@Jade This is true but it seemed like this smith never let it cool much while working. In Alec's video it did seem like there was a lot of working and then reheating.
Not all meteorites are made the same, specifically due to being clumps of random whatever from space. They have different elements, different crystalline structure, etc. Sure, this person may have more experience, but the meteorite in this video may have also been inherently more malleable right off the bat. Honestly, I'm not sure why anyone attempts to forge a bare meteorite (other than for entertainment). This is basically forging raw ore... which is just silly.
The careful wedging of the soft meteorite steel between a spliced tracks of hard railroad track steel was a masterclass in itself. Wonderful work. Cheers to you smith.
phenomenal craftsmanship man. love the pattern and how so much was done the old way, by hand. truly a blade any knight of old would have been proud to wield.
Forged in the fires of collapsed suns , blessed with the power of the 9, folded and forged tirelessly for 12 new moons, .... I bestow up on you..... Meteor A gift from the divines The one sword to slay them all
+ImmersiveGamer83 A gift from Akatosh, The One Sword to Slay them all, The One Sword to find them, The One Sword to bring them down into darkness bind them
x3La oh i misread it as "like the hammering sound too", so i was like, what the hell there's not even really a hammering sound so your volume must be high xD
he added carbon to the meteor composition, the guy knows the metallurgical requirements, this the difference between hammer swing and beeing a blacksmith.
as someone that is just starting out swinging a hammer I am in awe of your skill. this is an amazing piece. also this is the first build I have seen where someone has alternated the direction of twist. and I must say the finished etch is truly inspirational. a thing of beauty. so far I have made a small boot knife and a couple of brackets for people. but when I get more confidence I will be very keen to try my hand at sword smithing.
This video had the whole house sitting in front of the iPad on the edge of their seats. It was so amazing to watch the creation of this sword from beginning to end. I loved the end result! The different layers and textures was just outstanding and everything we were hoping it would be. Keep up the amazing work!
Yeah, the fact that it's meteorite made it very difficult. Metallic meteorites are mostly made of nickel and iron, which makes it brittle and hard -- you can see chunks flying everywhere as he hammers it. What makes iron into steel is carbon. A huge chunk of the beginning was just him flattening out the meteorite, welding it together into a reasonable billet of metal, and adding carbon to it to make it into steel. You don't have to do any of that if you make a sword from steel bar stock, as most people do. Of course it is still a lot of work, but not as much as this.
I think it's because of all the unneeded extra ssteps he took. There was no reason to beat the metal as hard as he did, cut and restack so many times, or weld it and add more contaminants to it. He should have just folded the billet instead and slowly worked the metal
Hey man I love the hard work, 3 months damn dedication dude but I watched all 21:19 of this video and I only get to see 2 pics of the master piece bro I'm pissed off make a update video or something man
WOW. This was a really REALLY great video! Thank you for giving it to us. Congratulations on making a very beautiful sword. I can understand that it's very complicated work to weld a sword from ordinary materials and to add a metorite to it is nothing many blacksmiths would manage...?!
The music starts and I'm like wait... isn't that skyrim? A few seconds later they start singing and I think to myself: why do i know this I don't even own the game.
This is damn near impossible but it's all in the technique you used while drawing it out flat and thin. I have seen many fail using meteorite because of excessive cracking. King Tut had a dagger that was forged from meteorite and archeologist are stunned at how they could have done this because its extremely hard to work with today with modern equipment. Amazing skills and beautiful blade.
Ancient tools are best for making ancient weopons. That's why they had an easier time making tuts dagger. Now asking them to use their ancient tools to make a modern-day rail gun, now that would be a bit much.
You should normalize it first. That's the first step with any forging project. Why these guys did their hammer work first beats me. Maybe they just like working harder when they don't have to. Meteors are not just raw iron. They are fired in flame upon entry to God knows how hot and then rapidly cooled upon impact in most cases. If they hit any flora or fonnah they are carbonized to some degree. Essentially they are hardened as a result of entry and impact. In order to be made reasonably workable, you must normalize them first thing. Heck, even smelting and casting them into bar or round stock would be an okay first move.
From what I saw he took a step they use in Japanese swordmaking by stacking the carbonized iron wafers and reforging it back into a billet. That process repeated should work out the impurities in the metal.
