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Queequeg · 25th April 2009, 07:32 PM

Inspired by Katana's work, I felt compelled to make one just for myself. So, I took a good piece of maple heartwood and went for an antiqued and distressed look.

Full shot. It's about 30" overall:

Part of the head is real burlwood:

In hand:

Some antiquing/distressing. You can see the scratches filled in with patination, but there are also some dents which I made but I can't get in the photo:

I stretched wet calfskin and tied it into a knot to secure the rawhide lanyard, then antiqued all of it:

Full shot against my white birch:

Closer shot:

I used all of my antiquing tricks on this. So, here's a question for you antique weapons experts: how authentic does the antiquing look?

If I were unscrupulous enough to put this on ebay and say it was 100 years old (not that I plan on doing so!), would it pass?

25th April 2009, 07:32 PM	#52
Queequeg Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Detroit (New Mayapan) Posts: 96	Inspired by Katana's work, I felt compelled to make one just for myself. So, I took a good piece of maple heartwood and went for an antiqued and distressed look. Full shot. It's about 30" overall: Part of the head is real burlwood: In hand: Some antiquing/distressing. You can see the scratches filled in with patination, but there are also some dents which I made but I can't get in the photo: I stretched wet calfskin and tied it into a knot to secure the rawhide lanyard, then antiqued all of it: Full shot against my white birch: Closer shot: I used all of my antiquing tricks on this. So, here's a question for you antique weapons experts: how authentic does the antiquing look? If I were unscrupulous enough to put this on ebay and say it was 100 years old (not that I plan on doing so!), would it pass?