New style katz hilt and pommel for rattan

Stefhan · Post by **Stefhan** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:13 am

Just to get feed back on how they look. The next step of this is find brass ends that work with these hilts. The pommels are almost there....a little more tweaking, mostly just to make them look nice, but they work real good as is.
The hilts are socketed for both 1 1/2" and 1 1/4" ........what do you think? :lol:

Wulfgar · Post by **Wulfgar** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:24 am

Very sexy, shame they are too late for my personna.

Do you work in stainless or only mild?

Stefhan · Post by **Stefhan** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:11 am

Wulfgar,
Only mild steel for now. Thanks for the complment.
I sent several greatsword hilts to your part of the world, well tasmainia (sp?),a month ago or so ago. I hope they post some photos at some point.
Thanks
Stefhan

InsaneIrish · Post by **InsaneIrish** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:15 am

I really like the tighter twist on the katz hilt. Looks alot closer to the extant ones. Good job.

Murdock · Post by **Murdock** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:33 am

zounds

those are sexy

Charles the Brown · Post by **Charles the Brown** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:15 am

HOW MUCH!

Stefhan · Post by **Stefhan** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:52 am

Irish,
Thanks! I agree with you. I realy like the way these turned out. The only thing next with these is brass ends. Now for a twisted and textured solid bar style. Also another style pommel for the katz to mix and match sets.

Murdock,
Thanks as well.

Charles,
The hilt is $45 and the pommel is $30 right now. These prices are going to change at some time soon. The place I get my steel from tells me there will be a 7% incress in price in the next week or so and another in June some time.
Thanks
Stefhan

Vermillion · Post by **Vermillion** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:24 am

Stefan, I love the twists they turned out great !

Did you use the tools we discussed, or did you find another way?

Bernhart von Bruck · Post by **Bernhart von Bruck** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:10 am

Chello!

Right out of my period by about a 150 years, but I could give a damn...that's just too plain gd-sexy not to use. I need to make a good short sword anyway.

Definitely interested, but it's going to be about 2-3 weeks before I can order...gas prices ar starting to slow me down.

Tony

Stefhan · Post by **Stefhan** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:42 am

Vermillion,
Thanks! I will PM you on this later but lets say some jigs but lots of hand work. The twisted hilt is realy almost twice the work as the standard hilt....but it looks so good.....lol

Snaebjorn,
Well I could make my simple cross hilts with the twisted stock and ball ends It probley would work better for you time frame. I am trying to work on some wheel pommels as well that would go with an erly set. The time frame you have for getting on fits so I might have a proto done when you want a set. Just e mail me at my gmail address and I will get back to you when I get something.
Thanks
Stefhan

kelly powell · Post by **kelly powell** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:02 am

Those would be pretty to use as a tsuba(sp?)....would look much better then some of the aluminium and leather atrocities people put up with....Especially if they placed some brass in the openings....And of course a must for all the landshnekts(sp?)

audax · Post by **audax** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:55 pm

Damn, almost wish I was landschnect. Those are awesome.

Stefhan · Post by **Stefhan** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 1:10 am

Kelly,
I had an erly style of Katz hilt made of 1"flat stock that looked good for that and there are a few running around out there being used as tsubas.
I also had a tsuba hilt made of a stock item from an ornamental iron company.....they stopped making them.....and it was to hard to reproduce...
Mabey I will look at comming up with another style of tsuba...humm?

Audax,
Thanks!