Crystal Pomeled sword -- myArmoury.com

B. Bird · Posted: Mon 23 Feb, 2009 2:07 pm Post subject: Crystal Pomeled sword

Hi,as promised here are a few more pics of Thorn and info.

The blade itself was made by a very talented swordsmith who I'm sorry to say I'm not going to name. I don't in any way want to take credit for his work or not give hm credit where its richly due but he stated to me when he agreed to make the blade for me that he didnt want to get into the habit of making the blades for other peoples work nd this was a one off for me which I feel pretty houred about. Out of respect for this I'm not going to mention his name so he doesn't have to deal with e-mails from people who got here via search engines and don't read posts properly Wink

But he is a member so he can make himself known if he wants. The rest is my work
The sword is 95cms long, the guard is 22 1/2 cms wide The pommel has a diameter of about 5 cms and its 5 1/2 cms deep. It has a silver collar which is made from a recycled silver perfume bottle as is the pommel nut. The pommel is made from reconsituted rock crystal (which is crystal made from the melted dust of raw rock crystal, a previous attempted at carving the pommel had failed partly due to the flawed nature of the natural state gem and naturally flawless crystal is prohibitively expensive for me) the collar is gilded on the inside as is the tang. The guard was ground from a cold steel throwing torpedo, never again lol .
The scabbard is wood cored with a oiled felt lineing, the cover is velvet sewn and then pulled over the core and the decorations are silver.
Hope you like Happy

Eric W. Norenberg · Posted: Mon 23 Feb, 2009 2:21 pm Post subject: Thorn

Mr. Bird,

The blade is lovely, but your hilting work - including your use of materials - is truly inspired! Bravo. If there is more to your portfolio, please do share!

(edit: Oh, yeah. Found your previous posts. Great knotwork on that scabbard. Seach Engine works good, too...)

Every time I visit this website, new ideas creep into my lil' brain...

-Eric

Lee O'Hagan · Posted: Tue 24 Feb, 2009 12:24 pm Post subject:

Hi B,
Very nice job on a not often seen hilt set up,
i know there are a few in museums but very few in the more modern market,
Well done in getting it all finished up and well done for taking on such a hilt project yourself,
far from easy and a pretty involving project,
you done real good Cool

and compliment the blade very well. Wink

Eric,
B,Bird, isnt a Mr. Wink

B. Bird · Posted: Tue 24 Feb, 2009 12:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks both of you Big Grin

I think Pavel Moc is about the only other person whos made a CPS relatively recently which is a mixed blessing. On one hand advice is a bit thin on the ground but on the other theres nobody to tell you your doing it wrong Razz

Any idea which museums have examples Lee ? Image searches tend to bring this place up a lot.

Tim Lison · Posted: Tue 24 Feb, 2009 9:23 pm Post subject:

Great sword! really nicely done. I love the crystal pommel.

Eric W. Norenberg · Posted: Tue 24 Feb, 2009 9:33 pm Post subject:

Lee O'Hagan · Posted: Wed 25 Feb, 2009 12:43 pm Post subject:

Hi B,
i have a couple of pics in the tower of london book,already shown in Mac's thread here,
whether they still reside i do not know,if i stumble across any,i'l let you know,

Eric,
It's all good my friend,i have spoke to BB elswhere for a while so just thought i'd add to the bottom of the post,
polite is always the best policy Wink

and your right the more fair ladies in this hobby the better,
i hope my daughter shows an interest,at least when she starts to speak,lol,she's one in april.
and dragons are always welcome Cool

Bartek Strojek · Posted: Thu 26 Feb, 2009 11:44 am Post subject:

Fantastic. I love the pommel, but the sword as whole generally rocks.

B. Bird · Posted: Sat 28 Feb, 2009 10:28 am Post subject:

Thank you all for the kind words Happy

Eric, please dont worry about it, there are few enough women into this hobby and even fewer of us get into the building side of things.
Lee, thanks Happy