Happy enough with this one to share it here

Depending on who you ask it would classify as either a grosse messer or sabre but it's very much a messer in my mind. I was cursing myself through the whole making of the crossguard but after handling it assembled I think I really need to make more and even more complex :lol:

Overall length is 111cm
Blade is 83 cm
Point of balance is 10 cm from the guard
Center of percussion 55cm from the guard right after where the fullers end
It has a distal taper from 7 mm at the shoulder down to 3 mm 4cm from the point
Weight is 1420 grams

Blade is spring tempered, hilt is mild steel and grip is cord bound wood core and leather

You might notice that this is a left handed weapon as I am left handed and I feel like we get pretty left out when it comes to complex hilts

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Awesome!

As a fellow left-hander I salute you :D
Now if you would just go on to making a sinclair-hilt...

Awesome work!

But for a DIY project, you do seem to have a rather impressive workshop... :eek:

That’s REALLY cool. Whatever you call it. Bravo.

And definitely second the Sinclair hilt recommendation.

Damn fine work! I really like this. Well done.

Great work, especially for DIY!
I have done and posted a few DIY projects myself (with a much more primitive workshop), but never attempted complex hilts as I can't figure out how to assemble them, within my technical limitations. Do you have a welding setup in your workshop, or found some other way to build this hilt?

Alex.

That's very nice!

I think whether you'd call it a sabre or a messer would depend upon handle construction. That looks like a traditional sword-like grip construction, rather than the full width tang and scales seen on the messer, but regardless of what you call it, it's extremely impressive!