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Zelda Master Sword Forged For Fan

Posted by simoniker on from the very-committed-or-should-be-committed? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Do you pretend you are the Hero of Time in your sleep? Are you the biggest Zelda fan on the block? Well, take a gander at what this Zelda fan owns... a real-life replica of the famous Master Sword from the Legend of Zelda series." The article mentions: "After a ten-month wait period and a £1,800 transaction (around $3,300)... [a Scottish] blacksmith provided updates of his progress during the one-and-a-half-month forging process."

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  1. Re:Wicked. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    He probably doesn't have pictures of it because this is really copyright infringement. Or trademark infringement. Or something.

  2. Re:Boggle? by 13Echo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's not unlikely that he put several hours into it. I've read that it can take at least a hundred hours to make a sword with the traditional methods. If you think about it from that perspective, a custom sword, at 100 hours, at $30 an hour, seems reasonable. It's a one-of-a-kind blade, and looks to be quite well made.