If you’ve watched the trailer to Thor: Ragnarok, you might notice something that’s missing. Thor will be without his famed hammer, Mjolnir, thanks to Hela the goddess of death. As impossible as it might seem she actually breaks the hammer apart and leaves it scattered on the ground at her feet. Now if you know anything at all about Thor you’ll understand that losing his hammer is a big blow to the thunder god. It’s a big part of how he uses his power and it grants him a number of mystical abilities that he might not have on his own. He is the thunder god after all, but even a god needs his weapon at hand sometimes.
But fear not. He’ll have at least a couple of weapons in the film that we’ve seen thus far, the dual swords that ride in their scabbards upon his back when he’s seen entering an arena to face an unknown challenger. But we’re not going to go into that. We’re here to talk about the swords.
While they’re not traditional weapons for the thunder god they’re still very impressive in appearance and for Man At Arms: Reforged, they present a welcome challenge that they can’t help but accept. The blades are not the typical swords that you might find anywhere else since they have edges and etchings that are not entirely common, but the guys in the shop are more than up to the task. One of the swords as you see is cut out by the plasma cutter to be used as a template for the second sword, which will be forged instead.
It’s kind of exciting to watch the forging process since you really can’t see the product coming to life until it’s been hammered into a rough shape that is obviously meant to be resemble the final product. For the forged blade however a great amount had to be removed in order to create clean edges and to make it a match for the other sword. The amount of material left on the floor after the arduous grinding process attests to the fact that a great deal of work goes into each blade, but more so went into this one.
After the shaping of the blades comes the tricky part, the lines that are etched into each blade. Each one of these carries a meaning all its own according to the movie and to keep it accurate the guys take great pains to make sure that the lines are cut exactly as they’re shown in the pictures so that they can retain that level of authenticity.
By the time they move onto the handles, guards, and pommels the excitement is really ramping up as they grind out each handle in its distinctive style. It’s a lot grueling, finely detailed work that needs to be handled with great care lest one little slip ruin the whole thing. By this point the blades are nearly done as the guys continue work on the separate pieces in order to put them together and present a finished product.
Thor might be missing his hammer for the film, but at least he’ll have something impressive to wield until he finds a replacement.
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