Double edged sword blade collaboration

Storm Crow

Storm Crow

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Some of y'all may recall me making this double-edged short sword a while back:



It was me experimenting to see if I could forge a double edged blade, testing for an upcoming project.

Well, I mailed out my part of the project today, going to a certain mad genius in Germany who will be building the handle for it. It's not going to be a typical sword when finished. :) The blade I supplied is 18", including the choils, and is forged from 5160.

Here it is post-forging:



Right before packing it to ship, I took it up to the little canyon that's upslope from my shop:







And I braved mosquitos the size of horseflies to film a simple water bottle cut. Nothing too impressive, just showing it'll cut.

[video=youtube;iIq5DYqXUWs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIq5DYqXUWs&feature=youtu.be[/video]
 
What sort of hilt is it going to get? I could see a nice European style short sword in there.
 
I'll put up pics and the video when it's finished. :) It's probably not what you're thinking.
 
Nice work. Grinding one out is tough enough. I can't imagine forging one to shape and keeping the bevels and such as smooth as you did. That's gotta take some skill!
 
I got back from the Blade Show and found that the German customer had completed his work on the sword collaboration and had pictures and video up. The customer is none other than Joerg Sprave, well known on Youtube for his mad genius at building rubber-based projectile weapons. Among other creations, Joerg has built full-auto revolving slingshots, sling bows that shoot everything from Oreos to weaponized toilet brushes, and a rubber-powered shoulder-mounted bazooka that launches running chainsaws. :D

Joerg has a great affinity for killing zombies. In fact, we encountered each other's work on Zombie Squad. So in keeping with a zombie apocalypse theme, he decided to take my short sword blade and build a handle that not only doubles as a slingshot, but looks like something that could be built from materials salvaged after the shambling undead arise to bring about the destruction of civilization.

Here are some of the materials:



And here's what he built with them:





I have to say, this is one of the few spiked sword guards that I like, and that seems like it wouldn't be likely to accidentally stab the wielder. The inspiration for going double-edged on the blade was the thought of a slingshot resembling anthropomorphic hilts on Celtic swords. This one ended up looking similar, or the older antenna-hilted swords. Sort of Mad Max meets ancient Celt. :)



He also built a scabbard for it, angled to hang where the spikes are clear of the wearer.



And finally, with the triple-layered rubber bands installed:



I really enjoyed the video, especially the cutting test on the zombie head. :D

[video=youtube;lWI0jqsW4Cc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWI0jqsW4Cc[/video]
 
Nice one! My favorite part of that is the blade, not gonna lie. But the concept of a sword/slingshot is actually pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.
 
Have to admit I was hoping for something a bit different. Those spikes on the guard seem like a safety hazard. I liked the one with the asian style wrap much better.
 
what the hell ever. that is crazy and cool and fun..and dangerous..which is how fun is supposed to be. shine on you crazy german diamond, shine on. awesome blade too.

"those who would trade spikes for security deserve neither" - Benjammin' Franklin
 
That's funny--first thing I thought of was a Witham-style antenna sword.

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