Clive owens excalibur... finished and ready for killen stuff

woohoo i got an email from John Matthews, a forerunner in arthurian lore and Celtic history, he served on teh film as a historian. he said they made 2 swords, one for film and one for pictures. the one in teh pictures was the first one and had runes, John said he told them that to make it more realistic they should use ogham and he wrote out the correct sentence, they then redid it and made it correct. so thats a great story and even though the runes would make a better look, im going with the ogham language...

to be continued..

Cant wait to see this finished Irish!

huuge update!
i got oll the parts molded, i did a resin test and they came out fantastic! i took some advice from savage swords... i had to clean out the tang slot and actually cast the guard with the tang blank inside it, then tapped it right out. anyway heres some pictures of the resin handle put together, painted and weathered...

Excellent!

OMG!!! I'm speechless....

i might have missed it but whatis the green stuff you used for carving the model?

thanks for the kind words guys... and De Braga used hard green carving wax... i actually used a 2 inch belt sander to grind out the tang slot, thats how solid it is...

it will be in bronze hopefully soon... it will be beautiful...

i know i mentioned thos before but i wanted to get an idea of what the sword would look like with bronze fittings but with an ivory (esque) handle...

Beautiful Irish!

Absolutely killer work, Irish!!! I've loved this sword since I saw the film, it's a stunning piece of work. KUDOS!! Really looking forward to that bronze!

I never understood how the smiths in old times was able to make such detailed work on jewelry or swords. They can't have had wax at those times could they?

Fantastic craftsmanship. You've captured the original design beautifully.

Contec said:

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I never understood how the smiths in old times was able to make such detailed work on jewelry or swords. They can't have had wax at those times could they?

Actually, lost-wax casting has been around for thousands of years: Lost-wax casting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ok ok ok heres anoter update
got the guard and pommell in wax the red wax is a bit longer lasting melted wax that i melt into the mold first to get all the details.. then backfill the mold with the green wax...

Contec said:

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I never understood how the smiths in old times was able to make such detailed work on jewelry or swords. They can't have had wax at those times could they?

Good question. Smiths used a variety of techniques through the ages to do all sorts of works most people would never think possible.

Here is a great modern smith who uses many traditional techniques to make beautiful swords.

TEMPL: Weapons - antiquity and early middle age

I make swords as well, but usually do not go into the detail that Patrick Barta does.

irishamericanlad said:

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ok ok ok heres anoter update
got the guard and pommell in wax the red wax is a bit longer lasting melted wax that i melt into the mold first to get all the details.. then backfill the mold with the green wax...

looking good man!

wow....brilliant work!!!

thanks guys.. im plugging along with it

Looks great irish

I was looking at the extra material and the propmaker said that the sword had the writing defender of the land runnign down the blade

You sir are a master! That is stunning

How is it coming along Irish?

ok heres an update , i finally got it poured in silicon bronze and started to clean it up...i havnt figured out what i will do with the handle yet but here it is in all its glory

Just. Wow.

Whistlessssssssssssss lol nice my friend.