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[Zubeydah]

absolutely gorgeous sheathes!! Lovely and impressive work!

[C. Gadda]

The first sword I purchased second hand from Anshelm Armory, where it had been languishing on a forgotten used item webpage for years. This sword is a close, but not exact, reproduction of an original now in the Oakeshott Institute collection, and is detailed in various books by that author. At the time I bought it I believed that this was no longer made, being a limited edition item in the early MRL catalogues from the mid-1980's. In fact, Del Tin does still make them, though mine is definitely old production, having the "Running Wolf" logo and "Museum Replicas, Ltd." on the cross.

The first step was to improve the blade by removing the tack welded rod and replacing with a bar, "puzzle piece" welded to the end as shown in the pictures. Next, I commissioned Clang Armoury to make a new pommel that better captured the look of the original fitting. Turns out I made some errors in planning, and some details are wrong – but given I was working from poor quality black and white photos I can perhaps be forgiven (these shortcomings were revealed when Arms & Armor, who have access to the original, came out with their own custom reproduction). In spite of some inaccuracies, the excellent pommel that I had made looks much better than the one originally mounted on the Del Tin reproduction.
While waiting for the pommel I reworked the crossguard to more closely resemble the original, thinning it down somewhat and squaring off the ends.

Once I had the pommel in hand, I tapered the end of the tang to fit, and fashioned a tang block based on the original relic. With all of this done I cleaned up the blade, wedged the crossguard in place, and peened the pommel in place.

I salvaged the original grip and rasped/sanded it down to match the slimmed down cross and pommel, and then secured in place with JB Weld. Finally, the grip was wrapped in leather and dyed an ox blood color.

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The second sword is a DT 5120 Late Viking Sword, which is a fairly close copy of the example from Cawood, England. This was a somewhat later production version, and featured a superior tang that was all steel, without a welded-on rod, so the type of rework I had to do for the previous sword was unnecessary. However, the fittings required clean up and the pommel needed rework for greater accuracy. Specifically, the engraved lines were blurred and erased in places, requiring re-engraving to sharpen them up; in addition, and more significantly, the basic pommel is very rectangular-ish in cross-section while the original was much more boat shaped, so I spent much time with grinder and belt sander, along with hand filing, to reshape the pommel to have the correct profile. This was an extensive modification, to put it mildly.

For the grip, I was inspired by the Korsødegården sword from Norway, so I copied the vettrim (collars), both the abstract design and the runic inscription, but used sterling silver rather than copper alloy. I also decided to use moose antler for for the grip (though I discovered belatedly that the original grip was in fact wood). Still, turned out fairly well.

[C. Gadda]

Additional Pix, including a WIP of the "Moonbrand" sword

[C. Gadda]

Close up of the Late Viking grip, prior to mounting:

[Harry Marinakis]

C. Gadda
Most excellent work. Congratulations.

[Murdock]

some spaulders i made and a globose i did and some other bits....like 10 years ago i never make anything anymore. Shop is still in boxes since i moved after divorce. Somewhere i have pics of the guants i did and this partly done great helm and some half greaves are around here in the basement somewhere.

[Harry Marinakis]

A Latvian brooch seax

Blade: O-1 tool steel, 3-1/2 inches long
Grip: Swedish Masur Birch and deer bone
Bolster: Bronze

Sheath: 24 gauge sheet brass, rivets made from 10 gauge wire

Rings & Chain: 10 and 12 gauge wire

[Harry Marinakis]

A 3-piece bauernwehr

Blade: O-1 tool steel, about 10 to 12 inches long
Nagel (knuckle guard): mild steel
Grip scales: European Red Deer antler

[Johann ColdIron]

You are doing excellent work Harry!

[Zubeydah]

This is really, really beautiful.

[Romulus_Rapax]

Did the brass-work on this pair of roman greaves:

[Romulus_Rapax]

Purchased the blade from a Laurel and completed the rest.

[Keegan Ingrassia]

Beautiful work!

[Zubeydah]

A Latvian brooch seax

Blade: O-1 tool steel, 3-1/2 inches long
Grip: Swedish Masur Birch and deer bone
Bolster: Bronze

Sheath: 24 gauge sheet brass, rivets made from 10 gauge wire

Rings & Chain: 10 and 12 gauge wire

WOWW!!!
That is just GORGEOUS!!!

[Zubeydah]

The lampwork beads and Viking boasting strand is my work.
earlier in the day from when this was taken, I received a Sable Thistle (entry level arts & sciences award in Ansteorra) for my lampwork.
(I did not make the brooches).

[C. Gadda]

Another sword I hilted up last year, built on an Arms & Armor 12th century sword into a more 13th century type. I replaced the crossguard with one I made myself, and reworked the grip. The pommel is mostly the same, but I deepened the hollows on either side of the pommel, into each was inset a reproduction silver penny.