Any sword makers out there?

[silenthunterstudios]

Here let me help you out with some swords pics all made by Tinker Pearce, and Welcome Tinker to bladeforums!

Those are some very nice pieces!

 

[Nobody]

I like that one on top a lot, very utilitarian. Is it a hand and a half cord wrapped hilt? What's the steel? What is it's model designation? Thanks!

 

[Tinker Pearce]

I like that one on top a lot, very utilitarian. Is it a hand and a half cord wrapped hilt? What's the steel? What is it's model designation? Thanks!

Yes, It is a hand-and-a-half hilt wrapped in Paracord. The steel is 5160 spring steel that has been Marquenched and differential tempered so that the edge is HRc58-60 and the spine and tang are drawn back to HRc45-48 for fexibility and shock resistance. The blade is approximately 16-1/4 inches long. This was dubbed the "Tinker Combat Tool' and this was a prototype for Bladeart.com that never went into series production- it was superceded at Bladeart.com by a limited run of 25 of the Bladeart Tinker Pearce Departure pictured HERE

 

[Mr.BadExample]

I'm not sure if Al Massey is still making swords, but he likes making the big claymores. He is over on swordforum.com and was very reasonable.

 

[ddean]

A one-of / limited edition sword would make a great legacy item
but you might consider those of lesser pedigree
Perhaps closer in many cases,
to an armory sword of the period.

Try to hold a few claymores to learn the range/variability
of quality before investing thousand$ in a one-of.


I recently examined several of the Gen-2 line:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=347715
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claymores:
http://www.imperialweapons.com/swords/Gen2/IP-069.html
http://www.imperialweapons.com/swords/Gen2/IP-068.html
http://www.imperialweapons.com/swords/Gen2/IP-070.html
http://www.imperialweapons.com/swords/Gen2/IP-030.html

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[FullerH]

I have the Imperial reproduction of the Musso Bowie and it is a very well made and well done item with which I and others who have bought them are quite pleased. That said, I looked at their Gladius and was not impressed with its historicity. I don't know enough of Scottish swords to comment on the claymores other than to say that they look well made and appear to follow the traditional patterns. I do wonder about the "Sword of Brian Boru". They picture a pretty standard claymore design and it is my understanding that this design did not appear until the 16th Century at the earliest and here they are selling it as the sword of an Irish king killed at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. You go figure how they arrive at that sword as the design. Sure, that design was carried in Ireland by the Galloglasses of a later period, but it would not have been in Ireland in 1014. A more appropriate sword would be some form of a Viking sword, suitably elaborated.