Kindi on swords and iron

Jens Nordlunde · 18th November 2008, 01:22 PM

I don’t know if it is the first written reference, but it is the oldest one I have seen, that is why I found it interesting.

It has now and again been discussed if the round gold/copper/braze marking on blades would make the blades weaker. However the mention of nails made me think that the hole in the blade does not have to be very big. A small hole in the blade for the nail to go through would be enough, and the head of the nail and the rest of the nail could be hammered flat on either side of the blade, so both would look like if the hole had been bigger. Maybe that is how it was made.

18th November 2008, 01:22 PM	#5
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	I don’t know if it is the first written reference, but it is the oldest one I have seen, that is why I found it interesting. It has now and again been discussed if the round gold/copper/braze marking on blades would make the blades weaker. However the mention of nails made me think that the hole in the blade does not have to be very big. A small hole in the blade for the nail to go through would be enough, and the head of the nail and the rest of the nail could be hammered flat on either side of the blade, so both would look like if the hole had been bigger. Maybe that is how it was made.