Ádám Bodorics

Don't mind me, I'm just sharing some original designs from the 16th century. One for a sword hilt, two for dagger sheaths and one for a knife handle. Wouldn't it be just terrible if I got even more IDEAS from these and similar...

Orsolya executing a high thrust. Photography by @aczel_pictures .

@ArannReichhardt Thank you!

@ABodorics Damn man that looks so gooood

And done.

@MarsdanVM It's also very likely a Sumersperger piece. That's like a luxury exclusive custom sports car. You COULD use it for a daily commute, but... Would you? 😃

@ABodorics "...crossflap on the "Munich" completely conceals..." I didn't pay attention to that. Having to draw your sword (and a long one at that) just to access a small byknife is a bit too much. Meaning, they really didn't use that sword, which is why it still looks nice today. 😅

Did some leatherwork yesterday.

Reindeer leather forms extremely well. Maybe even a bit too well - I ended up burnishing this grip for about 10 minutes with a bone folder as the cord-wrapped texture was uncomfortably sharp and abrasive even for my elephant-skin palms.

It might be a bit like the pinch grip vs fingered cross on smallswords, to point and laugh at the less trained wannabes. Then again I'm prone to assuming intentional trolling, like how the crossflap on the "Munich" completely conceals the grips of the bypieces - my headcanon is that it was done that way to allow for an early version of the Grease switchblade comb gag: Hey, do you have a spare knife? A SPARE KNIFE?! The dude yells while unsheathing his sword - and passes out the now-exposed byknife.

@ABodorics "The slender part also makes it very hard to use it in a death-grip, which is a huge bonus in my book." 🤔 So maybe there is function and not just fashion as I assumed.

Yeah, thereabouts. Dürer's period. As for appeal, I already dislike long grips on anything under ~150cm oal for the same reason I dislike closely balanced stuff. All it achieves is they feel nice to wave around, but they accelerate in a stupid way and suck at displacements. However if it must be a long grip, then at least make it elegant. 😃 The slender part also makes it very hard to use it in a death-grip, which is a huge bonus in my book.

@ABodorics The longsword grip, what culture would you say that's from? Late 1500s Germany? Earlier? I think it's in the same class as the ones that have a metal sleeve for the thin part close to the pommel. I never understood the appeal, but sometimes fashion matters more than function.

@ArannReichhardt @katuchimaon Baseplate, 2 quillons, 2 langets.

@ABodorics @katuchimaon Wait, five pieces? I'm missing one o.o

I did a shamshir with a simple karabela hilt on a frame tang in ebony. Since it's for myself, I left lots of file marks under the final finish as I really like the surface texture it gives. Also, it's quite common on originals. Cross is made from 5 pieces as it should be.

While it does my thumb, it's more of a manufacturing artifact. It's present on a lot of originals through more than a millennium to wildly varying degrees. It could be avoided or mitigated, especially with modern welding gear, but... It's for myself, I'm quite comfortable with the "munitions grade" stuff AND I could allocate only about 6 hours in total to this pet project. 😃 (Plus no more than 3 hours for the scabbard, of which I still have about 90 minutes)

@ABodorics The sloth in the crossguard looks purposeful. Does it make space for the thumb in a sabre grip (i.e. thumb of the back of the grip)? Or is it too small for that? Ebony on a karabela hilt will always look good! 👍

Getting there with this longsword.

The withering body

Her lioness body.

Noir-themed photoshoot on film featuring Csilla and a (rather large) garter dagger. In case I didn't make it clear yet, I really like armed ladies. Photography by the great @aczel_pictures.

It has been a while since I made a longsword. I think.

Working on my second Sumersperger-inspired scabbard. It's intense.

I'm also done with the sheath for this ballock. The flowers are skogstjerne, as specified by the customer.

Had to rest for 3 days due to some sickness. It was hard, but I'm back at making stuff. I did the knives well over 10 years ago, owner wanted a new sheath for them. Not the greatest grip (or blade) shapes for an etui, but it works.