[CRAFT] Art in Metal

[Captain Tammo]

oooooooooOOOOOOOoooooo fancy

You should try to make Martin the Warrior's sword!!!

[The Skarzs]

I can't say I haven't considered it, though it might be a couple of years before I do end up making it, let alone a sword.

[Captain Tammo]

Have you considered making a smaller scale version? Perhaps Martin's sword as a letter opener? That way it'd be size accurate, too!

[Conrad the Painless]

Man, Skarzs, you're so talented! I've tried blacksmith myself and found it to be quite hard!

[The Skarzs]

Have you considered making a smaller scale version? Perhaps Martin's sword as a letter opener? That way it'd be size accurate, too!

Hadn't thought of that. . . Interesting.

Man, Skarzs, you're so talented! I've tried blacksmith myself and found it to be quite hard!

It takes a lot of practice and patience, and I've met people who've been blacksmithing for years and years and still claim that they're are always learning or improving.

[Søren]

Do you ever sell any of your works?

[The Skarzs]

I'm getting to that point.

[Rusvul]

Swords are hard. The difficulty of making something increases drastically when you decide it should be three feet long instead of one and a half.

Kukris are good. That one looks like a kukri, thus, it is good. Logic.

[The Skarzs]

Logic= Logical. Though, I had to make it look like a banana before I could start forging the bevel (the angle for the blade edge).

Swords are hard. The difficulty of making something increases drastically when you decide it should be three feet long instead of one and a half.

I would imagine so, which is why I am going to wait a while before I make a sword for the first time.

[Captain Tammo]

What kind of sword do you think it'll be?

[The Skarzs]

You seen my picture of Argunath? It's that sword.

And here is the finished product of the kukri I've made for my brother for Christmas.

[Tam and Martin]

Finished before Christmas 

[The Skarzs]

Yup! Can't wait to see what he thinks of it.

[Rainshadow]

  So pwetty.    (Seriously though, that's an awesome kukri.  I really like the look of the hilt.  )

[The Skarzs]

Thanks! It's hand-carved out of oak, with a copper cap at the transition of wood to blade to keep it from splitting. The tang goes all the way through, and is tapped so I could bolt it tight onto itself. It's also filled with epoxy, so it's going nowhere.