Quote Originally Posted by rajpoot View Post
That's a pretty awesome piece of work!

You know if you make this kind of stuff and sell it, people will be queuing up to buy. Only the other day I was checking out this website that sold replica swords....there really appears to be money in this business.

Edit:
What does it weigh?
Also did you cast the handle with aluminium or what?
Thanks rajpoot! Yeah, I know there is a market for it. My bro and I are actually seriously considering starting up a business. We just need to find jobs (which neither of us have been able to since we have graduated) and put some money into tools (a real forge, rather than our half-butt one, a KMG industrial grinder, a plasma table, etc). It will take an investment, but we hope to start up a business some day.

As far as how much it weighs, I am not sure. I didn't weigh it, and I don't have it anymore (I gave it as a gift). I do know this though, it is not too heavy as to be unwieldy (that is my opinion, but I have been practicing with swords and knives since I was a kid, and I am a large person), but it is heavy enough to make its hacking and pommelling as deadly as its stabbing and slicing. As far as the handle, it is made of solid steel. We welded on two pieces of spring steel with a MIG welder (which was really tricky, as we had to do it tiny bit at a time, so as not to mess up our temper), and then ground out the handle. That thing is solid, and a pummel from it will hurt for sure.