owen bush 283 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 (edited) Here is my latest sword. the sword was commissioned in 09 but due to changed circumstances the client could not complete the purchase until now. I enjoyed having the blade around for that time. It is a substantial sword for a substantial client, a great big viking of a chap. The blade is forged with a 4 bar intermittent twisted core of 15n20 and 1080, the edge wrap is 700 layers of same. the Runes are etched into the blade or rather they are resisted and the blade etched around them. I am not sure that I would have the balls to forge weld runes into a completed complex patternwelded blade even now. The fittings are bronze and the guard is lost wax cast and the pommel is fabricated (mostly by tom ward when he was here) the original pommel I cast was too light (it will be appearing on a smaller sword soon...). the pommel is one piece . If I were to make the sword again I would go two piece. the hilt fittings are loosly based on one of the swords in copenhagen museum. the handle is wrapped leather. I have tried to give the sword an aged look , it was commissioned as a piece to be a heirloom and the client wanted it to look like it already had some age . It is amazing how different the feel and presence of a finished sword is to the presence of the blade and fittings... anyhow .....thanks for looking. close up of the tip showing all the high layer yumminess....... Edited April 15, 2013 by owen bush Link to post Share on other sites
Cook 1 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Awesome sword Owen, You are a master of steel Link to post Share on other sites
John F. Ellis 0 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Beautiful work. Link to post Share on other sites
Matthew Parkinson 201 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Your beard is still nicely burning I see. Love the rune inlay very well done! and great design on the fittings. MP Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Longmire 2,634 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Awesomeness incarnate. Link to post Share on other sites
Raymond Jewell 0 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Absolutely gorgeous, owen. i hope one day we can work together sometime. I would love to watch you work in person. Link to post Share on other sites
Thom Board 0 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Just beautiful Owen, how much does it weigh? You said substantial, so just curious. Best regards Link to post Share on other sites
Petr Florianek 25 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 great sword! i like the tip you made and the hilt is very nice too Link to post Share on other sites
MLenaghan 57 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Very nice sword! Love the bronze hilt and the blade looks amazing... Always loved the look of your steel Owen, you've had a big impact on how I think of patternwelding Link to post Share on other sites
Richard van Dijk 202 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 WOW Very very nice Owen Link to post Share on other sites
Jim P 0 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Beautiful sword. Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Pikula 2 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 That is really amazing work Owen! I love the detail and texture in the tip Excellent work all around. Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Stephens 414 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Outstanding! Beautiful work. Link to post Share on other sites
keithlen 0 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Beautiful! Link to post Share on other sites
J.Arthur Loose 85 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Nice pattern work. I also enjoy the hilt's mark of the hand. Link to post Share on other sites
J. Helmes 1 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Beautiful sword Owen!. It looks great! Link to post Share on other sites
AJ Chalifoux 57 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Beautiful work! I especially like the tip... Link to post Share on other sites
MassArtTom 0 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I remember that guard and pommel. hahaha Came out nice man! Link to post Share on other sites
David D. 0 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Absolutely beautiful Owen! So inspiring.Really powerful strength and presance to it!Thanks so much for sharing Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff Pringle 5 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Epic! really well done, Owen! Link to post Share on other sites
jdsmith02115 36 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Nice work Owen! Looks amazing! That's a whole lotta real estate to handle on the finishing end of things!! congrats! Link to post Share on other sites
peter johnsson 147 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I really like that viking, Owen. Congratulations to work well done.It is nice to see that you made use of that decorative pattern of clustered holes. Not the most common type to see reproduced. Very nice! Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Powning 29 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Nice one Owen. I love the edge material! Link to post Share on other sites
shawn patterson 1 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 What a blade. I would love some play time with a lot of these type blades. I have only experience with Japanese style swords, ie 2 handed handles. Thanks for sharing. Link to post Share on other sites
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