@mark:
Thanks, I registered there, waiting for approval. Didn't know that site, seems really interesting even if I do not get an answer.
@mross:
Did that, that is where we got the basic design from. But we did not find the information I am looking for. Plus, to be honest, the draft in there is... well, probably a draft only, not a good specification:
First, the tapering of the blade is strange, since only the outer layers are tapered while the inner layers stay parallel. This is possible (in two ways), but highly impractical.
Second, the location where the inner layers meet the outer layers at the point of the blade is drawn very crudely: Looks like the outer layers where welded on starting at the ricasso, so when reaching the point of the blade, one would have to weld one outer layer against the other and both of them to the core - in one step! That is not a very smart way to do it and it will probably lead to a bad weld. I guess neither Yaap nor Sachse, both experts, would have done it like that.
Becaus of that I fear the author (Yaap) was not very careful while drawing it. The photo next to it is rather small and therefore does not show details of the interesting parts but it is definately different from the draft.
So the book is not of help to our project.
@all:
On the issue of the blade's thickness, I did some rough calculations, sadly they are in meters and grams and anotated the European way:
The blade is 75 centimeters long.
The height goes from 6,5 centimeters to 3 centimeters, so lets make that 4,75 centimeters average (lets ignore the point of the blade).
The thickness might go from 6 milimeters to 3 milimeters, an average of 4,5 milimeters.
The specific weight of steel is 7,85.
7,5dm x 0,475dm x 0,045dm x 7,85 kilogram-per-cubic-decimeter ~= 1250 grams. The replicas weight is 964 grams (2 pounds, 2 ounces including the relatively small pommel and the crossguard), with a deep fuller and the usual grinding at the edges that seems possible...
What do you forumites think? In case I don't find the original measure, is it a good idea to start with 6 milimeters (about 1/4 inch) and taper to 3mm (1/8 inch)? Or is that a bit flimsy? What do you think the size should be, judging from your experience?
Kind regards,
Tobias "Tierlieb" Prinz
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