ASBL Lucilinburhuc Well made 'weapon' and "video , Good on you Man, U put's a lot of time and effort in this project it show's,,, the wine does look good though...:-
Beautiful quality steel at first sight. It proved your Master level skills. Keep up the steady hard work, you will be the best not too far from the future.
Greetings, ASBL. I am an amateur smith, been doing it about 2 1/2 years. I've made all kinds of things, but recently started working with wrought iron. I'm having a lot of trouble working the metal into long, thin pieces. It keeps breaking on me. One of my clients wants a piece that needs to be wrought (for rust prevention and personal reasons) but it has to be about 3/8" thick, four feet long, with a series of kinks (like an elm branch). Each time I think I've got it, the thing breaks somewhere random along its length (not near the heat). I forge weld it back together and start over, but I know I must be doing something wrong. Thanks for any advice you have, and thanks for the video! Love the music choices.
Sounds similar to damask. Refined iron from old chariots or similar materials are refined by wirewelding and folding. So when you forge it to hard and rough this weldinglines can crack. Better when you plan regular annealings (heating up and cool it slow down) in the process and forge it slowly down not to agressive. That's could help I had this problems with patternwelded material, but after some try and error it works know. When in the material is to much silitium, like in modern springsteel, then it had other reasons, because steel with ofer than 1,5 percent silitium don't like to much heat. When you forge it to warm it becomes clefts. For a more accurate analyse i would need the correct alloying of the material and how it was made.
Specifically, how are you tempering the blade to give it the spring? Temperature? For how long? How are you cooling it? Does it keep its edge, or does it loose some of its hardness from the tempering?
The method you used to put the blade together was very nice as well. I had heard of this done with the gladius once...the core however was made of 2 rods of bronze. The finished piece when held to light just right looked like 2 snakes wrapped around each other going up the middle of the blade.
beautiful work. I've recently forged my first Damascus knife, and fairly new to the art. I've always appreciated a well crafted blade, but I now have a higher respect to what it takes to produce quality and great craftsmanship like what you have done here. fine work, and the first I've seen or heard of using a meteorite in the billet. keep on pounding!
Absolutely AMAZING... You really need to keep your wits about you when doing this! I had no idea... Also love the mixture of Old and New Tools... Great Job man !!!
Your video certainly gives a better impression of the material, skill, and time that goes into your work. Just looking at that blade, you can tell it is HEAVY! Not like the cheap display swords that people try to pass off as 'Battle Ready' for $90
Most full size cheap "battle ready" swords tend to be much more heavy than the historical counter part. They are far to thick so they can handle the abuse that is considered "battle ready" while still using crappy steel. Hollywood makes people think a Long Sword or Arming Sword should weigh like 8 pounds, when really they were around 3 pounds.
Veraux I don't like Cold Steel swords at all. Their knives and Machetes are great, but not their swords. The quality is good but can be seriously hit or miss. Also they do not tapper enough and tend to be very forward balanced; great for large impressive cuts, but kind of makes them handle like a crowbar. I think Hanwei, Cheness, Dynasty Forge (they actually make some of the Cold Steels) along with other sword makers, make better all around swords for the money.
How did you keep from decarbing the steel while refining it? I've been looking into making my own meteor sword and from what research I've seen that seems to be a vary real problem.
I know nothing about forging so when the caption said 'Etching' I was thinking ohhh shit he's going to etch symbols and cool designs?! He then just dips it into something, pulls it out "Perfect."
Mihovil Skelin meteorites are essentially Damascus, the metal patterns inside are already wildly diverse, if it was more easily forgeable without layering like that, it would make a badass Damascus design already
The term Damascus is now given to pattern forged metals, the art of true Damascus was lost centuries ago pattern forging is as close as we can get today.
@@charleydowns3124 Not entirely true. Wootz style crucible steels are more closely related to the lost traditional Damascus than pattern welded steels.
That was a lot of fun to watch. At times I was confused by his methods, but in the end, all his hard work of layering truly paid off with an astonishing sword of such flexibility, durability, obvious strength and sheer beauty, that it's match would be quite difficult to produce. Furthermore, it is enriched with the billion year old alien alloys found within the meteorite. A gift of war from above. Beyond a work of art, this blade would enhance the prowess and capability of any ancient warrior.
