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Crafting Thor's Dual Swords For The Upcoming Thor: Ragnarok

One of the most shocking things in the Thor: Ragnarok trailer was seeing Hela (Cate Blanchett) shatter Mjolnir. I mean, that's pretty much the symbol for the God of Thunder: his long hair and his hammer. And if you look at the international poster below, he loses both. Instead, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is seen using a pair of twin swords that look pretty cool — but they're not Mjolnir.

Thor: Ragnarok

And while I look at the swords and think, "when does he get the hammer back?" Kerry and Matt Stagmer of Baltimore Knife and Sword sees them and thinks, "We need to make those." Good thing they're the ones who film Man at Arms: Reforged.

The brothers and their crew have already set out to craft the dual swords based off of the few publicity photos that have been released so far including the cover of Entertainment Weekly. This particular build includes a technique I haven't seen before; a technique they call "hot dog in a bun." This is where they take a piece of Damascus and drive it into the center of a block of steel. But the tricky part here may just be having to do the same thing twice to get matching blades.

After seen these swords being crafted, they may not be Mjolnir, but they do seem worth of a god.

Thor: Ragnarok opens in theaters November 3rd.


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Dan WicklineAbout Dan Wickline

Has quietly been working at Bleeding Cool for over three years. He has written comics for Image, Top Cow, Shadowline, Avatar, IDW, Dynamite, Moonstone, Humanoids and Zenescope. He is the author of the Lucius Fogg series of novels and a published photographer.
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