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Date Posted: 01:01:47 05/13/03 Tue
Author: Andrew
Subject: Re: squalls gunblade
In reply to: Matthew 's message, "Re: squalls gunblade" on 13:34:43 12/12/02 Thu

>>>Well, I think one should be made....it's easy enough
>>>to design, I've got several drafts myself, and you
>can
>>>get the measurements by porportions from the pic of
>it
>>>in the game manual...the problem is, who the heck can
>>>make one, or would be willing to make one for cheap?
>>>Anyone who thinks they know somebody, email me....
>>
>>
>>please don't tell me you people think a 100%
>>functional, custom, hand forged, titanium alloy,
>>probably laser sharpened, firearms functional,
>>EXTREMELY dangerous weapon, both to people and the
>>untrained user, could be gotten for cheap...even a
>>nonfunctional replica would be VERY expensive, due to
>>the gun portion and the lion etching.
>>
>>don't get me wrong though, i'd pay regardless of the
>>price. i'd even go through the paperwork to legally
>>own a fully functional version. probly impossible
>>though, due to the fact his gunblade most likely used
>>rifle-sized caliber ammunition. there's also the TINY
>>thing that nobody knows for FACT whether or not the
>>gun fired actual ammunition or was merely an
>>incendiary round a la flamethrower. if it was firing
>>real rounds in the game, it'd be firing two rounds per
>>trigger pull. if you don't believe me, think about
>>it. there's grooves on both sides of the blade where
>>the bullets SHOULD come out. no weapons engineer
>>would make a radical design to only fire from ONE side
>>of the blade if it indeed fired a projectile. what
>>happens if the opponent was on the side of the blade
>>the bullet didn't fire on? waste of a bullet if you
>>pulled. the kickback from two large calibur bullets
>>in a short muzzle would be killer as well, but not
>>impossible. maybe that's why it was SeeD's hardest
>>weapon :p
>>
>>sketches don't mean much if the mechanics can't be
>>settled, kids. unless you want a plastic 20 dollar
>>gunblade. in which case i'd laugh at you ;x
>
>first of all, the grooves on both sides of the gun
>aren't barrels.Have you not seen a revolver up
>close.The blade itself is the barrel but it doesn't
>have a hole because it's magic.if you planned on
>making one fully functional, your best bet would be to
>mold a barrel inside the blade.But this would make the
>blade weaker.And if you have a blacksmith make you one
>out of titanium your looking at 5 grand or more
>because it would take him over a year to make and a
>couple thou just to get the fire hot enough to melt
>the metal which would probably mess up the temper and
>make the blade weaker.It would also probably have to
>be acid sharpined.But if you wanted to bring the cost
>down below $1000 and still have it as strong as steel
>and light at the same time you could use aircraft
>grade 6050 aluminum. Swords-online sells clouds buster
>sword made out of this metal for about $250.

Actualy, speaking as a journeyman (I'm a kind of low class blacksmith really) You first off would want a SWORDSMITH to make the blade, because most blacksmiths I've met don't know how to make a decent blade. Second, the titanium could be cut in a day using a water cutter, Water cutters are the most effective tool I've found for cutting metal, and it's versatile so it can engraved the design into the blade with no deformation because no heat is generated. Just thought I'd point out those facts.

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