The unfinished sword in this thread -
http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33550

Is now finished!

Hah! It IS the Pringelrii! :smokin

And now I also see the reasoning behind the historic fit and finish thread...

I've said it before and I'll say it again, AWESOME! For some reason I can't get the "not worthy" smilie to come up, my computer seems to have blocked javascript today so I'm limited to what's on the screen.

In-freakin'-credible. I yield to your superior skill and determination!:yield:

Hey... where'd the Pringelrii inscription go?

Lovely fittings.

Fantastic! How about a closeup of the pommel?

Hey... where'd the Pringelrii inscription go?

I rusted and polished the blade a couple times, trying to give it an authentic 'been around the Mediterranean a couple times' feel, and the blade inlay has become somewhat elusive for photography - still obvious in the hand, though. Looks like a watermark, or hamon.

Beautiful work, wish I could hold it. The inlay work on the fittings really sets it off.

Jeff- is the pommel solid silver? Damascened iron? I've been wanting to learn mechanical damascening in order to do niello on pommels...

It's all wrought iron, inlaid with silver only on the top and bottom faces of the guards, then the mix of silver & copper in right and left twists intermixed with plain wire on the sides. One channel cut for every wire, not the koftgari 'crosshatched ground' method. I took each piece up to ~600 degrees several times during the process, so it'll definitely take niello, it melts way lower than that, right?

Niello generally has a melting point from 800 - 1000 F. It really prefers to fuse to silver and gold; hence most niello that you see on arms and armor is either inlaid or damascened with the noble metals...

The low end is probably fine, I'd be concerned about getting the oxide coating too thick on the steel/iron ground on the high end.
I guess some test pieces are in order :)

Beautifull work Jeff...

Thanks, Randal - I learned a lot, it was a fun blade to do.
almost done with the scabbard, now - woad-dyed calfskin:

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~jlp3/images/buckl03w.jpg

Still got a lot of work to do on the chape, though.