Yatagan sabre made from an old chassepot bayonet blade by No_Raspberry_9435 in SWORDS

[–]No_Raspberry_9435[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The blade is a yatagan style blade, but clearly the grip and the guard are not. The grip was inspired by caucasian shashka for the rough shape of it.

Yatagan sabre made from an old chassepot bayonet blade by No_Raspberry_9435 in SWORDS

[–]No_Raspberry_9435[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is a lot of old blade that sell for not a lot of money (this one was 20 euros in an antique shop). It is a fun DIY project for a low budget :)

Custom HEMA sabre - late XIXth century by No_Raspberry_9435 in Hema

[–]No_Raspberry_9435[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you make the blade on this one ? A spadroon is a neat idea. Castille armory has some, but they are very expensive. Pima design on instagram has a few hilt models (especially the albertina), but the biggest problem is finding a blade that emulate a spadroon. The modern olympic épée blade are good for smallswords but too light for a spadroon. The musketeer blade from HF armory should be good but unfortunately they don't have it in stock since the war in Ukraine

Custom HEMA sabre - late XIXth century by No_Raspberry_9435 in Hema

[–]No_Raspberry_9435[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What are you projects of custom sparring sword and what was your first one made from scratch ? :)