Re: (TFT) How many licks does it take...

["Charles Gadda" <cgadda@earthlink.net>]

>From discussions on SwordForum, my understanding is that this is a cheap
stainless steel blade.

Now, stainless works fine for knives, but for swords the high chromium
content (which provides the rust resistance) the inevitable large grain size
renders the blade brittle. Again, for knives not a huge problem but a sword
is not a big knife - it sees stresses far and away beyond any knife, and if
made of stainless generally cannot survive any serious knocks.

Stick with good grades of carbon steel of some sort for any sword, unless it
is a wall hanger. And even if made of carbon steel, be sure you can trust
the manufacturer. Stuff out of India, while it can be all right, is usually
suspect. Pakistan is right out....


----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Gallo <martimer@mindspring.com>
To: <tft@brainiac.com>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 12:26 PM
Subject: RE: (TFT) How many licks does it take...


> Look again, he was actually striking the edge, not the side, on the
> table. The failure probably had more to do with cheap materials than
> bad technique. I think the 'problem' with his technique was that he
> was hitting an unyielding surface rather than a surface that had some
> give to it. Live and hopefully learn two things: Never use cheap
> display only reproductions to do a real job and never strike steel
> against an unyielding surface.
>
> >At 12:53 PM 2/23/04 -0600, David Michael Grouchy II wrote:
> >>>From: "Neil Gilmore" <raito@raito.com>
> >>>
> >>>As evidence:
> >>>http://www.933flz.com/audio/Knives.mpeg
> >>
> >>Neil,
> >>     What a goofus.  He obviously had zero respect for the blade.  I
> >>was almost glad when the tip broke off and shot into him.
> >>
> >>      David Michael Grouchy II
> >
> >Laugh! Ya. But it is a pretty good example of how just smacking the
> >blade sideways on something hard can snap a blade - which could very
> >reasonably be expected to happen unintentionally during combat. Of
> >course that blade was probably also fairly crummy.
> >
> >PvK
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