Friends,
My new sword has a cephalopod mounted to the grip, and a number of people have remarked on its resemblance to descriptions of Cthulhu. Though still imprisoned beneath the cord wrap, strange and unexplained events are already beginning to occur around the neighborhood... :?:

PS: The whole sword, which I'll be using for my wako/Sino-Japanese pirate kit.
http://forensicfashion.com/1523SinoJapanesePirateSword.html

Very nice - tastefully done! :)

(om nom nom)

Very interesting! Did you cast the Cthulhu menuki yourself or have someone do it for you?

Fable Blades is working on a Cthulhu-themed piece: http://sbgswordforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?...amp;page=1

When I first saw this, I thought you meant the sword of Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean. :lol:

Nice work! I'm not usually a big fan of Asian swords, but I like this one.

Any chance of a close up of the knife that goes with it?

I've tried to get a good picture of the side-knife below. The sword's minimal decoration is mostly ocean waves, apart from the menuki (the cuttlefish and, on the other side, a lobster). These oceanographic design elements further persuaded me to assign this sword to a wako pirate kit.

Jon, my only creative contribution to this sword was finding it on Ebay. But I'm glad to see makers taking up the artistic possibilities of Cthulhu and cephalopods. I've always felt that the tentacles offered attractive possibilities, e.g. as arms for a swept-hilt rapier.