Too bad alec steele didnt see this video, maybe he wouldnt have messed his whole meteorite up
@Jade This is true but it seemed like this smith never let it cool much while working. In Alec's video it did seem like there was a lot of working and then reheating.
Jade ba
Not all meteorites are made the same, specifically due to being clumps of random whatever from space. They have different elements, different crystalline structure, etc. Sure, this person may have more experience, but the meteorite in this video may have also been inherently more malleable right off the bat. Honestly, I'm not sure why anyone attempts to forge a bare meteorite (other than for entertainment). This is basically forging raw ore... which is just silly.
@@dhruel but it's so cool.
Gotta keep it hot and preheat the anvil
Your skill in swordmaking has increased by 5 points!
***** next level DRAGON ARMOR!!!
sleestalk you can't make dragon armor you must kill dragons demons or very old adventurers (let's see if anyone gets the quote)
DizzyDwarf1937 Dragons Dogma?
DizzyDwarf1937 nice runescape refrence
***** elder scrolls scr00b
"I have to work carefully"
Now this is the basic
This guy's skill is legendary
The careful wedging of the soft meteorite steel between a spliced tracks of hard railroad track steel was a masterclass in itself. Wonderful work. Cheers to you smith.
just don't try to use it like a boomerang. Youll never see it again.
"Bye, space sword..."
Jake Palmer I get The reference...
Zachariah Altland Sokka's boomerang in that last scene tho
Tom Murse ah boomerang that does not return is called 'a stick'
u missed the joke....its an avatar reference.
That meteorite, if it was verified to really be a meteorite and not a replica, would easily be worth a thousand dollars just by itself.
I wonder if it'd be worth more if made into a sword
Biyoka I Not sure. My guess is that most meteorite collectors would want the meteorite in its original form. Hah.
Butt Poopington I wonder how much a sword collector would want it
Biyoka I i was wondering how does someone put a price on something like this?
richardlyew The same way you put a price on anything. See what people will pay for it.
OMG it did make me think back to when socca made his sword in the Avatar series
"I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an METEORITE SWORD in the knee" Whiterun guard
Halo and Skyrim soundtracks, masterful choices. Playing _Bits and Pieces_ for when you were refining it was so perfect.
Sokka would be proud
Daniel Suriano i was searching this comment
Daniel Suriano LOL AN AVATAR'S FAN, I'VE NEVER MET ONE, CAN I TOUCH IT?
Diego SIlva SOKKA WOULD BE SO PROUD CAUSE REMEMBER HE LOST HIS.... AVATAR FANS ARE AWESOME!! NICE TO MEET FELLOW FANS
"Goodbye space sword!" -Sokka
Daniel Suriano
it's why i clicked this video xD
I have read of the process but had no idea it was so time consuming. Outstanding work.
phenomenal craftsmanship man. love the pattern and how so much was done the old way, by hand. truly a blade any knight of old would have been proud to wield.
Yes, strong the force with him it is. LoL, Hey what's up dude, I saw your name and I just had to that.
Forged in the fires of collapsed suns , blessed with the power of the 9, folded and forged tirelessly for 12 new moons, .... I bestow up on you..... Meteor A gift from the divines The one sword to slay them all
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha perfect
+ImmersiveGamer83 A gift from Akatosh, The One Sword to Slay them all, The One Sword to find them, The One Sword to bring them down into darkness bind them
+Biotic Cactus A gift from Akatosh? Neigh, I think not, for this be a gift from Azura, Deadric Prince of the moon and the sun.
TheSacredChill
Or Kynareth, Goddess of the Skies, seeing as it came from a Meteorite
Biotic Cactus
More likely.
SPACE SWORD!!!
i wish i had space over my mantleplace, to fit it!
AVATAR THE LAST AIR BENDER!
Josh Bourke skyrum
Josh Bourke STAR SABRE!!
😂
He doesnt show his face to avoid being bothered by 1000s of man groupies when he goes out in public. This dude is uber cool.
It's probably the most beautiful sword I've seen so far, big, well-deserved congratulations.
"I don't claim to be the best blacksmith in Whiterun. ASBL Lucilinburhuc's got that honor. Man's steel is legendary.
I noticed the Skyrim combat music. This sword should be a mod if it isn't already.
ParkerFriedChicken I totally agree
Anthony Holmok lol awesome
Where the fuck did you get a meteorite?!?!
