DH-2 Specs?

"Greyangel" wrote

heh. He wrote an article for Knives Annual talking about stock removal v. forging. I disagreed with him and ordered a distal tapered, curved blade with fullers and a cupped handguard. You can see what I got

She had a sword? No; not to remember it from others.

Jody's pretty much a stock removal guy, isn't he?

Chas

"Greyangel" wrote in news:I82dnd6W-vGsB snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

We sll support your lifestyle choices, but you've got to stop beating yourself up over these things. Have you even told Art how you feel?

Sorry, couldn't resist :)

Cool story. :) I've thought about doing that with a smaller bandsaw blade but put it in one of the cowboy's big ol' meat saw frames as a test.

Hmmm... need to ask around the machine shop in the community college for a couple foot long piece of varible tooth, bi-metal, bandsaw blade. ;)

Alvin in AZ

Well, that depends on where you work, now doesn't it. Some of the places I've 'worked' you were naked without one, and that four pound razor blade can give you a certain feeling of confidence in 'social situations'. The cops are afraid of my swords, because they know that their vests are just another quilted waistcoat up against them. Not that I'd carve up a cop, mind you, but it's nice to be on an even playing field up close. Respected equal, that's the ticket.

Charly

Good one Bear -

I have a broken blade like that - almost new. What I plan on is making or just buying one - an H saw - the bottom of the H is the blade, and the top of the H is the turnbuckle. The center is the pivot.

Typically used for cutting off the ends of limbs and such like that. I want to put a steel cutting blade - fine is ok - for use on very hard woods. The ones that wood saws jump across the cut area.

It would be handy in cutting wide or bulky things that can't fit in a jaw of a saw. Or simply out in the 'field' away from the saw.

The H allows higher tension than a hacksaw and naturally longer cut.

Mart> On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 08:19:35 +0000 (UTC), snipped-for-privacy@XX.com wrote: >

You are right, the finer toothed blade like a 12 - 14 pitch or finer work pretty good on hard woods, the 4 - 5 pitch blade wants to bury the teeth even in dry oak,, it works OK on aluminum or harder only.

All those things are possible with stock removal... Not necessarily the best way to go about it but, I *could* do it and I'm hardly an expert.

Hmm, honestly don't remember any specifics from the movie but if you cruize the commercial blade seller sites you can find it under fantasy/movie swords

Yeah, I think so. Still, he works in 5160 mostly and does really cool work and manages all the curvy stuff quite well. Check out

GA

Haha, Ill run that one by my wife ;)

GA

Problem with that is you are NEVER on an even playing field with cops, only individuals. I'm mildly curious about what kind of work it would come in handy with. I figure swords as a last ditch defense, as is a gun. Very rarely occasionally necessary and if at all possible, don't get caught. They do have the advantage of scaring off poorly armed rowdies. Again, don't get caught.

GA

Try vending at a gathering of about 5000 rowdy drunks armed with wallhangers, commonly known as an SCA War. Incidents, while not common, have been known to happen. "Mine's bigger' is an effective intimidator, the pistol is the Last Resort, and has yet to be 'displayed'. You never know what a drunk is going to do, alcohol tends to cut off the circulation to the brain.

Charly

Now there is a situation I can imagine ;-) Having the better sword would have a more inspiring affect there - Not to mention knowing how to use it. Snapping a wall hanger in half sounds like a lot of fun.

GA