As you might have surmised from the title, this post has absolutely nothing to do with cars, but it has everything to do with awesome fabrication and metalworking skills and those are things that virtually all BangShifters appreciate. We’ve shown you videos from the “Man at Arms” series before but if you haven’t seen them before, they rule. Basically the hook here is that a master blacksmith creates actual versions of movie prop weapons. In this case he makes a real pair of Wolverine claws. If you are unfamiliar with the super hero Wolverine, he’s a guy who can do all kinds of neat stuff but his central “feature” is a set of long razor sharp claws that kind of spring out of his hands when he’s pissed.
As it turns out, the recent movies that have really put Wolverine in the spotlight have all used CGI to create the claws. Since CGI is for wimps and sissies, Tony Swatton decided to take matters into his own hands and create a real set of slashing claws and put them to the test. As it turns out, they would cause complete mayhem. The video shows the claws ripping, tearing, exploding, slashing, and puncturing everything from sheet aluminum to canvas to a some sort of stuffed bag that illustrates what would happen if a person were to be on the business end of these babies.
We love watching this guy work because it is old school to the max. His shop looks out of the middle ages, he hammers, grinds, and forms these pieces of steel into artwork. We truly dig the handle and mounting method for the blades into it. This is just fantastic craftsmanship and he’s done all kinds of neat stuff from other movies as well. Beware though, once you take in a Man at Arms video you’ll be spending a fair amount of time cruising several more in the series.
Is this BangShift approved or what? You tell us!
PRESS PLAY BELOW TO SEE BLACKSMITH TONY SWATTON CREATE A REAL LIFE PAIR OF WOLVERINE CLAWS!
Poor Wolverine!
As the claws react to bursts of adrenalin and raised heart beat he is condemned to a life of total sexual abstinence. He cannot caress a woman as she would be sliced to pieces and he cannot even pleasure himself as he would shred the old feller.
So that’s why he permanently pissed off….