Did it drop in your back yard?!?!
or the internet: you can buy some large chunks of meteorite online (i ll admit we have no proof they are real)
That's bad ass,
i want a meteorite XD
gonna make a dagger out of one.
imagine how cool it would be to have a meteorite fall in your back garden!
Pieter Skuse yeah, so cool, it would blast your garden to charred little pieces, your house too likely, unless you have a very large garden
*I was kidding about that btw*
he probs was two
You Sir are a true craftsman and I truly admire watching someone that is in their element.
Great work and Beautiful sword.
I loved watching your video! The sword is beautiful! I also love your soundtrack mix. So fitting. It was complete to watch!
anyone else notice the skyrim music
Garrett Smetanko Ye, it made me dislike the video.
And the halo music 7:03
At what time?
DayQuilAssLeak29 13:05
10:17 Dragon fight
12:25 Main theme: Dovahkiin
the music could be lower we like the hammering sound too
your device has a volume button for a reason.
He wants to hear the hammering sound
x3La oh i misread it as "like the hammering sound too", so i was like, what the hell there's not even really a hammering sound so your volume must be high xD
+s preston true true
Woah calm yourself lol
Man you deserve the likes and subs. I just watched another blacksmith try to forge a sword from meteorite and it was a travesty.
Was it a Alec?
yes he is
@@artsandcraftsstuff2114 yes.
Yeah Alec butchered that thing
he added carbon to the meteor composition, the guy knows the metallurgical requirements, this the difference between hammer swing and beeing a blacksmith.
as someone that is just starting out swinging a hammer I am in awe of your skill. this is an amazing piece. also this is the first build I have seen where someone has alternated the direction of twist. and I must say the finished etch is truly inspirational. a thing of beauty. so far I have made a small boot knife and a couple of brackets for people. but when I get more confidence I will be very keen to try my hand at sword smithing.
To a person who knows nothing about this (like me) it looks like magic
try stareing in to the glowing metal first hand, you will understand why so many like these trades...
nein, es ist dwarven. (no, it is dwarven)
That is one of the reasons blacksmiths were held in such high regard. To the average person it WAS magic.
awsoem meterite sword, but why didn't you finish it...only thing missing is the handle and to put it up together, would love to see the finish sword
A pomel and a proper guard (better one) Would be a nice addition too.
agreed...I want to see the finished product man!
Siniša Graso Und wie viele?
he did finish it . . .
He most certainly did not finish it. That sword is in pieces.
This video had the whole house sitting in front of the iPad on the edge of their seats. It was so amazing to watch the creation of this sword from beginning to end. I loved the end result! The different layers and textures was just outstanding and everything we were hoping it would be. Keep up the amazing work!
Love and appreciate not just the hard work and dedication, but the kickass halo music as well!
how are there even fucking dislikes on this video?
Goat Man
The sound track! Best viewed with noise turned off.
Cause people think it's fake!
I think it was the fire nation.
+Goat Man Because they are stupid! (in my opinion)
+Goat Man awful music
jesus i didnt realize how much work it takes to forge a sword. Such a cool video.
If you're starting with almost anything besides a meteorite, it's not nearly so much work. Meteoric iron is just really difficult to work with.
Yeah, the fact that it's meteorite made it very difficult. Metallic meteorites are mostly made of nickel and iron, which makes it brittle and hard -- you can see chunks flying everywhere as he hammers it. What makes iron into steel is carbon. A huge chunk of the beginning was just him flattening out the meteorite, welding it together into a reasonable billet of metal, and adding carbon to it to make it into steel. You don't have to do any of that if you make a sword from steel bar stock, as most people do. Of course it is still a lot of work, but not as much as this.
Gorgeous. Just gorgeous. Can't wait to see the hilt, wrappings, pommel, and scabbard!
The fact that the music came from every single one of my favorite video games make this video infinitely amazing
You can say, this sword is out of this world ;)
:D
+The420Earthling thats what she said.....
+rubberman302 lolno
Who the hell would dislike this video? This is a very beautiful piece of art that had a lot of time and effort put into it!
They were so excited they missed the like button
the music at the beginning is a little offputting
More than a little to some.
Seriously, if a person is going upload videos with music, they're going to have to expect some dislikes.
+1Alchemistic The first track, made my ears bleed.
