Emberlene's Daughter, The Jedi Generalist
Sacramentum Conservatrix the blade of Matsu Ike
Image Credit: http://new.uniquejap...78mm-katana.png
Intent: To create a sword for Matsu designed and fashioned on ancient Atrisian designs.
Development Thread:
Manufacturer: Sasori
Model: Atrisian Sword
Affiliation: Jedi
Modularity: No
Production: Unique
Material:
A basic design laboriously cared for and worked in a forge using beskar smelted down then reforged with metal scraps from old pots, plow and nails. Anything on hand really while wood is added to the fire with different sized charcoals to add carbon into the sword from the heath. Straw is added and stacked while it gets a metal sheet placed underneath it. Once the metal is white hot paper is added on the sides as water is slowly poured into it. A cast iron ladle for the metal scraps to be steamed and used to maintain the temperature during the process.
Then the forging begins with straw being added while water is poured every so often to keep temp. With the melted metals being poured into the mold and the carbon, the straw and charcoal all working together the first of many sections is cast. Then hammered metal slowly forms showing small vacancies while two different hammers are used. A small one to guide and a larger one to strike firmly upon the anvil. The small imperfections come slowly to the surface and are removed throughout the process.
The metal is folded transversely andlongitudinally. At each folding stage, the beskar is heated and cooled down by water again and again. This procedure oxidize the surface and removing these oxidated layers greatly reduce the content of impurities inside the beskar blade as it forms. The process is repeated and done over and over nearly twenty times with thethe small hammer is used to fold in transverse folding while the big hammer is used in longitudinal folding.
After folding which produce kawagane and shingane respectively, another forging step is added. The scraps are forged again in the shape of a stick once more and cut uniformly about 7.5cm long. This blade has a tight microstrucutre and a grain pattern can be expected after this step and the uniformity of the carbon content that is improved. Then more metal scraps and beskar are stacked in a cross manner as the three blades are forged.
All three blades are forged together to to form the final shape of the blade by the use of the small and large hammers. The ends of the blade are formed one flat and the other at an angle as the blade is set. A whetstone is used to smooth it out and get the rest of the imperfections out of the blade. As the process continues the clay is applied. The clay mixture which is high temperature resistant thanks to the work of the forging process. At first the blade is cleaned to eliminate any oil or impurities on the surface followed by the coating of iron dust while the next sequence begins.
In general, it's known as a mixture of clay powder, stone powder, and charcoal powder. Clay becomes hardened during the initial forging step and sticks to the steel surface firmly. The thickness of the clay coating determines the cooling rate in quenching. Stone powder is bigger than clay so that it minimizes the the compressive stress of clay during drying. On the other hand, the charcoal powder is burned out in the hearth before quenching and produce a micro-void inside the clay coating. These numerous micro-voids produce micro-bubbles by vaporization during quenching and increase the cooling rate.
A final coating of clay is given with a brush delicately and the clay coating is hardened a little and set in a fire for more forging. Charcoal, pitch and straw is used to heat it to between 720 degrees Celsius and 780 degrees Celsius with the smaller pieces applied to the fire and prevent the clay from peeling off. With the process being done and the heat slowly increased a stronger and harder to accomplish style can be applied strengthening the blade.
The force energies of Matsu was slowly pushed into the blade, throughout the forging and making as small amount of blood and incantations took place but nothing compared to others. Instead focusing on force weaponizing the materials so it glowed with her force aura. Once the sword attains the right temperature, it is quenched into the water box. The water temperature is another important factor as well as the speed of quenching. In this stage, the cutting edge bends more because of the forging transformation of steel and beskar which resulted in 4.4% volume increase.
There are several factors which determine the success of blades creation. They are mainly the clay coating thickness and its composition, quenching temperature and cooling rate, and the swords dimension to endure the tensile stress at the cutting edge. To relieve the residual tensile stress in cutting edge, another small layer of the clayed water is applied sometimes. The process will also increase the curvature of the blade and Matsu worked to fix this and prevent too much.
With the blade done Matsu set about with a polishing stone to bring a sheen to the blade until she could see her face within it. The beskar being darker with the durasteel and as the whetstone is applied to sharpen it down to the finest point. The jedi master focused bringing the hammer while the sword was set into the lacquered wood then bound with resin. Using the hammer Matsu struck the length of the blade bringing her name to it as she lifted the katana letting her eyes measure along the length. It was an image of near perfection but it was missing something while the sheat for it made from wood on Tython was polished.
