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Boris Bedrosov
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 Posted: Mon 09 Sep, 2013 4:54 am Post subject: |
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Yesterday was very fruitful.
Apart some good work on the khanjar from the "Yushman Project" (this will be shown very soon in the appropriate thread), I fitted the guard and the pommel of the sword.
There are some extremely minor fittings left, but as a whole - this is it.
As I gradually come to the end, I like this sword more and more - both as an object of art and purely as an instrument of war.
I hope you like it too.
"Everyone who has the right to wear a long sword, has to remember that his sword is his soul,
and he has to separate from it when he separates from his life"
Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Kai Lawson
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| Posted: Mon 09 Sep, 2013 7:04 am Post subject: |
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This sword is going to look REALLY GOOD
It already does, and it's not even finished! Really impressed with the great pommel. The curves and ridges aren't easy to do, but they really make a difference on the finished piece
"And they crossed swords."
--William Goldman, alias S. Morgenstern
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Radovan Geist
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I really like it! especially as it has you´ve used of my favourite pommel designs. One technical question: what was used to make those diagonal ridges? A small Dremel tool?
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Boris Bedrosov
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| Posted: Mon 09 Sep, 2013 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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I used my Dremel tool with the flexible shaft, 1/2" sanding drum and 1/2" 120-grit sanding band.
It's good to know that you must work with new sanding bands, as the work is done mostly with the edge (not the surface) of the band, so the edge relatively quickly becomes useless.
After the work with the Dremel tool was done, I re-worked the ridges with a square file
"Everyone who has the right to wear a long sword, has to remember that his sword is his soul,
and he has to separate from it when he separates from his life"
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Find my works on Facebook:
Boris Bedrosov's Armoury
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Mark Griffin
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This is really coming on beautifully, thanks for documenting it. Its like a 'miracle of birth' thing on National Geographic!
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Boris Bedrosov
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And finally, the guard and pommel were finished - sanded and polished.
I decided to blacken the guard and the pommel, thus taking the risk to be criticized far and wide for this inaccuracy - as you could see on the zornhau web-page, there aren't any traces of oxidation on the original sword.
"Everyone who has the right to wear a long sword, has to remember that his sword is his soul,
and he has to separate from it when he separates from his life"
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Find my works on Facebook:
Boris Bedrosov's Armoury
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Boris Bedrosov
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| Posted: Mon 23 Sep, 2013 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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After the blackening
And some more pictures:
* the guard
** the pommel
"Everyone who has the right to wear a long sword, has to remember that his sword is his soul,
and he has to separate from it when he separates from his life"
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Find my works on Facebook:
Boris Bedrosov's Armoury
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Boris Bedrosov
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My first attempt to mount the guard on the sword was a failure, but after some minor re-matching, today everything went just perfect.
* the guard
Note that after hot mount, I used a chisel for additional anchoring of the guard.
** the pommel
Tomorrow is the day for riveting of the tang.
"Everyone who has the right to wear a long sword, has to remember that his sword is his soul,
and he has to separate from it when he separates from his life"
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Find my works on Facebook:
Boris Bedrosov's Armoury
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Posted: Fri 27 Sep, 2013 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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Impressive work in every sense of the word, as I usually expect when seeing anything you work on.  
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Julien M
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As always, excellent and extremely impressive work Boris (as Jean said, you've set your own standards to such levels that I'm not so surprised anymore either). This is the kind of things that motivates me to re start on old projects after along day at work, instead of wasting the evening in front of the television...so thanks for that!
Thanks for documenting your progress and looking forward to see this sword complete.
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Daniel Wallace
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| Posted: Sat 28 Sep, 2013 8:42 am Post subject: |
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hey that's real chemical bluing not just paint on stuff isn't it Boris?
it looks great i just can't wait to see everything finished.
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Boris Bedrosov
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| Posted: Sun 29 Sep, 2013 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Daniel Wallace wrote: | hey that's real chemical bluing not just paint on stuff isn't it Boris?
it looks great i just can't wait to see everything finished. |
Absolutely no paint.
I heat the detail with a propane torch until it turns blue (that's about 250 degrees Celsius) , and after that I submerge it in a vessel full with fine machine oil.
I could do this several times - until I like the result.
