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[Girlinhat]

Girlinhat, Metalcrafter has been possessed!
Girlinhat has claimed a patio!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

This is a driftwood training sword.  All craftsdwarfship is really pretty terrible.  It is composed of partially rotten deck wood.  It is adorned with hanging rings of shame and guilt.

My neighbors moved out a few months ago, and the landlord ripped up and replaced the deck for the new tenants.  I claimed the best piece of lumber to hit the trash pile, and let it sit on the patio for a few months as I figured out what to do with it.  Then two weeks ago, we were cleaning off the patio and I said "what's the dwarfy thing to do?"

Reciprocating saw used to cut the 2x4 into a cross shape, and then a hatchet used to chisel it down to "blade edge" shape, finally using a hand-saw to "shave off" the top layer of wood to gently reshape it, and a pass of sandpaper to smoothen it all out.  So, for the most part, this is entirely worked by hand.  The one side has been hatcheted down to an angle, the other has had some smoothing with the saw.  The hilt fell off, as the wood is mostly rotten and it just too an accidental whack to knock one side of the hilt off, so I took the other side off as well.  It is now a guardless sword with 1/4 of a blade and the handle isn't rounded yet either.

Didn't feel like making a new thread for this abomination

[Rose]

Why are your massive ears not visible in your shadow?

[forsaken1111]

More important: Why is there a plastic bottle of pee on the deck?

[Girlinhat]

That's water flavored with Mio.  It's... I don't know, "green flavor".  It's one of those not-flavors like "riptide fury" that doesn't let you know what it actually tastes like.  Sorta apple-ish.

[forsaken1111]

Oh good. Taper the wood a bit more towards the point and you've a proper training sword. Yours wouldn't cause any accidental injuries.

Looks nice though, considering what you started with.

[kisame12794]

So we are posting pictures of our wooden weapons now? Sweet. Time to dust off my collection. Now where did I put that battleaxe...

[tommy521]

I love the look of saw cut rings for the dice bag, gotta get me some of those!

[Reudh]

Also leave a completed sample at the store.

Question: On a scale of 10 to 10, how fabulous does a chain mail shirt look when it's made from colored rings?

About 1.9 Gigafabulosities.

[tommy521]

Thread is slow again, allow me to kick it off with terrible news.

I shall not be building anything outside anytime soon as the fabulous early summer (40 degrees Celsius) decided to go back to the dreary early spring (-10 degrees Celsius). Also it is raining. Now, discuss metal things, post pictures of metal things and make me happy again please :|

[kisame12794]

Thread is slow again, allow me to kick it off with terrible news.

I shall not be building anything outside anytime soon as the fabulous early summer (40 degrees Celsius) decided to go back to the dreary early spring (-10 degrees Celsius). Also it is raining. Now, discuss metal things, post pictures of metal things and make me happy again please :|

Fine. You want interesting stuff, here take it. Now make your own.

Spoiler: Battleaxe (click to show/hide)

Wooden battleaxe with metal reinforcement. The blades wobbled, so I riveted two metal plates to them. It is about 4 feet long.

Spoiler: Tanto (click to show/hide)

Pretty basic. Just took a piece of plywood, and cut it to shape.

Spoiler: Longbow (click to show/hide)

Again, pretty basic. Just took a green branch, and bent it.

Spoiler: Shield (click to show/hide)

Just a piece of plywood with a leather strap and a handle on the back.

Spoiler: Claw things (click to show/hide)

I dunno what to call them, but they are a product of too much free time, and too many kung fu movies.

Spoiler: Armor stand with armor (click to show/hide)

This is a Plywood Armor Stand. All craftdwarfship is decent. It menaces with spikes of lame. I got tired of stubbing toes on the box I used to keep my chainmaille in.

[Thief^]

What size rings did you use for that?

[kisame12794]

I used half inch rings. It was my first project, so I wanted to get a feel for the technique before I went crazy.

[tommy521]

Very nice claw things! I also think the armor stand is a good idea!

[Girlinhat]

Lol massive 1/2" rings.  Still, I might try a shirt that size just because it would be quicker than using traditional sizes.

Unfortunately I got fed up with the sword and chopped it apart, it's now about 1/3-1/2 as long, due to an infuriating knot that was giving me fits, and I'm having trouble smoothening the end into a tapered point.  It's becoming quite a bit irritating and I may give up on the whole thing due to poor quality wood.  May get another piece of lumber though, should be cheap to get.

I've been extending on the dicebag a bit, need to find my camera...

[MarcAFK]

Get yourself i piece of red cedar or something and make something that you could actually kill someone with through blunt force, but which still looks swordy.
Also, hey that shield looks decent, at least it's not a buckler !