Craughfurd's Last Stand - FINAL PICTURES

Okay I have the blade pretty much finished. A bronze spacer fit.. now it all just needs to go together. The following pictures are a loose mock-up of the assembly.

I'm very pleased with how straight I got this thin blade.. and I owe much of that to my vertical heat treat forge with muffle which gave me an incredibly even heat. As well as my new disk grinder which greatly aided me in keeping things nice and even on the grind.

Anyway.. most of the work will now be focused on the hilt and grip.

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That's so slick, Scott.

The distal taper looks even and wicked.

Anxious to see more. Any pics of that vertical heat treat and muffle?

John
 
Thanks guys...

Here is my sword heat treat forge. It is very 'proto-type' at this point until I get it tuned in. The main thing is that I need a better way to secure the top to the bottom part of the drum. But looks aside.. it is doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing. And will be even better when I finally hook up the digital control. In the one picture you can see how I suspend the blade in the tube with a just an old c-clamp. Works great.

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And here is the sword preparing to be hilted. I have the morticed English walnut in place.. getting ready for pommel fitting. And a view of the twisted wire that will be placed in sections along the walnut.

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Interesting thread. Scottish weapons & history are quite fascinating.

Can't wait to see this one finished!

Kind regards,

Jos
 
Okay just got back from a trip up into UP Iron Country... a future thread will result from that trip... :-)

But I got some work done on the hilt. I cut out a copper sheet spacer with sheep skin liner. The English walnut is getting a twisted wire wrap and brass nails.. still working on this. And pommel with basic file work. I will assemble this by 'hot peening'.... a method I read about through Albion Swords. I will wedge the basket into place and then the walnut grip will be epoxied into position. Then the pommel will be placed over the tang and brought up to a dull red with torch and peened over. This method removes the pressure from the wooden grip which often leads to cracking down the line.

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Hopefully I will be able to show some fully assembled pictures tomorrow....
 
Scott,

Great post and great sword. You have definitely stepped it up a decimal place or two since we first met at Blade last year.
 
Well it's done!

Final specs:

37" Over All

31.5" Blade

3 Pounds 4 Ounces Total Weight

4" Point of Balance

21.5" (from guard) Center of Percussion (this is a measure of the harmonics of the blade)

Thanks for looking... and I hope my pictures and posts were informative.



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Very cool Scott!! One of the best things I've seen in a while. What about the scabbard?
 
Thanks folks.... I love have it sitting around the shop. Next week it will be gone..

Stuart... I'm not making the scabbard. The customer it handling this one... which is a relief. Scabbards seemed to be 50% of my other sword projects.....
 
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