"Everyone who has the right to wear a long sword, has to remember that his sword is his soul,
and he has to separate from it when he separates from his life"
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Find my works on Facebook:
Boris Bedrosov's Armoury
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Boris Bedrosov
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| Posted: Sun 29 Sep, 2013 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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Me riveting the tang
and the result, after some filing, sanding and additional blackening
It's quite different from the original, but the decision was mine - you could feel free to cast stones on me, if you don't like it
"Everyone who has the right to wear a long sword, has to remember that his sword is his soul,
and he has to separate from it when he separates from his life"
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Find my works on Facebook:
Boris Bedrosov's Armoury
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Dean F. Marino
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| Posted: Sun 29 Sep, 2013 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Boris Bedrosov wrote: | So, I already have a guard and a pommel. What I need is a grip.
It was turned on lathe from beech.
Then the round form was cut alongside in two equal pieces, and both were made thinner - up to the dimensions mentioned in the data-sheet.
At the end both halves were rounded.
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If I could ask a question... you had turned the grip on a lathe. Once turned (and no longer square), how did you do the cut? And did you encounter any saw kerf issues?
That truly IS a very stunning grip  .
In edhil, hai edhil. In edain, hai edain.
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Boris Bedrosov
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| Posted: Sun 29 Sep, 2013 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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Dean,
This cutting could be really pain in the a**  , but in any way is not easy.
It's quite hard to work with this round object. The lines for the cut are hard to be got straight, during the cutting itself the wood wants to roll almost constantly.
As I don't want to clamp it in the vice (or I'll get a lot of bits and dents from the jaws), I open the vice just a little bit - the grip goes between the jaws, but just partially and stays there relatively firmly. In this way I still have bits and dents, but acceptable, and mainly - I could get the grip in position I could work on it.
The cut is made not with ordinary carpenter's saw, but with some saw with tiny teeth - usually with hack-saw. I hold the saw in one hand (the right for me), with the other - the grip.
The saw kerf issues always exist, but I could minimize them if working carefully. If they get un-acceptable, it's easy to sand the scales a little bit. In any way, after gluing, cord and leather, nothing of the wood will be visible.
"Everyone who has the right to wear a long sword, has to remember that his sword is his soul,
and he has to separate from it when he separates from his life"
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Find my works on Facebook:
Boris Bedrosov's Armoury
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Kai Lawson
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| Posted: Sun 29 Sep, 2013 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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Unlike Lando Calrissian (who's deal got worse all the time), I think this is looking better with every step towards completion
"And they crossed swords."
--William Goldman, alias S. Morgenstern
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Boris Bedrosov
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| Posted: Sun 29 Sep, 2013 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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Well, originally this picture
should be a part from the previous post. But in any way, it's OK here too.
The scales of the grip were chiseled to fit the tang
Some posing for the camera
and the scales were glued with epoxy. After several hours I wrapped the whole grip with hemp cord, glued again with epoxy.
"Everyone who has the right to wear a long sword, has to remember that his sword is his soul,
and he has to separate from it when he separates from his life"
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Find my works on Facebook:
Boris Bedrosov's Armoury
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Dean F. Marino
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| Posted: Sun 29 Sep, 2013 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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That is a truly STUNNING grip shape - all the more so because of the careful handwork involved. I'm really looking forward to the leather wrap .
In edhil, hai edhil. In edain, hai edain.
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Lewis Ballard
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| Posted: Sun 29 Sep, 2013 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Boris: Early on in this project, I think I said it was excellent. I WAS WRONG! It's beyond that. Your skill, your artistry, your vision awe me. You saw something in your mind and then made it, out of bar stock. Huzzah, sir. Huzzah!
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Daniel Wallace
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| Posted: Mon 30 Sep, 2013 8:30 am Post subject: |
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| Boris Bedrosov wrote: | | Daniel Wallace wrote: | hey that's real chemical bluing not just paint on stuff isn't it Boris?
it looks great i just can't wait to see everything finished. |
Absolutely no paint.
I heat the detail with a propane torch until it turns blue (that's about 250 degrees Celsius) , and after that I submerge it in a vessel full with fine machine oil.
I could do this several times - until I like the result. |
looks really good Boris, i can see a little bit of the rainbow effect in the pieces - which lead me to think it was chemically done at first. this is going to be one heck of the fine looking sword when your done.
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