Full scale sword drawings

Sam Salvati

Sam Salvati

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I never really draw out designs and stuff, maybe just for ideas and all but never for a concrete plan to work from, and usually they are just doodles anyway. I found out today though that my problem was I was not working to scale. I drew up some full scale drawings (I taped a bunch of 11x8 printer paper sheets together) and found I would get MUCH more understanding out of it! Some blades just come out looking not like what I wanted to, the dimensions just didn't seem right, couldn't understand why. But it seems Bruce's old saying of "fail to plan and you plan to fail" came back again :D. I did some drawings using different measurements and found that with a little tweaking to the measurements I could get the look I wanted easily.
 
I been looking for a big roll of paper, like 20 feet of 15 inch wide paper but cannot find any?!
 
Hey Sam, Freezer Paper Works Well! it's usually 50' x 24" as well as the back side of wrapping paper.
 
Get some packaging paper in a roll from any packing supply store. Pretty cheap and heavy duty!
 
Errrrrr wrapping paper? I used to use it for model airplane plans.... course maybe swords need better paper :p
 
I bought a big roll of pretty thick drawing paper, about a foot and a half wide, at Ikea of all places...

Cheers Rody
 
Sam, I'll give you another trick. Grind the blade in a piece of 1/4"-1/2" thick wood (oak or maple works good). The look of the bevels and the ricasso can be worked out as well as the length issues. It may take a couple tries to get it right....but it is wood not steel.When it looks about right, use it as a model for making the steel blade.
Stacy
 
Sam I think Michdad has a good suggestion because I have two boxes of leftover tractor feed paper that I use for sword documentation. I made up a 1" line grid with spaces for all my measurements and details and print out a 55" long sheet at a time and then just accordion fold it up into a single neat pile which tucks away like a normal stack of paper in a folder. When I set up at a collection I simply pull out one of the sheets, unfold it and set the sword on top and start measuring and recording the details. This allows me to have a file or drawer at home filled with neat 8.5x11" stacks that I can reference anytime in the future. It works so well I now also draw every blade I make on such a sheet before beginning work and when done store it away as a record as well as reference for future work. ti is great use for all that tractor feel if your dot matrix days are long gone.
 
Sam, I have a box of paper that I use for drawing, fire starter, or what not. I have more than I will use in my lifetime. If you would like, pm me, and I would be happy to send you more than you said you were looking for.

Matt
 
I picked up a 24" x 18" pad of paper from Staples office supply in there art section.
 
I haven't checked it out but I have heard that the newspaper printers tend to to throw out or recycle the last bit of paper on the rolls of paper that they use. I have heard of people getting them to have large rolls of paper for their kids to draw on.

Allen
 
michdad said:
Sam, I have a box of paper that I use for drawing, fire starter, or what not. I have more than I will use in my lifetime. If you would like, pm me, and I would be happy to send you more than you said you were looking for.

Matt
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It shows how young I am, I had to look up tractor wheel printer :D.

Thanks for the offer Matt, PM on it's way.

Kevin, that is a VERY HANDY IDEA! I was thinking yesterday how I would store all of them, thanks.
 
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