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Klaus Gimm
Location: Germany Joined: 08 Aug 2008
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 Posted: Wed 23 Dec, 2009 4:52 am Post subject: Blade from Viktor - ongoing sword project (WIP) |
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Hi Ladies and Gentleman
Here a few shots from a blade i had made for a long term project from Viktor Berbekrucz.
The material i had asked him to use was a pattern weld steel i bought from a smith called M. Balbach who is known in Germany for the quality of his products. The material cut outs from a knife series he had made and i was able to get them quite cheap. I bought his last 6 kg from the series and send it to Viktor.
He just send me back these images with a few specs :
Weight: 1,5kg
Measurement of the tang:
Width: 1cm bis 2,5cm
Length: 35cm
Thickness: 5-7 mm
Measurement of the Blade:
(overall) Length: 135cm
Width (Ricasso): 3,9 cm
Width (blade): 4,7cm bis 1,1cm(2cm vor der Spitze)
The edge is at 1 mm at the moment as i will have it sharpened locally here in my area. So the blade is going to loose a little bit of weight.
Once i have it back from the sharpening i will post a few more shots before sending it out to be hilted. There is a certain company in MN wich agreed to take on the project.....
Best regards to everyone and happy Christmas !
Klaus
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Klaus Gimm
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Couple more shots
Just to add some more visual to the topic.
Wheee 
Klaus
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Etienne Hamel
Location: Granby (QC) canada Joined: 09 Sep 2006
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It looks like a nice project, what kind of sword you wanted to do with the blade ? (what type seem more apropriate for the question...)
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Klaus Gimm
Location: Germany Joined: 08 Aug 2008
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Hi there
Aye i have a general Idea what i want to do. The sketch i send to A&A is enclosed here.
Its rigged up in paint so not very good, but i hope it conveys the idea.
If i dont run out of funds maybe an inscription along the fuller on both sides, not sure yet though as to what it would be.
Its not historic correct i am well aware of that. How ever i dont mind it. It just adds more to a personality of the finished product in my opinion.
Best regards
Klaus
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Bartek Strojek
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Cool 
Even that Copy + paste sketch looks fine, so final thing will probably look marvellous. Plus it's big, big swords usually look impressive.
The only thing that I don't like is the pommel and guard carvings, but that's just my personal taste.
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Etienne Hamel
Location: Granby (QC) canada Joined: 09 Sep 2006
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Looks really good to me even the engraving on both the pommel and guard. it looks like a king's sword  .
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