More stuff, all for sale.
Help me fund my PhD. This is normally my last year as a student - student of arms and armour, mind you, doing a PhD in mediaeval archaeology on what this forum is all about.
But in order to do that, I need to pay my student fee again this year. And times are tough - for everyone, I know. But for me also.
So, I hope you'll like these little things - they've been 'almsot ready' for a while, but I just managed to finish them very recently :
First, a friction folder. My current EDC actually, as the thing is sturdy and sharpy (and I like to test my products a bit) :
Old file, diff quench - this time I tried heating the blade on the side, not from the edge up. And as you see, it gave a nice result on the right side - the side that wasn't heated. Tempered to yellow, the blade is 3 mm thick. Oak handle.
Overall length 141/210 mm (folded/unfoled)
I'm asking 90 euros for this one (without S&H). For a few euros more, I can make a sheath not too unlike the ones I made before.
A push dagger - but maybe more than just this :
55S7 (spring steel), diff HT.
See the strange, ectoplasmic shape on one side, that turns into an almost, almost humanoid, ghostly figure on the other ? Its...arm ?..is raised. As a warning ? Or a threat ? Can you hear its wail, past the curtain of the endless, plutonian eons of the night ?
Oak handle, 119x66 mm overall, with a 6 mm thick blade. The thing isn't meant for cutting - yet it does cut, trust me.
I'm asking about a hundred euros for this one. Again, I can make a nice scabbard for it, for a few more euros, that'd suit the fancy of the soon-to-be-happy customer.
And finally, this :
A horseman's hammer - redux.
Even better historically speaking than the previous one, for this time, the point of the beak is hard steel (1075), forge-welded (with hammer and anvil, and nasty swear words let me tell you) in a V-cut that I made in the head, as I so often documented on suchlike period hammers.
Inspired by several museum pieces, and other things available from specialised antique dealers. Hand-crafted in the style of the mid-to-late XVIth century.
Mild steel mostly (except what I mention above), grip is covered with steel and brass wire over a wooden core. Hand-fileworked, full tang construction.
The belt clip is also quite historical - in a way that wasn't really planned. For it got damaged when I tried using power tools to give the thing a final shine, and I had to repair it - exactly the same way it would have been repaired then (no more power tools ! bad tools ! bad! ). So on one hand it is slightly damaged, but on the other hand it adds to its value and history.
Detailed view of the grip - wire-wrap and turk's heads :
Detailed views of the head, showing the peened rivets and clip, plus the filework. :
You can see on the latter pic a dark spot near the point - this shows the weld, where the hard steel wedge is inserted in the mild steel head.
This point is pointy. I mean, really really damn pointy. And sharp.
Dimensions :
OAL 526 mm, head 147 mm on 19mm thick, shaft 12 mm thick, roundels about 45 mm, grip length 108 mm. 851 g total weight.
The thing will be delivered in a nice wooden box. I can leave it in this 'as new' polish, or 'antique' it a bit, for a few more euros.
Following the advice of a good Swedish swordsmith friend of mine, I'm asking 800 euros for this one - including the box (but without S&H).
PM me, or better : email me.
by Fab » 05 Dec 2007 01:07 
