Knight's sword and wand
A medieval arming sword measured from a scan of a real one, on a fibreglass core, and a carved spiral wand, both printed without supports.
- Sword length
- 922 mm
- Blade length
- 734 mm
- Print time
- 8.5 h on 4 plates
- Filament
- 283.0 g
Colourway
- Gray main
- Black second
- Gold accent
About the design
An arming sword measured from the scan of Moonbrand, a real sword of about 1300, with its tapering blade, curved crossguard and wheel pommel. Its blade prints in segments standing on an edge, so the faces come out as smooth walls and the layers run the length of the blade. The segments join with half-lap joints, and a fibreglass rod runs from the pommel through every joint to near the point, so the blade cannot wobble and holds no metal. The edges are blunt flats and the point ends in a blunt nose, as convention prop rules ask. The guard and the pommel each print as two halves that glue together round the blade and the grip. The wand is turned and carved, with a lobed pommel, a grip wrapped in a twisted rope and a fluted shaft that twists to a blunt bead. Its handle and shaft each print standing on a wide face inside the gold collar and join on a printed pin.
What you can change
- Blade length, widths along it, thickness, fullers and nose
- Number of segments and length of the lap joints
- Grip length from the hand breadth, crossguard span, height, depth and curve, and the wheel pommel
- Core rod size and fit
- Wand length, handle length, pommel, grip, collar, shaft and tip sizes
- Wand pin size and fit
Specifications
- Sword length
- 922 mm
- Blade length
- 734 mm
- Core rod
- 6 mm fibreglass, cut to 818 mm
- Wand length
- 330 mm
- Wand joint
- a printed 7 mm D pin, glued
Printing
| Project | Plates | Hours | Grams |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knight's sword and wand, PLA Basic | 4 | 8.5 | 283.0 |
| Total | 4 | 8.5 | 283.0 |
Times and weights come from the Bambu Studio 02.08.02.61 slice at 0.20 mm layers. Each figure is rounded on its own.
In the room
Credits and licence
The sword's blade outline, crossguard, grip and wheel pommel are measured from "Moonbrand (Early 14th C Arming Sword)" by The Oakeshott Institute (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/moonbrand-early-14th-c-arming-sword-80fa91fc8c974fd0acd2a55cc513edec), licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). I changed it to print: the blade is thicker with a rod channel and a blunt nose, it splits into lap-jointed segments, the grip is longer, and the guard and pommel split into halves. No file of it is included.
Construction lessons come from giedzinski's Strong Sword (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5781643, CC BY). No file of it is used.
The wand's layout, a pommel, a ringed grip, a collar and a twisting fluted shaft joined by a pin at the collar, follows "Spiral Magic Wand" by G.Zeus (https://www.printables.com/model/632306), licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Its shapes are my own and no file of it is used.
- Licence
- All rights reserved