longclaw movie 1.wmv

Can u make a video about your burner and furnace?

This is lost wax casting.

Why do you use this method as opposed to lost wax or sand casting?

Thanks, glad you like the work.

How have I not found these videos until now? Very nice, thanks for sharing. You have some great blades on your website, too. I'll definitely keep watching.

You're welcome, glade you liked it.

Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

On my page right above part 1

where's part 2?

Thanks, and you're welcome. The silica sand is what makes up the bulk of the shell. The waxes are dipped in a slurry made up of a very fine silica powder and a binder.

Another fantastic video, thanks again for showing so much of your process. When coating the wax with ceramic you also use silica sand, is that to help the next layer adhere or does it serve a structural purpose?

Glad you like it.

thats true, when the angle grinder catches it can really go,especially the powerful one i have.

For me it gives better control, but mostly I just feel safer with it. Still dangerous of course but I think less hazardous than an angle grinder potentially catching and taking off. It is slower though.

i may look into getting a bandsaw, does it offer better control than the angle grinder? i have never used one

Scribe your lines on the blade, cut outside of them, and then grind sand or file down to your line. A little common sense goes a long way. If your cut is wavering more than a millimeter or two, you are trying to go too fast with your angle grinder or haven't built up good control of it yet. I haven't used an angle grinder to cut out a blank in a long while, I found it to be too potentially dangerous. I use a cheap old bandsaw with a good blade in it. Takes longer but is, in my opinion, safer.

Hey jeffrey, how do you keep you're cuts straight when cutting out the blade blank? my angle grinder seems to want to cut everywhere but in a straight line leaving me with an ugly wavy mishapen blade blank when im done :/

at first i didn't noticed it was from game of thrones, cause in my language, in the book, it's called garralonga 😛 also this is so awesome that even if all the money i had was only sufficient to buy this sword, i would gladly buy it 😀

The blade would hold up to the same extant as a historical sword. Given that we now have better control over material and heat treating, maybe better.

This is a beautiful piece, very fine work, I was actually in thrill watching this. I'm curious, how much stress could the blade handle? I know it can be used for cutting, but how much do you think it could endure?

Thank you. More vids on the way eventually.

You sir are VERY talented, like feenixb107 said perfectly, I could watch you do this for hours. I look forward to seeing more forging.

I will, but there tends to be a while between vids.

I could watch you do this for hours, please do more videos, I know it takes a lot out of your time but if you can, please do more 🙂

four or five years.
two or three months.
If you leave out the whole bronze process and sculpted hilt components, making a blade is relatively quick and not terribly difficult.

how long have you been making swords?
and how long does it take to make one sword?
i am kind of thinking of trying to learn it myself.

Learned the basics of casting bronze by working at a bronze foundry for several years. A lot of reading and research to learn all the rest.

where did you learn how to do this?

It would be amazing if you could forge the Dragonslayer from Berserk. I'm not sure if it's really feasible though.