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Miha M.
Location: Slovenia Joined: 28 Aug 2005
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Miha M.
Location: Slovenia Joined: 28 Aug 2005
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 Posted: Wed 12 Jul, 2006 5:23 am Post subject: |
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specs:
- blade 90cm
- overall 118cm
- width at base 4cm
- guard width 20cm
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Russ Ellis
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Congratulations, a good start and as nice (actually nicer) then some swords I've seen from supposed professionals at ren faires and the like. Keep reading, learning and practicing. You never know seven or eight years from now people may be oohing and ahhing over the lates project from mastersmith Miha M. 
TRITONWORKS Custom Scabbards
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Miha M.
Location: Slovenia Joined: 28 Aug 2005
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hey thanks for posting
as i said i am quite happy with the result
regards
miha
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Arne Focke
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A very good start. If you continue like this your blades will be something to be really afraid of. 
But I am curious as to how you got the idea of making a sword for your friend? What kind of materials and tools did you use? Did you look at other blades for inspiration? In short, please tell us about the history of your first blade.
So schön und inhaltsreich der Beruf eines Archäologen ist, so hart ist auch seine Arbeit, die keinen Achtstundentag kennt! (Wolfgang Kimmig in: Die Heuneburg an der oberen Donau, Stuttgart 1983)
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Miha M.
Location: Slovenia Joined: 28 Aug 2005
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actually till now I made 3 swords
since I was little I was interested in medieval battels and weapons that were used
but my parents never wanted to buy me a sword or something so I started doing things
i enjoy doing things
and someday my friend come to my house (we share interest in old battels and weapons) and saw my stuff (mostly daggers, two swords, one mace,..)
and he was quite impressed
so i decided to make him a sword for his birthday
about the tools i mostly used angle grinder and one polish machine (do not know the name)
it is made of spring steel (the blade)
and i must admit it was hard to do with it
because of the school and the fact that i am not old enough to have a car i was making it for 3 months so i finished it today and decided to put some pics on myArmoury.com
regards
miha
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Miha M.
Location: Slovenia Joined: 28 Aug 2005
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oh i forgot on the pictures it is not polished yet
and yes i looked at some other blades for inspiration
i founded the blade after wich i was making this one in book called Enciklopedie of weapons
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Jared Binder
Location: Chelsea, Michigan Joined: 26 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Wed 12 Jul, 2006 10:10 am Post subject: Looking good Miha... |
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That is an impressive looking piece of work for a young bladesmith, Miha... You show great potential and this website is an excellent resource for you, so take full advantage of it. I have a couple questions about the construction for you:
What kind of tang does your sword have? And is it peened on or threaded?
Just curious... Keep up the good work.
Jared
Jared Binder
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Miha M.
Location: Slovenia Joined: 28 Aug 2005
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my english is not very good and i really don`t understand the terms "threded" and "peened on" if you could explain maybe i could answer you
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miha
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Chad Arnow
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| Miha M. wrote: | my english is not very good and i really don`t understand the terms "threded" and "peened on" if you could explain maybe i could answer you
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Miha,
He's asking how the pommel is attached/secured to the tang. "Peened on" means the tang passes all the way through the pommel and the protuding end of the tang is hammered over it. Threaded means the pommel and tang are tapped with screw threads and screw together like a nut and bolt.
ChadA
http://chadarnow.com/
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Miha M.
Location: Slovenia Joined: 28 Aug 2005
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thanks for the explanation
the tang goes through the pommel and on the end it is weld together and then the weld is grinded of so it is levelled with the surfice of the pommel
i belive this is not the best solution but i don`t know all the possibilitys how to fix the pommel on the tang
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Craig Peters
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Miha,
The following article from Albion Armorers might give you some ideas to consider for hilt construction: http://www.albion-swords.com/swords-functional.htm. And good work on the sword by the way. I agree that it looks better than many of the swords made by so-called professionals, and considering it's only your fourth sword, I'd say you have a lot of potential as a future swordsmith, should you desire to chose that path in life.
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Addison C. de Lisle
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Looks good! The pomell in particular looks nice.
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Miha M.
Location: Slovenia Joined: 28 Aug 2005
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thanks
and Craig thanks for posting the article
miha
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This is a standard topic