1stMate Matt

Looks like it was a great time. Klaus took a ton of pictures that we will have up soon.

Mission if you could dig up a digital copy of that logo I have a few ideas of how to use it. I will contact Sir Stynk with my ideas, but if you could dig up a digital copy it would save me some time.

Well done. I like the look. Nothing to flashy. Just nice subtle details. Then again, red hair does make everything look better. :)

http://www.pyrate.org/ Great hats and other leatherwork.

HAHAHAHAHA. WEll done!

Ha! He should just make you do some of the hand stitching on the objects of trade for this here sword.

I think we could work somthing out.

You beat me to it John. I was looking for that picture and one other comes to mind. One with a Landy and an old man with his back to her. The old man has a hat that looked just like that one exsept the 2 sides were folded up like a tricorn with the back left down.

Here it is @ 220grit @ 320grit Lucky for Dman, my power at the shop went out for awhile today so I broke out the files and went to work on the spine of the knife right before polish.

OK I got the camera to work for me. Here is the blade @ 80grit after HT(heat treat).

HEHE. It's not that cool of a coat but it is a nice find.

Here is a bad cell phone picture of me without my new coat on in Hampton this past weekend. I will try to find on of me in the the new coat. If not I will take one tonight at some point. Im getting there....Still need some nice PC shoes. I just cant seem to find a pair that I love. I may have to buy/trade a pair and do some upgrades. I really want them in brown and all I see is black.

uh huh!

Yea, there is a quite simple reason why I put the shell that way on this piece... that is the way the customer wanted it. :) Best answer I can give. Both pictures that Sterling provided me were of swords with the shell facing that way. I myself most often put the shell or plate covering the hand. I like it both ways though. 2 different styles of protection and I have found both to be as good as the other in combat. Often you see "hunt" swords with the clamshell towards the blade. This would stop an animal from slipping up the blade to get to your hand. I think I took a picture of it on the other way. I will see if I can find it.

Gotta love Jewels. He is the one that found me my new coat too.

Yea she is good for light stage use. I wouldnt go beating on it hard and often. The reason we use leather for the handles most often over wood is because wood will eventually break. Its bound to happen. I am open to take orders now that can be delivered in 30 days or so. Glad you like it Capt.

Thanks why I stuck with 1stmateMatt. Seems no1 has a problem with me claiming to be the 1stmate of ... everything? I dub me 1stmate of the east !

Def are some priceless shots in that bunch. Well done and thanks for sharing.

Here is the link to the build of Sterling's sword http://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=1519...mp;#entry359499

As promised here is the link to the sword build... http://pyracy.com/index.php?showtopic=1519...mp;#entry359499

I then made a little nut for the end I tapped it .25" and added threads on the tang and screwed it all together. Some people prefer a peened sword but I find that its nice to be able to tighten up the fit after fighting with it.

Here you can see the blade after heat treat and in 120 grit polish. I then cut the clamshell out on our Plasma cutter. I dished it in our screwpress and then chisseled the lines by hand. I left the finish nice and pitted and then gave it a light wirewheel finish with a buff afterwards. I also cut a piece of wenge and started on the handle. I wanted to do an antler handle but I didnt have time to get any. I think the wenge turned out beautiful. I sanded it about 50% of the way to final shape then I drilled and slotted the inside of the handle to fit on the tang. This process takes awhile and it helps to have some nice small chissels to help out. I custom made some small chissels but you can buy them. I then finished the shaping of the handle on a finer grit on sander. You can see the subtle detail in the wood. Nice fine stripes...Love it! Here you can see all the parts ready to be put together. For stage combat swords like this I prefer to weld the clamshell on instead of the tradational rivets.

As many of you know I have been commisioned to make the great pirate hunter a special cutlass. I was asked to make my version of this sword. I started with a 12" inch piece of rod that used to be an upright on 100 year old Trolley car. I then hot forged the D-ring shape. I didnt get any pictures of the start of the blade. What I did was I double fullered it on the backside. I used the edge of my sander and just took my time. I then ground the blade to shape and heat treated it. During the HT we cycled the blade a few times to get it good in scaled in the fullers. I then added the details to the guard. I did most of this on the sander but some was forged in. I was a little off with the detail on the knuckle bow. I would have liked it to have been more in the center. ...

The show is for one purpose and that is FUN. We could pick each episode apart forever and even if they took our suggestions and re-did and episode it would still leave tons for us to complain about. Got to meet some of the guys behind scenes and they came up with the show idea and ran with it. It has been a successfull show so far and it leaves much to talk about. Its a fun watch after coming home from work where I make swords and weapons all day. I get to see some fun demos and some weapons nerds have a blast. I doubt even the show creators would claim there results to be evidence. Just fun.