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Zelda Master Sword Forged For Fan
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."
So, does he have the official Zelda Ocarina also?
Now if I he could only forge a lightsaber.
you can get those here.
but, i must say that master sword must be damn heavy. that's a fat blade. i couldn't figure out from the pictures whether the guard was plastic that had been chromed or if that was a wax mold the smith used in the forging process. the smith must not be terribly proud of it, as it isn't featured anywhere on his site (unlike a lot of other designs).
This person also commissioned a blacksmith to make a Master Sword. He goes one better. He commissioned a leathersmith to create a sheath for it. (delete the space in the URL)
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Well, consider that his core customer base is probably not too interested in him creating replicas of video game swords. In some ways, having that credential could actually be a bad thing for his business. Hardcore enthusiasts might think he doesn't take his craft seriously. Yeah, we're talking about people being anal on multiple levels, but people have gotten bent out of shape over smaller issues.
Another possibility is that the Master Sword is cool to video game players, but it just looks lame to sword enthusiasts. Etc, etc, etc.
If all you have are silver bullets, everything looks like a werewolf.
A friend has a Highlander katana...I'd expect it to be pretty cheap when compared to a LotR sword, or certainly anything like the Master Sword, just based on complexity.
Best thing about that katana, though...it looks nice, sure, but the thing is incredibly light and well-balanced. Holding it makes you want to USE it.
There can be only one! *lop* *thud*
He says it weighs 18 pounds, and swings great.
To put that in perspective, a good katana will run at about 2-3 pounds, and a claymore, which is nearly as tall as I am, will weight in at 6-10, tops. You would need arms like Herculese to use this thing properly.
Thomas Galvin
I emailed the man who designed / constructed the sword.
He said he has since lost the mold. HOWEVER, because so many people are emailing him about it (I'm assuming because of the planetgamecube.com article), he's going to make a limited edition.
He says the adjusted price would be 1100 Euros. But he wants to know about how many people would like to order it.