Glad I bumped it back up, because the rest was extremely appropriate to the video.
I think it's because of all the unneeded extra ssteps he took. There was no reason to beat the metal as hard as he did, cut and restack so many times, or weld it and add more contaminants to it. He should have just folded the billet instead and slowly worked the metal
Why did i not stumble on this earlier!
Amazing work, nice to see all that hard work pay off
I have worked in a forge so know exactly how much hard work went into making that sword, even with the help of the mechanical hammer. Well done.
Sokka's sword...
*Cues Avatar theeme music * ;-;
bloody idiot had to drop his sword in the final battle
Christmas Doge Sokka had to throw it to save him and toph :(
but but it was a fcking meteor sword
Christmas Doge They kinda would have died on the air ship :( Suki barely came through on that other airship >.
It's like the sword "Dawn" from Game of Thrones!
Thats what i was thinking the entire time.
The only reason I wanted to watch this video was to compare them!
This is a work of art done by a master artist. Awesome job!
This is a masterpiece! Absolutely amazing, keep up the good work!
its literally the most impractical thing i've ever seen
this guy knows his game music :) Love the Halo ODST music.
+Tierman Beats Fun fact, you can look up Breaking Benjamin - Blow me Away for that song with lyrics.
+Tierman Beats odst ha
thats 2
alrakism ODST actually
skyrim track as well
Nishino Kazuki of course
Loved that you added Skyrim music xD
"smithing increased to 87"
I would think meteorite would at least be around 90-ish but hell yeah xD
+Zero Ketsueki I can't wait for the remastered version to come out.
Same ^^
+Zero Ketsueki same here and I hoped he would when I saw the video but didn't think he would XD
He forged it patiently, not rushing himself. I'm not a blacksmith tho but i think this guy is one of unknown legendary blacksmith smh
Hey man I love the hard work, 3 months damn dedication dude but I watched all 21:19 of this video and I only get to see 2 pics of the master piece bro I'm pissed off make a update video or something man
WOW.
This was a really REALLY great video! Thank you for giving it to us.
Congratulations on making a very beautiful sword.
I can understand that it's very complicated work to weld a sword from ordinary materials and to add a metorite to it is nothing many blacksmiths would manage...?!
lmao the skyrim soundtrack was the icing on the cale
cake*
Meteorite smithing unlocked :)
*kale Icing on the kale, indeed. :)
The music starts and I'm like wait... isn't that skyrim?
A few seconds later they start singing and I think to myself: why do i know this I don't even own the game.
Flyxguydom
sure you don't mean icing on the sweetroll?
Between the use of the meteorite, the time spent forging it and the craftsmanship, to many people to own it would be priceless.
Stunning craftsmanship and end result, only matched by the level of patience required to achieve it. Bravo!
This is damn near impossible but it's all in the technique you used while drawing it out flat and thin. I have seen many fail using meteorite because of excessive cracking. King Tut had a dagger that was forged from meteorite and archeologist are stunned at how they could have done this because its extremely hard to work with today with modern equipment. Amazing skills and beautiful blade.
That’s because the Egyptians were far more civilised than everyone believes..
Ancient tools are best for making ancient weopons. That's why they had an easier time making tuts dagger. Now asking them to use their ancient tools to make a modern-day rail gun, now that would be a bit much.
I'm still calling bs never seen it do nothing but crack and break
You should normalize it first. That's the first step with any forging project. Why these guys did their hammer work first beats me. Maybe they just like working harder when they don't have to. Meteors are not just raw iron. They are fired in flame upon entry to God knows how hot and then rapidly cooled upon impact in most cases. If they hit any flora or fonnah they are carbonized to some degree. Essentially they are hardened as a result of entry and impact. In order to be made reasonably workable, you must normalize them first thing. Heck, even smelting and casting them into bar or round stock would be an okay first move.
From what I saw he took a step they use in Japanese swordmaking by stacking the carbonized iron wafers and reforging it back into a billet. That process repeated should work out the impurities in the metal.
Can I have your wine collection?
Marcel Beaulieu ähm no :-D
ASBL Lucilinburhuc amazing sword man, real nice job.
ASBL Lucilinburhuc Well made 'weapon' and "video , Good on you Man, U put's a lot of time and effort in this project it show's,,, the wine does look good though...:-
Marcel Beaulieu I'd rather have that than his music collection lol
ScotsLyon why,what is wrong with music???he add some great stuff to the video...
