Making of Martin's Sword

[The Skarzs]

I see.

[The Shade]

Would've made more than one sword, then. It only takes about 4-6 lbs. of metal to make a sword, and a meteor the size of a basketball would be probably weigh 100 lbs.
D:
Maybe that's where the rest of those insanely tough badger weapons came from.
Think about that: maybe they were all from the same meteor.

Well, some of it might have been mixed with rock. Remember, this is molten metal we're talking about. I doubt all of it was as pure as Martin's sword.

[The Skarzs]

Molten? I don't think so. . .

[BadgerLordFiredrake]

I doubt they would be able to get liquid tungsten, osmium, iridium, or any other of the heavier metals.

[The Skarzs]

Definitely not liquid, but they would be malleable at 2700 degrees or so.

[The Skarzs]

Revive!

Okay, I was thinking about Martin's sword in the animated series, and how it has the words "I AM THAT IS" ground into it. Not only would this cause problems on the battlefield with all those grooves causing resistance, and catching blood and dirt, but it would ruin the structural integrity of the blade. In short, the sword in the animated Redwall would hardly be a choice weapon for an experienced sword-wielder.

[Wylder Treejumper]

I wouldn't grind any large words or anything into a sword. Some minor decorative surface work is OK, but should be kept to the minimum and very shallow.

[James Gryphon]

Well, sword etching is apparently a refined technique, although I don't know whether it was ever done on actual working blades, or if it's only used on ceremonial/modern junk. Given that it's on television, though, where they want to blow everything up to make it visible to the viewers, I'm not sure I would assume that it's 'actually' worse than the limits of that real-world technique would mandate.

For what it's worth, although both Martin and Matthias use the phrase multiple times, I'm not sure that the sword is ever mentioned as actually having this inscription on it in Redwall, so if this is a problem, it's a problem exclusive to the animated series.

[The Skarzs]

*Is having a problem not blurting out the problems seen in the animated sword. . .*

Yes, it's just in the animated series; just wanted to point that out.

Oh, hey! That sword's class (in the picture) is an arming sword.

[James Gryphon]

Oh, hey! That sword's class (in the picture) is an arming sword.

Every picture I've ever seen of Martin's sword, with the exception of that nutty Redwall cover that was posted up a couple of months back, depict it as being such, so that's one thing that they got right.

[CaptainRocktree]

Titanium in the alloy would give it strength, and iron would help cancel out the brittleness.

My glasses are made out of Titanium

[Hazelrah42]

I was thinking that since Martin's sword is made of an asteroid and the Badger Lord (forgot his name :L) said how hard it was to heat the metal, it could be made of iridium, osmium, titanium, or other metals that normally they wouldn't be able to mine.  Thoughts?

Not that this probably matters anymore, but it was Boar the Fighter

[Steelinghades]

Revive!

Okay, I was thinking about Martin's sword in the animated series, and how it has the words "I AM THAT IS" ground into it. Not only would this cause problems on the battlefield with all those grooves causing resistance, and catching blood and dirt, but it would ruin the structural integrity of the blade. In short, the sword in the animated Redwall would hardly be a choice weapon for an experienced sword-wielder.

That's not nearly as much of a problem as you're making it out to be.

[Verdauga]

Didn't the sword Ulfbhert have runes etched into it?

Edit: Realized they already covered the issue of the engraving.

[Jetthebinturong]

Many swords have had inscriptions on them and functioned perfectly well.