Adam Savage Wields Real-Life Skyrim Daggers!

A video on YouTube. In Maker & Builds, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

Adam Savage visits Tony Swatton at Sword and Stone to examine custom replica weapons built for video games and films, including daggers from Skyrim and Pirates of the Caribbean.

From the video

Answers: How are custom video game and movie replica weapons crafted by hand?

custom sword crafting
video game weapon replicas
metalworking techniques for props
Damascus steel blade fabrication

What it concludes

Using black rhodium to achieve a black chrome finish on replica weapons is cost-prohibitive for large runs.
Homogeneous tool steels like 1075 do not require impurity dispersion through folding like patterned Damascus steel.
Pattern-welded Damascus steel is created by manipulating and forging different steel layers together.

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