that came out really nice man.

I might have to look at doing something similar in the future.

the sealing in the vacuum bag and boiling is a great idea

Nice Smithy there buddy.

i am currently setting up a very modern smithy

i dont have an example on hand, but i have heard of a few historic swords having the guard peened to the tang and of the tang being peened to the guard. also regarding messers, quite a few have the guard come down via the blade and held in place by the nagal, and others are 2 piece constructions tha...

HA! nice journey Buddy

Yeah i cannot think of any medieval texts deal with the subject at all. most are for either warfare, dueling or trying to preserve the Martial art.

No problems my friend

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Not bad. also look into some manuscripts and people interpretations of them regarding spears for example here is some of Talhoffers spear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlMo1W6AOw4 Fiore, Meyer, Liechtenauer etc all have some really good spear stuff in them. also Staff techniques work with spears e...

and even tho a 5 pointed star looks very texas ranger or gothy, Númenor was in the shape of a 5 pointed star so would the ranger star resemble that to show where they came from?

Swastikas, Flyfots, sunwheel etc all represent the sun and are multi armed. other then that i personally have not seen many deceptions of stars other then the classic 5 pointed star is paintings etc

getting something commissioned can be a fun experience, more so if the craftsman is on the same page as you. I have had a few really good dealings with craftsman who have delivered exactly what i envisioned without any issue. and those times are great i have also had some who deliver their idea of w...

Thats a fine looking pouch man

Looks pretty schmick there buddy.

thats top tier right there

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Tangs are usually left softer then the rest of the sword so that they are able to flex a little as that is where most of the stress of the sword is placed and to most common part to fail. the offset of the pommel might have been been peened that way on purpose. there are quite a few late 11th and 12...