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Matthew Stagmer
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 Posted: Sun 19 Dec, 2010 5:50 pm Post subject: Ragnar - a custom viking sword |
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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.
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
Matthew Stagmer
Maker of custom and production weaponry
Youtube.com/ThatWorks
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Tim Seaton
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| Posted: Sun 19 Dec, 2010 7:23 pm Post subject: RAGNAR |
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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 
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
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Bryan W.
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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.
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Isaac H.
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Very nicely done!! I've always loved BKS workmanship,but this is something else. 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  
Awesome all around
Wounds of flesh a surgeons skill may heal...
But wounded honor is only cured with steel.
We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Each of us should please his neighbor for his good ,to build him up.
Romans 15:1-2
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Scott Hrouda
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| Posted: Mon 20 Dec, 2010 5:57 am Post subject: Re: RAGNAR |
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| 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
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
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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. )
...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped. - Sir Bedevere
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Isaac H. wrote: | Very nicely done!! I've always loved BKS workmanship,but this is something else. The stage by stage video of this sword's construction was also higly informative.
Awesome all around |
Well said and since I can't say it better, the reason for quoting the above.
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Matthew Stagmer
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| 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.
Matthew Stagmer
Maker of custom and production weaponry
Youtube.com/ThatWorks
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Matthew Stagmer
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| Posted: Tue 21 Dec, 2010 8:55 am Post subject: |
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| Isaac H. wrote: | Very nicely done!! I've always loved BKS workmanship,but this is something else. 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
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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.
Matthew Stagmer
Maker of custom and production weaponry
Youtube.com/ThatWorks
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Jeremy V. Krause
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That's cool you used wrought on the hilt. Do you have a shot that shows the sheen you utilized on the iron?
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Matthew Stagmer
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| 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
Maker of custom and production weaponry
Youtube.com/ThatWorks
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Jeremy V. Krause
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| Matthew Stagmer wrote: | | 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. |
Thanks- a very nice video. I like the sheen you arrived at and your musical selection for the video.
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Matthew Stagmer
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| Jeremy V. Krause wrote: | | Matthew Stagmer wrote: | | 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. |
Thanks- a very nice video. I like the sheen you arrived at and your musical selection for the video. |
Nothing like some VIking Jazz
Matthew Stagmer
Maker of custom and production weaponry
Youtube.com/ThatWorks
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