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Description
Overall Length: 21 3/4"
Blade Length: 17"
Blade Width: 1 1/4" @ base; 1 3/4" @ profile taper (4 1/4" from tip); 3/4" @ 1" from tip
Grip Length: 3"
Guard Width: 3 3/8"
Pommel Dimensions: 1 1/8"L x 1 3/4"W

So, for the longest time, I've had an image of a latex sword created by a guy on DA by the name of DanoGambler; it was his interpretation of the Kokiri Sword from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I've always really liked how he translated the tiny sprite blade into such a finely detailed sword. I'd intended to use it as inspiration for a simple shortsword one day, but I kinda forgot all about it. Well, until the other day, anyway. After doing my Ordon Sword redesign, I remembered it and decided to try my hand at redesigning the Kokiri Sword my way and this is what I came up with.

For the blade, I based it off a recreation of a Greek xiphos, specifically a piece by Manning Imperial, as it demonstrated that blade profile that gets wider near the tip without quite being that classic leaf shape we tend to associate with Greek swords; it just felt right and it kept the general lines of the sword the same as the sprite. The grip with that distinctive palm swell was inspired by the grip on the same xiphos the blade came from, primarily as a straight taper grip as is more typical looked horrible. The guard and pommel are a Petersen Type AE and were drawn from the Albion Knud, which had just the right guard shape, as my previous AE guards didn't have quite so dramatic a curve. The browned steel and the orange-ish grip, as well as the grip's four risers, take their cues from DanoGambler's recreation, as I really like the way the color combo looked. Plus, it's been a very long time since I've done browned furniture and this gave me the perfect excuse.

The scabbard gave me a fair bit of trouble, since the only shots of it anywhere on the net are just the tips peeking out over Young Link's shoulder or beside his hip in artwork. Luckily, once I actually managed to find said images, things went a little quicker; I adapted the mouth of the scabbard to fit the AE guard (whereas the game sword has a flat guard), but otherwise kept it as close to the scabbard seen in the artwork as possible, while also getting rid of the needless studs along the locket. On the whole, I'm quite pleased with how this blade came out.

Description
Overall Length: 21 3/4"
Blade Length: 17"
Blade Width: 1 1/4" @ base; 1 3/4" @ profile taper (4 1/4" from tip); 3/4" @ 1" from tip
Grip Length: 3"
Guard Width: 3 3/8"
Pommel Dimensions: 1 1/8"L x 1 3/4"W

So, for the longest time, I've had an image of a latex sword created by a guy on DA by the name of DanoGambler; it was his interpretation of the Kokiri Sword from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I've always really liked how he translated the tiny sprite blade into such a finely detailed sword. I'd intended to use it as inspiration for a simple shortsword one day, but I kinda forgot all about it. Well, until the other day, anyway. After doing my Ordon Sword redesign, I remembered it and decided to try my hand at redesigning the Kokiri Sword my way and this is what I came up with.

For the blade, I based it off a recreation of a Greek xiphos, specifically a piece by Manning Imperial, as it demonstrated that blade profile that gets wider near the tip without quite being that classic leaf shape we tend to associate with Greek swords; it just felt right and it kept the general lines of the sword the same as the sprite. The grip with that distinctive palm swell was inspired by the grip on the same xiphos the blade came from, primarily as a straight taper grip as is more typical looked horrible. The guard and pommel are a Petersen Type AE and were drawn from the Albion Knud, which had just the right guard shape, as my previous AE guards didn't have quite so dramatic a curve. The browned steel and the orange-ish grip, as well as the grip's four risers, take their cues from DanoGambler's recreation, as I really like the way the color combo looked. Plus, it's been a very long time since I've done browned furniture and this gave me the perfect excuse.

The scabbard gave me a fair bit of trouble, since the only shots of it anywhere on the net are just the tips peeking out over Young Link's shoulder or beside his hip in artwork. Luckily, once I actually managed to find said images, things went a little quicker; I adapted the mouth of the scabbard to fit the AE guard (whereas the game sword has a flat guard), but otherwise kept it as close to the scabbard seen in the artwork as possible, while also getting rid of the needless studs along the locket. On the whole, I'm quite pleased with how this blade came out.