Christian Fletcher / John Lundemo collaboration- Elven Saber -- myArmoury.com

Christian Fletcher · Industry Professional

Damascus saber blade by John Lundemo, hiltwork by Christian Fletcher.

Tim Lison · Posted: Mon 24 Aug, 2009 8:46 pm Post subject:

Wow! You have really outdone yourself Christian! Spectacular. The blade and the hilt together form a exceptional piece. Outstanding work. I really like the leaf motiff. It seems to translate really well into that style guard.

Josh Maxwell · Posted: Mon 24 Aug, 2009 8:46 pm Post subject:

Christ, that's gorgeous. A little fanciful, but beautiful none the less.

Chris Artman · Posted: Mon 24 Aug, 2009 9:08 pm Post subject:

Awesome... I'm getting excited to start on my Christian Fletcher saber after looking at this beautiful piece....

J Anstey · Posted: Mon 24 Aug, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject:

Stunning work to both of you gentlemen!!!

Christian, do you have a scabbard planed for this?

Congrats to the luck person who will own this treasure.

Cheers

Jason

D. Austin · Industry Professional

Ok, in my books, that is now officially the coolest sword made in the last hundred years. Great work both of you. I can see that a lot of time has gone into that piece, not just in the execution, but in conception too. I'm very impressed.

Mike Arledge · Posted: Tue 25 Aug, 2009 5:37 am Post subject:

Wow! ok, my jaw is off the floor, checking for any drool on the keyboard... Most elogent, such grace!

Outstanding work by top artisans!

J. Erb · Posted: Tue 25 Aug, 2009 5:57 am Post subject:

Wow. I mean, WOW. This is one of only a handful of pieces that at first sight made me immediately start whining "I WANT IT!!!" like a little kid. Laughing Out Loud

(The others being the Doge, the A&A silvered smallsword, and that Barta inlaid rapier.)

Exquisite work, gentlemen. Happy

Etienne Hamel · Posted: Tue 25 Aug, 2009 6:15 am Post subject:

the hilt is gorgeous i love the way it flows with the blade, But the leafs on the hilt make me think about the elven brooch in LOTR (Lord of the rings).

in anyway a true masterpiece Big Grin

M. Eversberg II · Posted: Tue 25 Aug, 2009 6:34 am Post subject:

Stunning.

M.

F. Carl Holz · Posted: Tue 25 Aug, 2009 7:37 am Post subject:

beautiful!

Peter Lyon · Industry Professional

That is beautiful, I especially like the lines in the grip and pommel.

Maurizio D'Angelo · Posted: Tue 25 Aug, 2009 11:54 am Post subject:

Simply amazing. Well done.
The grip is fantastic. Happy

Kind regards
Maurizio

Scott S. · Posted: Tue 25 Aug, 2009 12:49 pm Post subject:

Forged of pure Awesome in the fires of Win!

That is one of the most gorgeous swords I've ever seen, period.

......Scabbard! scabbard!!!

Eyal Azerad · Posted: Tue 25 Aug, 2009 2:37 pm Post subject:

Absolutely beautiful workmanship ! the detail on the pommel is beautiful.

Eyal Azerad
Darksword Armory
www.darksword-armory.com

Joe Fults · Posted: Tue 25 Aug, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject:

Very intersting work.

Jean-Carle Hudon · Posted: Tue 25 Aug, 2009 4:44 pm Post subject: functional fantasy

Now that is a nice piece, fantasy without a doubt, but one can't help but feel that such a sword would hold its own in the field...functional fantasy. The guard with the rings, curved quillons, adorned with leaves, leave the impression that the decorations add defensive value for the hand, while still remaining fairly light, and the heft of the added metal must help in balancing what seems to be a fairly stout blade....nice work, who will be handling it? Will comments be posted?
Cheers, JC

Hugo Voisine · Posted: Tue 25 Aug, 2009 6:50 pm Post subject:

Very classy piece! It has all the qualities the perfect fantasy sword should have... flair, apparent effectiveness, originality, good composition...

I would like to see more detailed pictures of the blade. I don't know if it's because of the lack of contrast on my computer screen but I can't see the damascus really well...

Anyway, great job guys! Cool

Patrick Kelly · Posted: Wed 26 Aug, 2009 12:42 am Post subject:

It doesn't work for me personally. While the skill of both parties is undeniable, the combination of this hilt style and blade shape just doesn't go well together. I would have prefered to see a longer and/or more slender blade combined with that hilt, or at least a blade without such a stubby point. As I said, the work is beautiful but the proportions leave me cold.

Adam O'Byrne · Posted: Wed 26 Aug, 2009 6:35 am Post subject:

One of those few items I feel like I could reach through the screen and touch, the detail work is brilliant =)

I can almost feel the weight of the blade and the coolness of the leafy guard surrounding my hand..

The shape of the grip gives me an Idea though, I would love to see a similar sword made with the grip in the form of a flower bud in deep blue or maroon and the guard with leaves and thorns surrounding it as if the blade is the stem of the flower...

Or if the pommel was one closed flower and the guard was other flowers blooming and leaves..

Imagine this image with the top closed flower as a pommel and the of the leaves and blooms as a guard....
https://www.eleni-wedding-accessories.co.uk/imagesproducts/93228a.jpg

or something like that Wink

- not exactly a mans sword but hey, I'm just throwing the idea out there.

as far as it looking like a 'fantasy' sword - some people make fantasy sound like a bad word when talking about swords - in my humble opinion if you want to create something that looks interesting and unique then all the better =) and who is to say that some noble with a flare for style wouldn't have his sword decorated?