That's an incredibly magnificent piece of usable art. Great build!!
That a BEAUTIFUL looking sword!!!! Very AWESOME!!!! Truly a master craftsman!!!!
One of the most awesome things I've ever seen made.
''i have to work carefully''
smashes metal with a giant fucking power hammer
Beautiful quality steel at first sight. It proved your Master level skills. Keep up the steady hard work, you will be the best not too far from the future.
I dont know much about sword making but the talent of this artisan is jaw dropping. Bravo!!
Greetings, ASBL. I am an amateur smith, been doing it about 2 1/2 years. I've made all kinds of things, but recently started working with wrought iron.
I'm having a lot of trouble working the metal into long, thin pieces. It keeps breaking on me. One of my clients wants a piece that needs to be wrought (for rust prevention and personal reasons) but it has to be about 3/8" thick, four feet long, with a series of kinks (like an elm branch).
Each time I think I've got it, the thing breaks somewhere random along its length (not near the heat). I forge weld it back together and start over, but I know I must be doing something wrong.
Thanks for any advice you have, and thanks for the video! Love the music choices.
Sounds similar to damask. Refined iron from old chariots or similar materials are refined by wirewelding and folding. So when you forge it to hard and rough this weldinglines can crack. Better when you plan regular annealings (heating up and cool it slow down) in the process and forge it slowly down not to agressive. That's could help I had this problems with patternwelded material, but after some try and error it works know. When in the material is to much silitium, like in modern springsteel, then it had other reasons, because steel with ofer than 1,5 percent silitium don't like to much heat. When you forge it to warm it becomes clefts. For a more accurate analyse i would need the correct alloying of the material and how it was made.
Liquid nitrogen
This made me think of Eol's meteorite swords _Anglachel_ and _Anguirel_ from the Silmarillion.
Tru
What an Absolute Majesty you've forged, well worth the effort.
Also, you have an excellent music selection for this video my man, Huzzah!
I have made pattern welded blades and I would like to say that this is one of the finest I have ever seen. well done.
does anyone get flashbacks to the Avatar series?
Yup !
indeed
yes!
Yeps
yes I was hoping I wasn't the only one
the sword was CLEARLY formed to slay dragons. now I want to dig out my skyrim disks and start over.
ron guin lol
That’s one of the most beautiful blades I’ve ever seen. And made of space itself
Loved this video. You made a piece of art! And the soundtrack is perfect.
sword making gives me sexual pleasure. i wish i knew an old wise mountain man that could mentor me in making badass swords
18:29
-he is the real jedi !!
More like Sith
I loved hearing a track from WoW in here. Love the music and smithing, good combo
Dude mad props hard work and your true craftsmanship really shows !
was this filmed on location in Casterley rock?
My grandfathers property has a meteorite buried under a tree, it landed next to the house, so they planted a tree there...
RAGE Gaming Revolution Alien tree....
Derek Skarb lol
***** yeah, no one knows where its at, well...the youtube people don't...I do...
RAGE Gaming Revolution sounds like the menoa tree to me...
RAGE Gaming Revolution did he poop on it
Specifically, how are you tempering the blade to give it the spring?
Temperature? For how long? How are you cooling it? Does it keep its
edge, or does it loose some of its hardness from the tempering?
The method you used to put the blade together was very nice as well. I had heard of this done with the gladius once...the core however was made of 2 rods of bronze. The finished piece when held to light just right looked like 2 snakes wrapped around each other going up the middle of the blade.
Where in the world did you get the meteorite? Awesome work!!
You Sir are a master artisan Smith. That blade has it's own soul.
Thank you for sharing.
wow this blade is beautiful!... the way the Damascus design came out is amazing...you have an awsome channel
Just beautiful, Unbelievable itching and craftsmanship..
when the skyrim music played who else started to think, almost to level 100 blacksmithing
man, this really make's you appreciate the hard work the old blacksmith's put in making equipment WITHOUT the help of moderen machinery
Random Name
They had water powered hammers after the 14th century.
beautiful work. I've recently forged my first Damascus knife, and fairly new to the art. I've always appreciated a well crafted blade, but I now have a higher respect to what it takes to produce quality and great craftsmanship like what you have done here. fine work, and the first I've seen or heard of using a meteorite in the billet. keep on pounding!
