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Eric McHugh St. Annen Museum XII Version 2.0
Last year, Eric McHugh completed his version of a large XII from the St. Annen Museum, shown here:

https://crownforge.net/2018/10/18/st-annen-museum-type-xii/
http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=37083

I liked it. So much, I ordered one for myself! But to mix things up a bit, I asked for a version with an iron pommel. This has been underway for a while and should be done soon. Here is a preview of the design and a progress shot.

I will add more information & pictures as they become available.


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Congratulations J.D. Eric did a great job on the first.That is such a beautifully proportioned sword. I am looking forward to seeing Version 2.0 of it!
Oh yeah- this is going to be nice.

I love the proportions on this one.
Yeah, its a really classic XII, just scaled up. These are the stats for V1 from Eric's website:

Overall Length: 107,0 cm (42.13″)
Blade Length: 90,0 cm (35.43″)
Blade Width (at guard): 5,5 cm (2.17″)
Center of Balance (from guard): 13,0 cm (5.12″)
Center of Percussion (from guard): 61,0 cm (23.62″)
Weight: 1488 grams (3.28 lbs.)
Blade Steel: 80CRV2
Can't wait to see this one! You've gotten some good stuff lately....

Eric is one helluva craftsman too. He builds a magnificent sword and I'm sure this will be no exception!
A little peek at the hilt coming along...


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A little bit later...


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Today: 'Transition Polish', i.e. an intermediate step before final polish.


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Looks great. Looking forward to see this finished.

I like how it's a pretty typical type XII only beefed up!
Pommel and cross polish done...on to the blade next.


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Oh man! That finish....
Dough,

The hilt looks like steel.. Earlier you stated it would be done in iron. Is the iron just very clean?
Jeremy V. Krause wrote:
Dough,

The hilt looks like steel.. Earlier you stated it would be done in iron. Is the iron just very clean?


Yeah, it looks like steel and I thought Eric said it would be iron. I'm not fussy either way, but I will ask.
J.D. Crawford wrote:
Jeremy V. Krause wrote:
Dough,

The hilt looks like steel.. Earlier you stated it would be done in iron. Is the iron just very clean?


Yeah, it looks like steel and I thought Eric said it would be iron. I'm not fussy either way, but I will ask.


When we talk about iron these days, I just assume people mean mild steel or low carbon steel. It is difficult to get pure iron these days, so the modern smith usually use mild steel. Just one of the drawbacks of our time I guess...LOL.
J.D. Crawford wrote:
Jeremy V. Krause wrote:
Dough,

The hilt looks like steel.. Earlier you stated it would be done in iron. Is the iron just very clean?


Yeah, it looks like steel and I thought Eric said it would be iron. I'm not fussy either way, but I will ask.


And the answer is: "It is mild steel: low carbon steel. Can’t call it iron because it has a bit of carbon in it, but too low to harden the steel ( < 0.2% C). It is difficult to get pure iron these days."
Blade polishing time. Some blemishes to 'iron out', some assembly...


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Eric is quite a perfectionist, he stayed up late to fix those blemishes. Here you can see the before and after.


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Here's a very interesting photo sequence on peening the pommel: heat it up, bang it over, polish it off.

Hey, where'd that peen go?


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The attention to detail on both cleaning up the blemishes and the peen is amazing.
Here's the fully assembled steel components:


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