Gallery

This is where we show some of the more interesting stuff that we have made for our customers. So take a moment and enjoy.

I have a customer in the UK who wanted one of our dueling swords with one of our new steel hemispherical guards. Here are a few details the blade is a double wide epee blade mounted into one of our conversion pieces. The unusual coloration is because the customer was facing a bit of a time crunch and wanted a polished piece. What I had in stock was a parkerized piece which I then gave a brushed finish. That finish is tough. I went at it for about an hour with a motorized steel brush wheel and this is the best I could get. Personally I think it looks the business. The molded leather pad was dyed black and heavily oiled. The weapon was shipped disassembled since it was an international order so we have included some pictures of the component parts since everyone out there might be curious as well as some pictures of the assembled weapons. I hope you enjoy the pictures. Let us know if you have any question this order shows just how varied this type of weapon can be please contact us for pricing.

We were was asked if to adapt our type of conversion piece for use on a Spanish rapier the result is pictured below. To make it even more interesting the customer had ordered parts from another supplier. So using the guard, blade, and pommel shown could we build a weapon around these parts. Needless to say this was a custom order. It featured a 14cm stainless steel guard with a rolled edge and a double wide epee blade that was 40 inches long and the pommel shown in the picture. As an additional challenge the customer specified a square cross section for the cross bar and quillions. Also a leather wrapped grip was requested which was a first for us. We did custom drawings of the furniture and went back and forth with the customer quite a bit to get it right with the result seen below. All in all a challenging and rewarding commission for both builder and customer. In my excitement I sent the piece off to the customer without taking pictures first. AHHHHHH! So the customer was kind enough to send me some. Enjoy!

PS: One last note on the grip. It was more complex than just a piece of wood wrapped in leather. The wood grip is in two parts which were routed so that they formed channel into which an aluminum tube was glued into place when the halves were glued up. The tang of the weapon passes through the aluminum tube and the tube bears the compression force of the pommel. I fully expect this grip to out last me.

We received an email from a fencer who was recovering from an injury to his sword hand. He asked if we could build an electric epee for him that could be used either left or right handed. The weapon was meant for club use only and was not going to see competition. So after much discussion and deliberation and plain old head scratching this is what was decided on. This is an electric epee that uses a rapier cup hilt. The holes drilled into the guard allow the customer to position the socket wherever he wants to accommodate his hand.