{"id":3847,"date":"2022-04-20T02:46:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T07:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/?p=3847"},"modified":"2022-04-20T02:47:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T07:47:01","slug":"the-doomsday-series-7th-sword-introducing-the-blood-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/the-doomsday-series-7th-sword-introducing-the-blood-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Doomsday Series 7th Sword: Introducing, the Blood Moon!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/product1220.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/doomsday-bloodmoon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/doomsday-bloodmoon.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/doomsday-bloodmoon-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/doomsday-bloodmoon-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/doomsday-bloodmoon-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/doomsday-bloodmoon-250x107.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is seen in many cultures as a portent of doom &#8211; when the shadow of the earth falls over a full moon, a lunar eclipse. But in these dark and increasingly superstitious times, the 7th sword is no portent of doom, but something to grin about &#8211; the heavy duty Scorpion Swords, hand made in the USA by Chris Palmer, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/product1220.html\">Blood Moon Sword..<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/product1220.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Scorpion-Blood-Moon-470x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Scorpion-Blood-Moon-470x1024.jpg 470w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Scorpion-Blood-Moon-138x300.jpg 138w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Scorpion-Blood-Moon-768x1674.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Scorpion-Blood-Moon-705x1536.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Scorpion-Blood-Moon-940x2048.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Scorpion-Blood-Moon-69x150.jpg 69w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Scorpion-Blood-Moon-scaled.jpg 1175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The blade concept and overall design is another hit by Sword Tester and Sword Designer extraordinaire, Jason Woodard &#8211; beginning with a scale 1:1 blueprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blueprint.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blueprint-1024x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blueprint-1024x262.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blueprint-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blueprint-768x196.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blueprint-150x38.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blueprint-250x64.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blueprint.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To bring the design to life, Chris Palmer cuts it to shape from a solid sheet of 1095 carbon steel, creating the basic shape in a sword blank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/product1220.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank1-1024x258.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank1-1024x258.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank1-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank1-768x193.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank1-150x38.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank1-250x63.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank1.jpg 1450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the handle is prepared by drilling several large and many small holes into which the sandwich tang hilt will be fixed into place by a mixture of epoxy and tight fitting brass pins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/product1220.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank2-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank2-768x362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank2-150x71.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank2-250x118.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next the blade itself is given rough ground, tempered, and the edge finished before the distinctive and attractive bloodwood handle is pinned, clamped and epoxied in place:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/product1220.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank3-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank3-768x520.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank4-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank4-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank4-250x148.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The handle is then given 7 additional brass rivets and shaped to fit the hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/product1220.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank5-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank5-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank5-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bloodmoon-blank5-250x150.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While it is already very attractive, the bloodwood handle is stained to bring out its rich, crimson red tinted infusion and wrapped with black deer leather for a comfortable and secure grip and there you have it, the Blood Moon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image 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