Blades with scraped in fullers

G. McCormack · 16th October 2008, 10:25 PM

I thought it might be interesting to have a thread featuring photos of blades with scraped in fullers. I'll start

This piece on the bottom has lovely fullers

G. McCormack · 19th October 2008, 02:47 AM

105 views and no one likes fullers? Come on!

Just grab one pic from your caches of sword pics, lets see the diversity of decorative and practical fullers!

Lew · 19th October 2008, 02:59 AM

How about these.

Lew

Berkley · 19th October 2008, 05:35 AM

If a series of alternating "scraped in" grooves runs the length of the blade, does that qualify as a fuller?

Flavio · 19th October 2008, 10:21 AM

Hi guys, here are some of mine

Flavio · 19th October 2008, 10:24 AM

some more.....

Yannis · 19th October 2008, 12:47 PM

I propose to keep the thread on strange - unusual fullers

This is my best on fullers

G. McCormack · 19th October 2008, 07:50 PM

Wow great examples!

Yannis, that knife you posted would have been even more of a pain than some other pieces-- It's easiest to follow the edge or spine when scraping, but that piece used a jig that the blade was clamped into in order to get the non-edge-or-spine following fullers. Cool!

Here's another, you can really see the scraper marks in the second pic, the smith didnt do any more clean-up.

Lew · 19th October 2008, 09:57 PM

Two or more for the road.

Luc LEFEBVRE · 19th October 2008, 10:38 PM

Ngombe knives.
Luc

Lew · 19th October 2008, 11:05 PM

Fullers Boa tribe style

A. G. Maisey · 19th October 2008, 11:09 PM

In Standard English, we cannot have a fuller in a blade unless it has been created by the process of stamping with the tool of the same name.

When we scrape a fuller-like depression in a blade we are sculpting the blade, not fullering it.

However, this is pedantry, and it is probably acceptable in loose colloquial usage to use "fuller" to describe a fuller-like depression, or similar feature.

The example shown in this post is a keris blade that shows multi "fullering", both with and across the grain of the metal. The way in which this is done is not by use of a jig, but by scribing the outline of the feature, and then cutting that outline with cold chisels. In a deep depression the bulk of the material is removed with chisels and gouges, the surface is refined with scrapers, refined further with files, and then polished. Using modern technology the polishing can be done with wet and dry paper, but powdered terracotta mixed with water is also a very effective polishing agent.

bjeweled · 20th October 2008, 04:38 AM

I am not sure if these fullers are scraped or forged.

16th October 2008, 10:25 PM	#1
G. McCormack Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 131	Blades with scraped in fullers I thought it might be interesting to have a thread featuring photos of blades with scraped in fullers. I'll start This piece on the bottom has lovely fullers Attached Images

19th October 2008, 02:59 AM	#3
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	How about these. Lew Attached Images Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 19th October 2008 at 03:16 AM.

19th October 2008, 10:21 AM	#5
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Hi guys, here are some of mine Attached Images

19th October 2008, 10:24 AM	#6
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	some more..... Attached Images

19th October 2008, 12:47 PM	#7
Yannis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Athens Greece Posts: 479	I propose to keep the thread on strange - unusual fullers This is my best on fullers Attached Images

19th October 2008, 02:47 AM	#2
G. McCormack Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 131	105 views and no one likes fullers? Come on! Just grab one pic from your caches of sword pics, lets see the diversity of decorative and practical fullers!

19th October 2008, 05:35 AM	#4
Berkley Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Austin, Texas USA Posts: 257	If a series of alternating "scraped in" grooves runs the length of the blade, does that qualify as a fuller?

19th October 2008, 07:50 PM	#8
G. McCormack Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 131	Wow great examples! Yannis, that knife you posted would have been even more of a pain than some other pieces-- It's easiest to follow the edge or spine when scraping, but that piece used a jig that the blade was clamped into in order to get the non-edge-or-spine following fullers. Cool! Here's another, you can really see the scraper marks in the second pic, the smith didnt do any more clean-up. Attached Images

19th October 2008, 09:57 PM	#9
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Two or more for the road. Attached Images

19th October 2008, 10:38 PM	#10
Luc LEFEBVRE Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France Posts: 472	Ngombe knives. Luc Attached Images

19th October 2008, 11:05 PM	#11
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Fullers Boa tribe style Attached Images

19th October 2008, 11:09 PM	#12
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,887	In Standard English, we cannot have a fuller in a blade unless it has been created by the process of stamping with the tool of the same name. When we scrape a fuller-like depression in a blade we are sculpting the blade, not fullering it. However, this is pedantry, and it is probably acceptable in loose colloquial usage to use "fuller" to describe a fuller-like depression, or similar feature. The example shown in this post is a keris blade that shows multi "fullering", both with and across the grain of the metal. The way in which this is done is not by use of a jig, but by scribing the outline of the feature, and then cutting that outline with cold chisels. In a deep depression the bulk of the material is removed with chisels and gouges, the surface is refined with scrapers, refined further with files, and then polished. Using modern technology the polishing can be done with wet and dry paper, but powdered terracotta mixed with water is also a very effective polishing agent. Attached Images

20th October 2008, 04:38 AM	#13
bjeweled Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3	Not sure... I am not sure if these fullers are scraped or forged. Attached Images