Classification: Katana
Size: One hand, two handed
Length: 1m
Weight: 5 kgs
Other Features:
Image Credit: http://new.uniquejap...78mm-katana.png
Intent: To create a sword for Matsu designed and fashioned on ancient Atrisian designs.
Development Thread:
Manufacturer: Sasori
Model: Atrisian Sword
Affiliation: Jedi
Modularity: No
Production: Unique
Material:
- Beskar
- Lacquered wood
A basic design laboriously cared for and worked in a forge using beskar smelted down then reforged with metal scraps from old pots, plow and nails. Anything on hand really while wood is added to the fire with different sized charcoals to add carbon into the sword from the heath. Straw is added and stacked while it gets a metal sheet placed underneath it. Once the metal is white hot paper is added on the sides as water is slowly poured into it. A cast iron ladle for the metal scraps to be steamed and used to maintain the temperature during the process.
Then the forging begins with straw being added while water is poured every so often to keep temp. With the melted metals being poured into the mold and the carbon, the straw and charcoal all working together the first of many sections is cast. Then hammered metal slowly forms showing small vacancies while two different hammers are used. A small one to guide and a larger one to strike firmly upon the anvil. The small imperfections come slowly to the surface and are removed throughout the process.
The metal is folded transversely andlongitudinally. At each folding stage, the beskar is heated and cooled down by water again and again. This procedure oxidize the surface and removing these oxidated layers greatly reduce the content of impurities inside the beskar blade as it forms. The process is repeated and done over and over nearly twenty times with thethe small hammer is used to fold in transverse folding while the big hammer is used in longitudinal folding.
After folding which produce kawagane and shingane respectively, another forging step is added. The scraps are forged again in the shape of a stick once more and cut uniformly about 7.5cm long. This blade has a tight microstrucutre and a grain pattern can be expected after this step and the uniformity of the carbon content that is improved. Then more metal scraps and beskar are stacked in a cross manner as the three blades are forged.
All three blades are forged together to to form the final shape of the blade by the use of the small and large hammers. The ends of the blade are formed one flat and the other at an angle as the blade is set. A whetstone is used to smooth it out and get the rest of the imperfections out of the blade. As the process continues the clay is applied. The clay mixture which is high temperature resistant thanks to the work of the forging process. At first the blade is cleaned to eliminate any oil or impurities on the surface followed by the coating of iron dust while the next sequence begins.
In general, it's known as a mixture of clay powder, stone powder, and charcoal powder. Clay becomes hardened during the initial forging step and sticks to the steel surface firmly. The thickness of the clay coating determines the cooling rate in quenching. Stone powder is bigger than clay so that it minimizes the the compressive stress of clay during drying. On the other hand, the charcoal powder is burned out in the hearth before quenching and produce a micro-void inside the clay coating. These numerous micro-voids produce micro-bubbles by vaporization during quenching and increase the cooling rate.
A final coating of clay is given with a brush delicately and the clay coating is hardened a little and set in a fire for more forging. Charcoal, pitch and straw is used to heat it to between 720 degrees Celsius and 780 degrees Celsius with the smaller pieces applied to the fire and prevent the clay from peeling off. With the process being done and the heat slowly increased a stronger and harder to accomplish style can be applied strengthening the blade.
The force energies of Matsu was slowly pushed into the blade, throughout the forging and making as small amount of blood and incantations took place but nothing compared to others. Instead focusing on force weaponizing the materials so it glowed with her force aura. Once the sword attains the right temperature, it is quenched into the water box. The water temperature is another important factor as well as the speed of quenching. In this stage, the cutting edge bends more because of the forging transformation of steel and beskar which resulted in 4.4% volume increase.
There are several factors which determine the success of blades creation. They are mainly the clay coating thickness and its composition, quenching temperature and cooling rate, and the swords dimension to endure the tensile stress at the cutting edge. To relieve the residual tensile stress in cutting edge, another small layer of the clayed water is applied sometimes. The process will also increase the curvature of the blade and Matsu worked to fix this and prevent too much.
With the blade done Matsu set about with a polishing stone to bring a sheen to the blade until she could see her face within it. The beskar being darker with the durasteel and as the whetstone is applied to sharpen it down to the finest point. The jedi master focused bringing the hammer while the sword was set into the lacquered wood then bound with resin. Using the hammer Matsu struck the length of the blade bringing her name to it as she lifted the katana letting her eyes measure along the length. It was an image of near perfection but it was missing something while the sheat for it made from wood on Tython was polished.
Classification: Katana
Size: One hand, two handed
Length: 1m
Weight: 5 kgs
Other Features:
- Saber resistant
- Force imbued connection to Matsu
