Charles dP 585 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Yup, beautiful. Thank you for sharing this. "The way we win matters" (Ender Wiggins) Orson Scott Card Nos, qui libertate donati sumus, nes cimus quid constet. Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 2,464 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Yes! It is alive! (again) the hilt sketch looks fantastic. Any chance Petr, of some photos during the antler carving? I have been busy searching for a fabled Arctic Fire video of Petr demonstrating bone carving but have been unable to locate the video. 1 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Miller 139 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I second what Joshua States said! I was looking for the videos from Arctic Fire, Grendel's hoard recently, and was unable to find them anywhere. The sword is very nice, though! Can't wait to see it finished. “If you trust in yourself. . . believe in your dreams. . . and follow your star. . . you will still get beaten by the people who have spent their time working hard and learning things, the people who weren't so lazy.” ~ Terry Pratchett Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Stephens 486 Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 Collin/Joshua: The AF 2016 videos are being edited and will be released as soon as possible. It's one of the realities of this thing: The live shots are the easy ones. Editing them down to useable/watchable finished products is the thing that takes time. We outsourced the production of the broadcast to a great local Alaskan company of professional film makers. They are also doing the editing. However, they are doing so "on spec," meaning that they hope after they're released they can make some money on them through a lot of views on youtube. This means that they edit it between all the paying jobs they get. It took AF 2013 two years before we had a finished product to release. It wouldn't surprise me if AF 2016 took just as long. You know the old adage: Good/Fast/Cheap . . . choose two. Well, with AF it's good and cheap. Grins, Dave 2 -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 2,464 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 On 12/14/2017 at 4:14 PM, Dave Stephens said: Well, with AF it's good and cheap. I disagree. With AF it's wicked f***ing awesome and free. Just checking, no rush. Like Miracle Max said..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcU_obSV_n4 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to post Share on other sites
Marty Blake 1 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Will there be dvd's that can be purchased? Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Stephens 486 Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 38 minutes ago, Marty Blake said: Will there be dvd's that can be purchased? There are none. It's all free online. Are you looking for 2012 or 2013? 2016 has not been released yet. -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com Link to post Share on other sites
Marty Blake 1 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 I followed the first one online, missed 2013 and was wondering about 2016. Free is good too. Just the kind of thing I like to rewatch, You all out so much work in and it really is amazing to watch it all happen. Link to post Share on other sites
Francesco Muci 16 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 On 12/15/2017 at 10:14 AM, Dave Stephens said: Collin/Joshua: The AF 2016 videos are being edited and will be released as soon as possible. It's one of the realities of this thing: The live shots are the easy ones. Editing them down to useable/watchable finished products is the thing that takes time. We outsourced the production of the broadcast to a great local Alaskan company of professional film makers. They are also doing the editing. However, they are doing so "on spec," meaning that they hope after they're released they can make some money on them through a lot of views on youtube. This means that they edit it between all the paying jobs they get. It took AF 2013 two years before we had a finished product to release. It wouldn't surprise me if AF 2016 took just as long. You know the old adage: Good/Fast/Cheap . . . choose two. Well, with AF it's good and cheap. Grins, Dave Hi Dave, I just watched the AF 2013. I really enjoyed it, it is well made and edited, in my opinion, and it's really nice to see how much fun you guys had. I would really like to see the other(s) but definitely can't find them. Do you have a link or something? Cheers Fra NEME SPES, NEME METU http://zansh62.wix.com/damascusknives www.facebook.com/MuciDamascusKnives Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Stephens 486 Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 Fra, The 2012 Videos are here: http://www.arcticfire.org/videos.html 2016 still to be released. Dave -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com Link to post Share on other sites
Francesco Muci 16 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Dave Stephens said: Fra, The 2012 Videos are here: http://www.arcticfire.org/videos.html 2016 still to be released. Dave Thank you very much. I wish i could have streamed the 2016... oh well... next one... It would be incredible to be there working with you guys... maybe one day... NEME SPES, NEME METU http://zansh62.wix.com/damascusknives www.facebook.com/MuciDamascusKnives Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 2,464 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 1/8/2018 at 11:15 PM, Francesco Muci said: It would be incredible to be there working with you guys... maybe one day. I would happily settle for cooking for them just so I could be in the same room and feel like I contributed something! “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Stephens 486 Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 For those of you that didn't see Petr's last post on Facebook. Looking pretty cool, eh? 4 -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com Link to post Share on other sites
Charles dP 585 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Sweet "The way we win matters" (Ender Wiggins) Orson Scott Card Nos, qui libertate donati sumus, nes cimus quid constet. Link to post Share on other sites
Francesco Muci 16 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 On 1/15/2018 at 10:08 PM, Joshua States said: I would happily settle for cooking for them just so I could be in the same room and feel like I contributed something! Well, my lasagna recipe is award-winning (literally)... The sword is coming out outrageously stunning NEME SPES, NEME METU http://zansh62.wix.com/damascusknives www.facebook.com/MuciDamascusKnives Link to post Share on other sites
Zeb Camper 787 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Can't wait to see this one finished. The flow of the carving that you guys do is awesome. You guys should send a blade back in time just to see how the scops would sing it into myth and legend. All of a sudden it would be some national treasure . Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Stephens 486 Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Just to be clear: There's no "you guys" in the carving department on this one. Petr's 100% of the carving. And yeah, he's the F- - - - ng man when it comes to this sort of thing. Thanks guys. -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua States 2,464 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 5 hours ago, Dave Stephens said: For those of you that didn't see Petr's last post on Facebook. Looking pretty cool, eh? I nominate David Stephens for the "Understatement of the Century" award. Dude! That's ........no words. “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to post Share on other sites
Petr Florianek 27 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Hello! progress has been made! 1 GULLINBURSTI Link to post Share on other sites
Conner Michaux 339 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Wow that looks awesome! Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Stephens 486 Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Looking spectacular, Petr! Can't wait to see the pressblech elements on the scabbard! Dave -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com Link to post Share on other sites
Francesco Muci 16 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) Holy Mother of Odin, king of all Gods... and I'll throw in Zeus to, just for some back up... Petr, your work is awesome! Edited February 5, 2018 by Francesco Muci NEME SPES, NEME METU http://zansh62.wix.com/damascusknives www.facebook.com/MuciDamascusKnives Link to post Share on other sites
Francesco Muci 16 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 16 hours ago, Petr Florianek said: The carving in the antler on the sheath (I hope I am not mistaken) is beautiful but the embossed face in the leather caught my eye. Do you have any pic of the process which led to that result? And, any ideao of the timeframe for the cast of the pommel? I can't wait to see it finished! NEME SPES, NEME METU http://zansh62.wix.com/damascusknives www.facebook.com/MuciDamascusKnives Link to post Share on other sites
MatthewBerry 68 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Looking quite awesome so far. Can't wait to see the pressblech! www.hopkinsforge.com hopkinsforge.blogspot.com heisenblade.deviantart.com Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Stephens 486 Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 IT'S DONE! Petr made a really nice video of it. Here's the link to it. 3 -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com Link to post Share on other sites
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