Part 3: Sukairain
Slowly Mashyuu took a seat and started to draw on a piece of sketch paper in the corner of his work table. He didn't have much skill in drawing but actively sketching helped the man bring an idea of his to life when he crafted something for the first time. While he had made swords in the past, what was running through his mind was not like any sword he had crafted in the past. The winged pirate drew a large blade and jotted down a number next to it.
37. After that he jotted down a number next to the handle of the weapon.
17. with that done he continued by jotting a set of numbers along the cross guard of the weapon he drew.
9.25. With the basic measurements, Mashyuu had an idea of what he was working with. The pirate stepped out of the forge and headed to the main deck of the Skycleaver, still dressed in his smith gear, Mashyuu drew a deep breath of clean air and stretched his body.
"Hey! Everything's set for Baltigo, when do you want to go?" Sky shouted while she sauntered up to Mashyuu and leaned against her fellow Skypiean's side.
"Soon, I'm gonna finish making a sword, then help out Madori with something and we will head off after that. Make sure the crew is ready and we can get going." Mashyuu stated while glancing down at the slightly shorter woman. Sky smirked at Mashyuu softly then pushed off of the man and strutted over to Jarrett to go over plans to head out.
After a short break, Mashyuu headed back to the forge and pulled off a small table, three steel ingots. The man found a long mold and placed the ingots inside it. Carefully he placed the mold into the flaming furnace and let the ingots melt together. Just as carefully Mashyuu pulled the mold out and quenched the steel so that it was one solid piece of metal. The man drew a deep breath and made a large box with some wood and nails, creating a sixty inch long, twelve inch wide frame, then packed it tight with clay.
This is going to be too big to simply make a basic piece of steel and hammer it out. Plus I don't have the tools on ship to hammer things out with a machine. I need to use a mold. Mashyuu thought to himself. The pirate worked for hours packing the clay until it was extremely tight in the foot tall (when resting on its side) frame Mashyuu had made. Next he set out to using a curved knife to carve out a mold for the sword he would make, including the width of the blade (3 inches), the thickness of it (4.08 mm) and the slight curves towards the swords tip. He didn't know what reason the curves there served but in his mind they were needed. By the time that was done it was so late he barely made it back to his room to sleep...