Forum: European Armoury
15th November 2017, 06:25 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th November 2017, 09:26 PM
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nickel plating has been around a long time:...
nickel plating has been around a long time: https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/metals-metal-products/nickel-plating-history/
found online:
Commercial chrome plating was developed by Fink &...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th November 2017, 08:34 PM
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i found a reference to someone else suggesting...
i found a reference to someone else suggesting extruding rollers to form the blade then heat treating it. which is another skill. heat treating these long thin blades without getting a warp would...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd October 2017, 07:01 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
19th October 2017, 05:05 PM
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i agree more with matt here:...
i agree more with matt here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQVrb_cAVfQ
the duellists is a cool movie tho.
see also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlsT9VZyehE
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Forum: European Armoury
19th October 2017, 08:42 AM
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a thrust through the body was usually fatal,...
a thrust through the body was usually fatal, given the state of medicine of the times. but not always. a certain american gentleman by the name of james bowie was involved in an altercation with a...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th October 2017, 08:32 AM
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colchemarde blades were not necessarily hollow...
colchemarde blades were not necessarily hollow ground on three sides of a triangle, they were small swords where the initial forte section was very noticeably wider to allow for a strong parry, like...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th October 2017, 11:02 PM
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let's not get our terms mixed up.
annealing...
let's not get our terms mixed up.
annealing is heating the metal to the critical point then cooling it slowly to make it softer and more workable. sometimes the hot steel is covered in an insulate...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th October 2017, 07:45 PM
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see my updates above. much different stones...
see my updates above. much different stones driven at higher rotational speeds... the water driven mill wheel of course could be a power source for a variety of blacksmiting tools, grinders, drop...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th October 2017, 07:13 PM
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