MSchneider Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 It's been a while since I've completed anything worthy of sharing but I've managed to recently finish up this Type O sword. The blade is forged from 80CRV2 and is 29.5" in length. It is just over 2" wide at the hilt and has a CoG of 5". The hilt is mild steel inset with sterling silver panels and twisted copper and silver wire. It was a challenging piece but overall I'm really pleased with the finished sword. Let me know what you think. Thanks, Mark 2 website: http://www.dancingotterforge.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Higson Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Beautiful hilt fittings! Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Thomas Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Well that is certainly worthy of sharing! Great work, the inlaid copper silver twists bordering the silver ravens panels are a nice touch. Guy Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Wow! That's pretty darned spiffy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoy's Forge Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 very clean . beautiful polish. Love the wire enlay. www.hoyfamily.net Isa 54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.Lu 22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Mr 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I am impressed. I really like the upper guard and pommel. The wire and inlays set this sword off very well. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing. please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Lester Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Very well done! Doug HELP...I'm a twenty year old trapped in the body of an old man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 That's a beauty. “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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Brewer Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 !!!!! Damn ..... If ya can't be good don't git caught !! People who say stuff can't be done need to git the hell outta the way of people who do stuff !!! Show me a man who is called an expert by his peers And I will show you a good man to listen to ...... Show me a man who calls himself an expert and I will show you an egotistical asshole...............!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Detrick Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Damn, very nice. The fittings are gorgeous! “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer." -Albert Camus http://www.krakenforge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinícius Ferreira Arruda Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I really loved these bird panels. Stunning work =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldo Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Mark, It's a beauty! Hope you are enjoying the 80CrV2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Stephens Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Well done! I like the (etchings?) on the guards. Nice, crisp fuller, too. It's just a personal preference, but I think it would have looked really nice with a patina on the hilt elements, a bit of brown or blue to add a contrast to the blade. But, then, that's just me tinkering in my head with aesthetic dials, levers and switches. YMMV. Great job! 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 It's just a personal preference, but I think it would have looked really nice with a patina on the hilt elements, a bit of brown or blue to add a contrast to the blade. There's the old jeweler/silversmith liver of sulfur to put blackish tint in the low spots to highlight the relief. My wife uses this on her silver jewelry and I've done it on silver conchos. Very permanent. “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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewBerry Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Great sword! I love the level of the polish on the pommel - I can see you, your house, and your fence in the reflection. The whole thing is very clean and elegant. www.hopkinsforge.com hopkinsforge.blogspot.com heisenblade.deviantart.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSchneider Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 Thanks for all the comments! Aldo- I'm really digging the 80CRV2. I found I have to go a little higher on the austenitizing temp vs 5160 but it heat treats easy and is super tough. I plan to keep using it, especially for swords. Thanks for providing it. Dave- I had originally thought about weathering the hilt components to make the silver really pop, but once it was polished it looked so cool in the hand shiny I decided to stop there. By the way, the silver panels are roller printed. I etch up press plates and roll then through the mill. It gives a different look than direct etching. (Plus it is quick and easy to reproduce) There is a patina on the background it's just little hard to see because of the lighting. I used liver of sulfur and then softened the highlights by burnishing. Thanks, Mark website: http://www.dancingotterforge.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason McEntee Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 That is one beautiful sword. Excellent work! www.facebook.com/appleseedcustoms/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Ecroyd Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Really love the hilt fittings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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