divers. Mineralized like bog oak.

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Also.. Some Tolkien inspired work. Morghash... an orc knife. This is a collaboration with Jai Mather.. an excellent craftsman and friend (https://www.facebook.com/Thyrthweorc). Jai rough forged the blade and will be making the scabbard for it. My idea for the design was to make a knife that believable in terms of the historical, real-world connections from which Tolkien drew his inspiration. So .. a seax.. with black and gold theme. The runes say Morghash and are the wrong runes. I will be changing those to the runes used in the hobbit.. which are considered 'dwarf runes' and more.. hobbitish.

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And what I'm calling the Took River knife.. a hobbit's knife. Piled laminate blade, moose and wenge and will come with a scrub oak burl whiskey (tea?) noggin and fork. The noggin holds the sheath in a belt or pack strap. Jai Mather will also be making the sheath for this. The one pictured is temporary.

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Both of these Tolkien projects do not yet have patrons so please inquire. I will post again when Jai's work is complete. We will also be working on a ranger and elvish eating knife.. and perhaps Elrond's calligraphy kit with pen knife (I've taken an interest in calligraphy).

And lastly... I do have some things available on my website:

http://www.bigrockforge.com/sugar-cane-cutter/

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This sword may look like the Albion Dane and the difference is that this one has 2 grips whereas the Dane has only one long grip.
Anyway, it looks quite awesome.

All this stuff looks pretty much amazing....

Wood in particular, too bad you need divers for such effect. :eek:

As usual, Scott, your combined materials and textures on these pieces are fantastic. What's the story with the back of the eye on the axe? Is that a solid chunk of bronze or an inlayed layer? I really dig the look of your maker's mark on it.

Also, we've seen lake-salvaged wood on lots of your work - what's that stuff like to work with? Do you have to stabilize it (or does your source do that) as the wood is dried out from the lake bottom? Or does the mineralization do that? I'd love to get my hands on a hunk of the stuff just to play with..

Best,
Eric

That XVIIIe is beautiful!

I have Atrims version, and the stats are pretty close, my AT1592 comes in at 3lbs 1oz and 52" and it handles like a DREAM, so I can only imagine similar handling.

Stunner!

As always...amazing. Thanks for continuing to inspire, I love the ulu that you posted too, probably the most useful knife ever created.

Thanks again folks!

Yeah that ulu was fun to make (and surprisingly comfortable!).. it was actually the cut edge of another Viking axe I'm making similar to the one posted here.

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a new Viking axe ???? what a surprise ;o)