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Behold! The thing that started it all! Granted, my first miniature metal swords were made from nails, but I got lazy and started cutting my blades from pre-flattened materials. However, the unfinished katana on the far right was hand forged from bailing wire. o.o And hand polished in the traditional fashion. I really need to finish some of these unfinished doo-hickeys! (And yes, that thing on my head is my hair. x.x)
This photo shows all my western swords! (My two brass daggers are misplaced) I decided to take a better shot of my micro swords... finally. Top-to-bottom: American Civil War saber (heh... didn't think to make it curved) with red thread wrapped handle, brass pomme,l and swept guard; medieval/renaissance sword with brass hilt parts and white painted grip; heavier medieval sword blade, sterling silver double edged sword blade with bronze pommel (CZ stone set in it). All 5 pommels you see here were hand turned and polished. XD in the middle are two brass pommels and one nickel. I got bored one day and made that minuature jeweller's hammer... i think I used stainless steel for the head? The handle I carved from a toothpick. >.>
This photo shows all my western swords! (My two brass daggers are misplaced) I decided to take a better shot of my micro swords... finally. Top-to-bottom: American Civil War saber (heh... didn't think to make it curved) with red thread wrapped handle, brass pomme,l and swept guard; medieval/renaissance sword with brass hilt parts and white painted grip; heavier medieval sword blade, sterling silver double edged sword blade with bronze pommel (CZ stone set in it). All 5 pommels you see here were hand turned and polished. XD in the middle are two brass pommels and one nickel. I got bored one day and made that minuature jeweller's hammer... i think I used stainless steel for the head? The handle I carved from a toothpick. >.>
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That was actually sort of the original idea! But I must've lost sight of that somewhere along the line. Imagination ran away with me. >.> Wish I still had my little G.I. Joes! Maybe I could make articulated medieval/renaissance/fantasy action figures! ...And make swords and tools for them!
Interesting work!
I made miniatures a long time ago...Probably before you were born.
I have also been asked about weapons for dolls and action figures, but I'm not sure if I want to get back into miniatures again.
Just in case you wanted to know-
Back in '88 or so, my mini knives were around $45 each, and swords were about $75 to $125.
I sold at custom knife shows for a while, but it was so hard to get tables because custom knives were in vogue, and tables were always sold out.
So I tried offering them in science fiction art shows, and they always sold out.
Since I could sell everything I made, I stopped going to the professional shows.
I was a founding member of the miniature knifemaker's society, though the membership roster got lost when the acting president died.
The original founder of the society re-established it a few years later, but by then I had moved on and never reapplied.
Wow...the memories this brings back.
-Badger-
I made miniatures a long time ago...Probably before you were born.
I have also been asked about weapons for dolls and action figures, but I'm not sure if I want to get back into miniatures again.
Just in case you wanted to know-
Back in '88 or so, my mini knives were around $45 each, and swords were about $75 to $125.
I sold at custom knife shows for a while, but it was so hard to get tables because custom knives were in vogue, and tables were always sold out.
So I tried offering them in science fiction art shows, and they always sold out.
Since I could sell everything I made, I stopped going to the professional shows.
I was a founding member of the miniature knifemaker's society, though the membership roster got lost when the acting president died.
The original founder of the society re-established it a few years later, but by then I had moved on and never reapplied.
Wow...the memories this brings back.
-Badger-
Hehe! Well, I think my first (metal) mini swords during the 90s. Then college paused everything. Now I make jewelry for a living. Heh... funny how making a "living" usually gets in the way of living. x.x
"Miniature Knifemaker's Society"? I never knew that was a thing. I'm learning I'm not the only one! *wags*
"Miniature Knifemaker's Society"? I never knew that was a thing. I'm learning I'm not the only one! *wags*
Oh yes.
Custom knife collecting was huge in the 80s, and miniatures became a fad within the community.
There were at least 30-40 knifemakers who made miniatures regularly, and many more that turned one out from time to time to try it out.
We had a newsletter, and some of us got pics of our work printed in actual newsstand knife collecting magazines fairly often.
The best I ever managed was having some pics printed in a French knife magazine, but never received a copy of it.
Stan Sakai has a desktop sculpture of his character Usagi Yojimbo made by Ruben Avila, where I made the swords for it.
Its a largely forgotten thing nowadays, but miniature knives and swords were very popular for a few years.
-Badger-
Custom knife collecting was huge in the 80s, and miniatures became a fad within the community.
There were at least 30-40 knifemakers who made miniatures regularly, and many more that turned one out from time to time to try it out.
We had a newsletter, and some of us got pics of our work printed in actual newsstand knife collecting magazines fairly often.
The best I ever managed was having some pics printed in a French knife magazine, but never received a copy of it.
Stan Sakai has a desktop sculpture of his character Usagi Yojimbo made by Ruben Avila, where I made the swords for it.
Its a largely forgotten thing nowadays, but miniature knives and swords were very popular for a few years.
-Badger-
And I made Japanese swords too-
Habaki collars were a huge pain to make!
All of mine except for two were made in nickle silver sheet.
Made two in copper.
Terrie Smith has one, the other was for a slightly larger Japanese blade that was never finished, and is still kicking around in one of my junk boxes.
-Badger-
Habaki collars were a huge pain to make!
All of mine except for two were made in nickle silver sheet.
Made two in copper.
Terrie Smith has one, the other was for a slightly larger Japanese blade that was never finished, and is still kicking around in one of my junk boxes.
-Badger-
Hm, I had a 400 year old katana with a copper habaki, covered in thin sheet silver.
Estate sale find..I got it cheap in the late 70s because it was missing the grip and tsuba, and the sellers didn't know anything about real Japanese swords.
So not always brass.
I should mention I've been a serious collector and student of antique arms for about 40 years.
-Badger-
Estate sale find..I got it cheap in the late 70s because it was missing the grip and tsuba, and the sellers didn't know anything about real Japanese swords.
So not always brass.
I should mention I've been a serious collector and student of antique arms for about 40 years.
-Badger-
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