Story. [quote]What should a sword be?[/quote] A hammer strikes hot steel, sending sparks scattering, to set the scene. [quote]A weapon of destruction?[/quote] A medieval battle with infantry clashing, blood spraying, and steel flashing. [quote]A symbol of nobility?[/quote] The scene shifts from medieval knights, through history, highlighting figures of esteem and nobility, ending with 1910s European aristocracy. [quote]A relic of some arcane peacekeepers?[/quote] Now we see the Jedi, tens of millennia before their fall at the end of the clone wars. [quote]Or a tool of malevolence?[/quote] The view crumbles revealing the ancient Sith of the same era, with blades equally wicked as the Jedi’s were refined. [quote]In parts, but not in whole.[/quote] The bladesmith cuts apart a length of metal plate, stacking it in a new order, then places it in a furnace. [quote]What a sword should be, is what its wielder needs.[/quote] Through presses and under hammers the steel passes between trips to the furnace, methodically taking its shape. [quote]Nobility needs nice, light blades to be worn at all times, for the sake of an image. Soldiers need a strong sturdy blade that won’t fail them in combat. Those ancient Jedi needed a weapon that reflected the lofty aspirations after which they perused. While the Sith they faced wanted items that would further their power and might.[/quote] Into an acid etch to highlight the patterns of the damascus. [quote]That, is what a swordsmith would say.[/quote] The bladesmith finishes the sword with a highly detailed clamshell guard, a hilt of Wroshyr wood rapped in nerf leather, and finished with an Ankarres sapphire pommel. [quote]Not what a swordsman would say.[/quote] The bladesmith wipes the sword of and inspects his work before sheathing it. [quote]I will say that a sword should be an extension of oneself, as unique as the being who wields it. That is what I strive for in my work, to provide the best swords anyone can get.[/quote]