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."

Clouds Sword

[Gr33nNight]

Already done.

http://www.weaponmasters.com/index.html?ID=b026001 d819dc09681f86de5114e3584&SORT=PRICE_DN&ITEM=BC-00 6

Re:he needs the official Ocarina to go with it

[Anonymous Coward]

That ocarina is not official. They have been advertising in game magazines including Nintendo Power for years, but they are not official. They are always careful to point out that their designs are unofficial replicas.

Just pointing that out.

bad move with the credit card info!!!

[Tumbleweed]

Time to cancel that credit card, NOW, Manny/Susan. Your link just allowed (with the help of a VERY stupid ecommerce website) people to gain access to your credit card info. :(

Re:Boggle?

[Txiasaeia]

$3300 for a brand new sword is pretty cheap. Do you have any idea how much a brand new first-rate katana costs, for example? A *good* one by a well-known smith will set you back 5k-100+k dollars. You *could* go down to your local knife store and get a mass-produced sword for what, $100-200, though.

Re:Wicked.

[GaimeGuy]

Read the comments on the planetgamecube.com forums (the thread is linked to from the news story, which is linked to in the /. announcement.) The guy is a PGC regular: He says it weighs 18 pounds, and swings great. Also said that it sounds great when it slices through the air. :) Now, if only I could get one of those....

Re:Clouds Sword

[FreeForm Response]

In fact, they originally made one of those swords because Greg [reallifecomics.com], the author of Real Life Comics [reallifecomics.com], requested it.

Here's a picture of the one Greg has. [reallifecomics.com]

He worked out a deal with SwordsOnline.com to draw The Forge [weaponmasters.com] for them, and they paid him in store credit. As I recall, the Buster Sword was the first sword he had them make for him.

His sword collection is pretty ridiculous, but it's awesome all the same. =)

Re:Wicked.

[blincoln]

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 ALT tag for the image identifies it as the wax mold.

Sword collector here:

[geekoid]

People collect what people like. I won't tell you what not to collect, but I will ask you to consider some words of advice from someone who has been ther.

1) Forget Movie/anime/game/etc... swords.
They neve retain any value, everybody who wants one will have one, and it will hane no real story with it; except "uhh, it's like the sword from blade." or whereever.

2) Look at swords that have been around a while, get some history. example:
http://www.liongate-armsandarmour.com/ew 205.htm

this sword is an 18th Century English Smallsword. From when people actual wore the things. When one of your friends says: "hey look I got a 'ninja' Sword"(no such thing), ypou can say "I have a smallsord that somebody actually wore, and prebablt defended himself with it."
plus it will go up in valuse and it's cheaper then the master sword.

3) If you do go for a sword out of a piece of fiction, be sure it is well made. Most swords you buy are stamped and really flimsy.

4) If you just need swords, and don't care about quality or value, then check out the knife show on cable. sometime you can get 10 swords for 200 bucks.

5) my most important piec of advice. Everyone is trying to screw you over in the sword business. If you get something you need apraised, go to many appraiser and research it your self. Many of people have thought they got a great deal when they resold there blade for 1000 buck, only to find out it was worth many times that at auction. and visa versa.

Re:THAT IS SO AWESOME

[Smitedogg]

I have the highlander katana, I bought it at a store called "Natural Lights" in Pueblo, Colorado. Only ran me a couple hundred, and it's decent quality for a show-sword. Just don't expect to fight with it :)