damascus mastersword

[LocksmithArmy]

as some of you may know... im a bit of a legend of zelda fan...

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it has always been my dream to have a real mastersword... so after i got back from Iraq I contacted some blacksmiths to make me a damascus mastersword...

the mastersword from the game is made from a legendary metal that is the bane of all evil... and the only legendary metal i could think of was damascus...

problem is I could not find anyone who could make a billit that large... this sword is huge 3.5" wide and 32" long + a long handle...

Finally I found a smith that would try... she was determined to make my dream come true... took 3 tries to get the billet that size... but finally its came out perfect..

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[piotr]

Wow! That's f*ckin' awesome.

[Aedalas]

I'm not sure what is sexier, that sword or that forest you have growing on your chest

[Arctor]

I'm not sure what is sexier, that sword or that forest you have growing on your chest

lmfao

[Pickingpaul]

nice, must weigh a lot?

[Alaphablue]

I have made cable damascus how the fuck did she heat treat it rent a volcano . She must also have a Hugh power hammer your Lucy to get some one talented enough to make it without costing a arm and a leg . How are you putting the handle on riveting or peening , stacked leather or wood slab ?

[LocksmithArmy]

nice, must weigh a lot?

its not light

I have made cable damascus how the fuck did she heat treat it rent a volcano . She must also have a Hugh power hammer your Lucy to get some one talented enough to make it without costing a arm and a leg . How are you putting the handle on riveting or peening , stacked leather or wood slab ?

I have no idea how she heat treated it... I just know it took 3 tries to get it right... and supprisingly did not cost as much as I expected (negotiated price before she failed twice)
as for the handle I am thinking to offset the weight they will be metal, 2 pieces (one on either side) and either rivitede or screwed together... then machined to blend in with the rest of the handle... but I have not even started work on it (not in a good place financially)

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if anyone is wondering why there is not dark metal pattern in my demascus... its because those patterns are brought out by an acid wash after the metal is finished... it removes a bit of the softer metal making it darker... I asked for her not to do the acid wash sothat the entire blade would be shiny... like the real mastersword... if you get close you can see the pattern... its just shiny on shiny instead of shiny on not shiny
and yes i still need to get the triforce emblem engraved in the blade just after the handle (in the nice flat spot before it gets sharp)

[nozza36]

Next bad payer is gonna shit himself when that bad boy starts singing through the air lol

[rai]

you could lighten it by milling the inner two inches to a much thinner "fuller" (groove, sometimes called a blood groove), or if you must have the appearance of thicknes, cut out the inner area leaving some diagonal webbing (diagonal is rigidity like you see on bridges, and that is always good, then fill in the cut away areas with aluminum to full width.
Just an Idea that you can carry around until you have more money to add to the project. or if a makerspace with a bridgeport mill arrives in your area.

in aircraft and dirigible design, using cutouts is done to lighen the strong beams, and it is done with large round holes or was done that way in the past, and with triangular cutouts, which should be rounded at the corners. you could get a very nice effect by doing this with a mill and not cutting the cutouts all the way through, just less than half way one each side, and if the diagonals of the triangles do not match exactly, on each side, as in making them cross in the center even though you cant see it you would retain a very strong and rigid blade with less heavy metal in it. you might even consider glass enameling in the cut outs if the blade temper can stand the heat of melting enamel glass in there.

Or even some celtic scroll work on the inner areas.

A heavy sword is harder and slower to swing, just as military rifles for urban combat are made shorter simply for the added speed in swinging them onto target.