Making the Leviathan Axe! - Part 4 

Thanks :D comments like this make my day

You could say that. I may have been commissioned to make another and I maay have just posted a pic of a piece of it to my instagram, if you're interested :D

@@BennettTheSmith gonna follow your post. 😊

The ChizzBomb thanks :D

To date, it is still one of my favorite pieces of art I have created. Thank you!

I can't say for certain, but it appeared to be coming from the smaller blade on the back - since it isn't being muted by the wood. But I'm not concerned either way. A clear ringing sound like that says the metal is moving (vibrating) as one piece. Good question! :D

@@BennettTheSmith I'd like to have one specially custom made axe like this forged from a large metiorite and have the metiorite made into Damascus steel and have the handle made of a solid peace of the hardest number 1 wood in the world and have the pamal made from left over peaces of metiorite Damascus steel

Hmmm google translate struggles with this one a bit, but thanks!

Also, watching this a second time (yay early Patreon access!) made me suddenly realize there are a number of specific weapons from movies (mostly Lord of the Rings) that I'd love to see you make. :D

I wanted to do them, but it was way out of budget for the customer. I already went beyond scope by carburizing and hardening the blade :P

Ryan Feliciano thanks! :D

Well done :)

Nah, I liked the way it looked as is. Plus there is the risk of "glue burn". Anywhere there is glue can stop the stain from taking. So I just left it.

It wasn't part of the commission to do the engraving. It's too bad, I really would like to do the engraving some day.

Well dang, me too. If somebody wants to send me some meteroite...

The commission didn’t include the engraving, just due to what the person could spend. Technically it didn’t include the handle carving or case hardening either. But because they are a friend and I could make good content out of it, I went ahead and did them. But I just couldn’t justify the time for the engraving - as much as it pains me. Of course, they have some skill at engraving. So perhaps if the engravings are added I’ll be able to link a picture of it some day :)

@@BennettTheSmith oh that makes sense.

I couldn’t afford the time - it was out of budget for the customer. They figured they could have it engraved at a later date.

Heh, I didn't forget, the customer could not afford to have me do it. One of these days somebody will commission me for the full thing with ALL the engravings and it will be so satisfying. I'm working on an even fancier one now, but still not getting to do the engravings in the steel.

I actually beat my head against the wall from this comment.

Between $2200 and $3600. Depending on whether I could get a satisfactory etching process to at least transfer and begin defining all the lines or if I had to engrave it all by hand. That price also reflects that a version I would make now would be a much more accurate and higher quality rendition. I’m currently making another, not fully engraved, but a much higher detail version with some engravings and brass fittings for the gems sockets and such. Check my Instagram for a picture of the engraved circles that go on either side of the axe head. So if that price seems high, just wait till I post the rest of the pictures of the one I’m working on now. ;)

“It depends...” (tm). Details matter, so understand this is not a quote, but somewhere between 1,000 and 2,000$

Yep, I would've loved to do that. But it would have made the project way more expensive than me or the client could have afforded. Ah well.

@@BennettTheSmith still much better than the on made by Odin, after watching him make one of foam I came here to see a real one made... Good job all'n'all.

This one was a commission, so it was sold before I made it. I probably wouldn't make another quite like this, but for any version of the leviathan axe the answer is "lots".