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Ugrik — Red Dragon dagger
Published: 2008-01-08 17:15:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 44739; Favourites: 1019; Downloads: 7075
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At cold winter nights we all need something to warm our hearts and keep us safe from dangers outside.It was very difficult do make good picture out of this dagger because the blade reflects light like a mirror. A reward from hours of polishing. Blade is 20 cm long, about 5.5 mm thick and 5.4 cm wide. Its really razorsharp and pointy.
Handle is made from birch root (i am not 100% sure on this one) and is coloured with epoxy resin. Wood contained some flaves but it was hard to find a beautiful piece of wood of that size. Artist side in me need to say that it gives the piece its uniqueness and character
.On the back of the handle theres silver dragon. I hope i can put it up soon. Screwup version can be seen on my site.
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Comments: 160
i can only say it is the most wonderful dagger i've ever seen in my entire life, i even feel like it speaks to me, haha i'm going crazy about this one 
great work, i wish i could make it mine
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This is absolutely beautiful! I would totally buy this if I could. +Fave!
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did you file and chisel that dragon into the center?
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very litle filing - most of the work was done with drill, jewellersaw and dremmel.
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One day you'll deliver me this magnificient blade o' mine
Glad to have you back on track bro, even if there is an ocean and a continent between us now
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Now this is a magnificent blade. Superb photography and craftsmanship on your part. Do you sell your work?
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wow. how do you do the blade like that? do you make it from scratch?
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Yes. First i draw a number of scetches and then i start with raw materials - bar of g8 steel in this case.
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This piece is absolutely amazing. It's like it came right out a book. The colour of the handle and the dragon carving give it a mistic quality, in my opinion. Congratulations
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Mm, nagu osad siin juba maininud on: kui ma kunagi rikkaks saan, siis soetaks endalegi ühe sellise sinu käest.
Meeletult ilus.
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Et kui rikkaks ma siis pean umbes enam-vähem tä
[Ja vabandust ette juba ära, kui kuskil sellele küsimusele juba vastus olemas on
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this is the most beautiful dagger/blade i ve ever seen.. 
excellent work
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Thanx! It is one of the kind i hope
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Hello
I featured this work on my Fantasy Features Journal !
Let me know if you want me to remove it ^^
Congratulations for the awesome art
Cheers
Nadezhda
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thanx. very nice features!
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beautiful dagger, very nice texture on the dragon motif
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Thanx. i dint want to put to much detail on it to keep rahter simple look of the dagger
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Pause.
You MADE this?? This is unbelievable work!
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Greetings!
Just letting you know, that your wonderful work has been featured in my journal here [link]
Have a great day!
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Ahh, you're the one with the gorgeous blades I've been seeing! Such incredible craftsmanship! I really love the grain of the handle against the shine of the blade! Wow!
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Hehe - thank you! On this picture you actually see as less shine on the blade i was able to photograph - it was clear as mirror and i had about hour to get picture without blade reflecting surrounding surfaces
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see on ju ilgelt kena
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ei aga huvitav töö on sul siin üleval... kaua sul kesmiselt ühe sellise tegemiseks aega läheb
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see oleneb nüüd sellest kui palju ma pingutan - pole kunagi tä
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mu õks sõber õ
aga jah kaua sa sellega siis tegelenud ka oled
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Heh - põhjalikumalt vast umbes 5 aastat
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hea töö igastahes muud mulöeldapole
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definitly your masterpiece! form of blade and handel match perfectly and the composition is from astonishing beauty
are creating your blades yourself or are you buyin some raw versions ?
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well - i started with 300*60*6 mm piece of raw steel and 60*30*120mm piece of wood
I also use help of professional bronzecasters who use waxes i make to cast fittings i need
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impresses me even more
if you can't harden them yourself what techniques are used to do so?
i thought some water or oil would be enough
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water and oil is usually enough allthugh some steels may need liquid nitrogen or CO2 to take extra edge out of them - in case of this dagger it was to difficult to heat it evenly - specially considering that its doublebladed. Other thing is the exact temperature where they heat the steel. In this case heating was made in 1m*1m*1m special oven which had temperature controll - i think temp was about 800 degrees celsius. All the smaller blades i can harden myself but swords and bigger pieces its better be done in best controlled environment
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thx for the lesson.
also im workin with metal for a while now forgin is still a myth for me
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The blade is beautiful and the blade is amazing. It reminds me of tiger's eye. Best part of course is how perfectly they suit each other
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