Wooden Sword Box

Hello There Carpenters and Re-enactors!

As some of you may already know my older brother (Joe) owns a online sword business (click here to see). 
Myself and a few of my other brothers also help him with the business. We also sell products at re-enactments and many other historical events. However transporting lots of weapons in cardboard boxes has been quite a challenge. Until we thought of making some wooden boxes instead. Of course me being the carpenter in the family meant I had to make it. My Dad however has done quite a bit of woodwork over the years,  so with his help we both made it work. The pictures below show step by step how we put it together. Enjoy and leave a comment below to tell us what you think.

It begins

Drilling some screws into the bottom

Putting the side on

More drilling...

And more...

And more

Until...

TA DA! 

You have a box 

And a lid

We based the size on the boxes we had before

So all the swords could fit in together

Then I started staining it

Me and my dad also added a border around
the sides to cover up all the screws

Me drilling (again!) holes for the handles

I was a little squished while doing it though

Cutting some rope for the handles

And there you have it!

A brand new wooden box for all our future events

Other projects

Hello again Jedi knights and all other warriors,

Here are a few of the other projects I've made recently. I really enjoyed making them and am still really pleased with them all. I hope you enjoy the pictures and try it yourself. They are relatively cheap to make. All you need for the foam light sabers is some insulating foam for pipes from any hardware store, electricians tape and wooden or plastic dowelling to go inside.

Choose your weapon

These swords I actully made for my little brother. He has just started sword fighting me
and my other brothers so I thought if I made some foam ones there would be less injuries  

This sword a friend of mine bought at the
Bannock burn center in Scotland

The sword itself was pretty cool but I thought it
would look even better if I personalized it for him

I even burnt my rune on the pommel

Here is a shield I actually made quite a while ago
but for long time I didn't know what to paint on it

I wanted a design similar to Captain America's 
but also something that would involve my rune

So after a lot of thinking and the creativeness
of my sister I finally came up with something

So there we have it! The shield of Zaxon Carpentry

Sting and Scabbard Part 2

Hello again viewers,

After doing a few more touches here and there and burning some details I became all the more pleased with both the sword and the scabbard. The previous Sting I made was about 24 inches but this one is about 30 inches. So the first one is more of Hobbit proportions and this one is how big it would be to us humans. This is the first sword I made with my new method but you can be sure it won't be the last.

Enjoy the pictures below and as always have a GO!

 I penciled the details

Then wood burnt them

As you can see I managed to find a small
piece of wood to cover the crack

Even I am still amazed and
it's still far from finished

Varnishing them both with yacht varnish

Here's after I stained the sword and scabbard

Staining the hilt was pretty difficult and 
it really didn't help with hiccups

I even added a belt loop on the back

Sting and Scabbard Part 1

My fellow manly carpenters and folk of the such like trades,

As you all may know I have previously made a ''Sting'' (see previous posts "The Hobbit - Sting" and "The Hobbit - The Making of Sting") but I wanted to make another one and this time with a scabbard. It took me a while to figure out the best way to do it but I finally found a way. It sure wasn't the easiest project I've done, however I'm always up for a challenge.  

Enjoy the pictures below and part two is coming.

Here we go again

Jigsawing the blade

The whole sword was made
from only these three parts

Gluing all peices together

Well, that's the sword finished for now

Now onto the scabbard

Useing only a hammer and a chisle I managed
to carve out the shape I needed

Umm, well, yeah, I accidently chisled a bit too far and
made a little crack but I soon found a way to fix it

I was really pleased with the outcome of the shape

Gluing another peice of wood to finish off the scabbard (for now)