Sabers

[Mechstra]

Very nice swords and sabers, being both an SW and medieval fan I love both sites!

[D'akt Sangwar]

the only thing i dont like about malestrom is the coloured bits, makes it look toyish

[Obi-Cyph]

Originally posted by GooglyMoogly

A few months ago I decided to try and build my own. Most of it is made of parts you can find at any hardware store. The blade I bought online from http://www.beingseen.com. I did some work on the blade to improve it's looks from the way it was shipped to me.

 

It's not done yet, but take a looky:

 

 

 

 

(Sorry for the grainy pictures )

 

Building your own allows you to use your imagination and create a Uniquely You kind-of-a saber.

 

with building your own, did you follow any sort of plans off a web site? interested in making my own after seeing how yours turned out!

[HBK]

Googly, nice job. It looks great.

 

I got stuff to start mine the other day. Still finishing the fine points, though I have a basic idea and design already.

 

I looked at sabres on the web and got ideas of what looked good or not and how some things worked together. Added some of my own ideas, perhaps a bit to ambitious for my first try. We'll see. I didn't want a clone of anyone elses. I drew some diferent designs and am still changing minor details. I would definetly suggest designing beforehand and writing down what you can use for each part. Makes it easy. I must say though, once I got to the hardware store, my idea changed as I saw all the goodies and I probably redesigned 75% of it on the spot in my head.

 

I think it will be fairly cheap to build one(if you have the tools), even with electronics. I think $25 would be on the high side. I wouldn't know about Googly's blade, that probably cost a big part of his budget(I just looked, $187 !!! ouch). I have everything for the hilt and it cost me $5 so far.

 

 

HBK