Tony Swatton

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Tony Swatton (* in London , England ) is a British - American swordsmith . He is best known for his work in films and television shows . He is also the creator of the web series Man at Arms , which he publishes on the video platform YouTube .

Life

Swatton was already collecting minerals as a seven-year-old, which he also cut . Thereby he learned the skills of a goldsmith . At the age of 15 he met Jody Samson , the blacksmith who made the movie sword for Conan the Barbarian . Swatton began trading gems for knives with Samson. Swatton made a knife from an old file and then showed it to Samson. Samson conveyed to him that he had used the wrong material to make a functional knife.

Swatton later made copies of classic blacksmithing equipment to use in making his own helmet. At the age of 26, Swatton opened his first store, Sword and Stone , in North Hollywood , selling works to Euro Disney and Michael Jackson . In 1991 he first worked for a film, Hook . Samson worked in Swatton's shop between 1994 and 1998.

Web series

Swatton became involved in the Man at Arms web series after contacting the director . The director was looking for a blacksmith who could create twelve different weapons. Swatton's talent matched that. His works include the Zenith Blade from the video game League of Legends and the iron claws of Wolverine from X-Men .

Private life

Swatton is currently engaged. In 2013 he was granted American citizenship. Swatton was also once a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism .

Filmography

year title annotation
1991 Hook Swordsmith
1993 Hot shots! The second attempt Swordsmith
1995 Casper Armor
1996 Sabrina - Totally Bewitched! Swordsmith
1996 The Crow - Revenge of the Crow knife
1996 Cable Guy - the pain in the ass Armor
1997 spawn Armor
1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer weapons
1997 In the body of the enemy knife
1998 Blade Swordsmith
1999 Angel - hunter of darkness weapons
2000 The Patriot Swordsmith
2000 Rules - seconds of decision knife
2001 Ocean's Eleven Jewelry maker
2001 Rush hour 2 Swordsmith
2002 ring Jewelry maker
2002 Spider-Man Swordsmith
2002 Men in Black II Swordsmith
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Swordsmith
2003 The last samurai Swordsmith
2003 Matrix Reloaded Swordsmith
2003 Jeepers Creepers 2 Armor
2003 The Secret of Green Lake knife
2004 Hellboy Swordsmith
2004 Scooby Doo 2 - The monsters are on the loose Armor
2004 Spider-Man 2 knife
2004 Blade: Trinity Armor
2004 Van Helsing Armor
2005 Into the blue Swordsmith
2005 The legend of Zorro Swordsmith
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End Swordsmith
2007 Beowulf weapons
2007 Fantastic movie Weapons manufacturer
2010 Alice in Wonderland Swordsmith
2011 Thor props
2011 sucker Punch weapons
2012 The Hunger Games - The Hunger Games weapons

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Man at Arms
  2. ↑ Lily Rothman, "Forging His Way: Q&A with Hollywood Blacksmith Tony Swatton". In: Time . Status: March 18, 2013. [1]
  3. ↑ James McLauchlin: "When Hollywood Needs Shiny Instruments of Death, This Blacksmith Delivers" In: Wired . Status: December 8, 2013. Later life: opening of my own shop
  4. ↑ Zenith Blade; Man at Arms
  5. ↑ Claws of the Wolverine
  6. ↑ American citizenship
  7. ↑ Former member of the Society for Crazive Anachronism ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Swatton, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Man at Arms
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-American swordsmith
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England