Matthew Parkinson Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 This one was sitting around Half finished for several years. I first made it as a sample piece for a western sword class i was teaching at NESM figuring on finishing it out for one of the shows that year.. well I didn't do any shows and got over whelmed with commissions and it sat. A customer saw is wanted it so it got finished out! blade is 350ish layer random pattern 15n20 /1080 the fittings are a lower layer pattern weld (30 ish layers) the pommel and nut are set with Lapus in silver. It felt really nice in the hand around 2LB total weight 30" blade 36" overall. MP 6 Web site http://www.dragonsbreathforge.com Insagram account http://instagram.com/swordmatt# Blog http://mpmetal.tumblr.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook/dragonsbreathforge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary LT Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Nice one Matthew. Like the shape/silhouette and nice blend of patterned steel. Gary LT "I Never Met A Knife I Didn't Like", (Will Rogers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Some things need to wait a bit to each full potential. Nice job. “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...
Dick Sexstone Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Matt , after the discussion on commissions in one of the other threads maybe you have hit on something …… Making what you want but not putting the real time into finishing it ….. at that point you have a better idea of what to ask for a price and the customer has a much better vision of what they are commissioning to be finished….. but that also means lots of time invested in unpaid speculation….. Besides that this is a nice piece….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Parkinson Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 On 5/24/2023 at 9:11 AM, Dick Sexstone said: Matt , after the discussion on commissions in one of the other threads maybe you have hit on something …… Making what you want but not putting the real time into finishing it ….. at that point you have a better idea of what to ask for a price and the customer has a much better vision of what they are commissioning to be finished….. but that also means lots of time invested in unpaid speculation….. Besides that this is a nice piece….. most of the recently finished old work was made for something. this one was originally for a class i was teaching , then I was going to finish it for a show that never happened with covid.. but it worked in this case! Web site http://www.dragonsbreathforge.com Insagram account http://instagram.com/swordmatt# Blog http://mpmetal.tumblr.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook/dragonsbreathforge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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