Absolutely AMAZING... You really need to keep your wits about you when doing this! I had no idea... Also love the mixture of Old and New Tools... Great Job man !!!
so people are gonna agnowledge the skyrim music, BUT FORGET BUT THE HALO THAT PLAYS FOR HALF THE VID
Your video certainly gives a better impression of the material, skill, and time that goes into your work. Just looking at that blade, you can tell it is HEAVY! Not like the cheap display swords that people try to pass off as 'Battle Ready' for $90
Most full size cheap "battle ready" swords tend to be much more heavy than the historical counter part. They are far to thick so they can handle the abuse that is considered "battle ready" while still using crappy steel. Hollywood makes people think a Long Sword or Arming Sword should weigh like 8 pounds, when really they were around 3 pounds.
Truth be told, I could get you an aluminum bat that's "battle ready" for $10. "Battle ready" is seriously relative.
Look up Cold Steel swords, they make some fine Battle ready Swords for 300 - 500 US dollars.
Veraux I don't like Cold Steel swords at all. Their knives and Machetes are great, but not their swords.
The quality is good but can be seriously hit or miss. Also they do not tapper enough and tend to be very forward balanced; great for large impressive cuts, but kind of makes them handle like a crowbar.
I think Hanwei, Cheness, Dynasty Forge (they actually make some of the Cold Steels) along with other sword makers, make better all around swords for the money.
Dan Martin their knives aren't the greatest either, my carry knife has a 5 inch blade and somehow weighs more than my 7 inch Ka-Bar.
The result of a masterpiece with a high level of difficulty. Good job sir.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👍🏿
The Damascus pattern is beautiful. I’m in awe of your skill
after all this hardwork ... u lose the sword because u got killed by a freaking creeper.
Dovahkiin!!!!! Love the skyrim at the end
That is the most beautiful blade I have ever seen.
How did you keep from decarbing the steel while refining it? I've been looking into making my own meteor sword and from what research I've seen that seems to be a vary real problem.
at 7:44 sound like halo reach music I think it is XD
Indeed it is.
It is:)
Omfg thought i was Doin A mission 😂😂😂😈
12:33 is "the" music :D
prob. he uses music from Skyrim too
k that was annoying.... By far one of the most impressive swords I've ever seen made and you only showed two stills!
absolutely beautiful...
I agree! MORE stills! Please show the finished product...you did finish it, right?
Hookieloa you gonna cry?
just what this video from them, i guess its the same sword :
czcams.com/video/WqK0T2GcZyw/video.html
For anyone wondering, the song at the beginning is Sterneneisen, by In Extremo.
Their new album Kompass Zur Sonne absolutely slaps BTW.
Absolutely beautiful piece of steel...awesome craftmanship!
First song from the band "In Extremo - Sterneneisen", just a lil help...
My guess had been Rammstein.
Dawn, Sword of the Morning of House Dayne
Stunning, both the work and the music!
Absolutely beautiful. Amazing work.
That is the Hero of Time's Sword..Hey, Listen
legend of zelda master sword
I know nothing about forging so when the caption said 'Etching' I was thinking ohhh shit he's going to etch symbols and cool designs?! He then just dips it into something, pulls it out "Perfect."
Damascus is dipped in acid. This brings out the patterning in the blade. Otherwise all you would see would be shiny metal.
Sithus1966 its pattern welding, not damascus
Mihovil Skelin meteorites are essentially Damascus, the metal patterns inside are already wildly diverse, if it was more easily forgeable without layering like that, it would make a badass Damascus design already
The term Damascus is now given to pattern forged metals, the art of true Damascus was lost centuries ago pattern forging is as close as we can get today.
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Not entirely true.
Wootz style crucible steels are more closely related to the lost traditional Damascus than pattern welded steels.
That was a lot of fun to watch. At times I was confused by his methods, but in the end, all his hard work of layering truly paid off with an astonishing sword of such flexibility, durability, obvious strength and sheer beauty, that it's match would be quite difficult to produce. Furthermore, it is enriched with the billion year old alien alloys found within the meteorite. A gift of war from above. Beyond a work of art, this blade would enhance the prowess and capability of any ancient warrior.
The sword is majestic I see where all the legends come from.