Looks like a REAL sword.
To revive my personal favorite thread a pic of a nice looking sword:
Bumping PB's thread...
That's a great blade from Lundemo (he needs to stop by again). VERY "Hyborian".
Cold Hyrkanian Steel
Started by PainBrush, Aug 09 2005 06:02 AM
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Posted 01 January 2012 - 06:15 AM
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"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 03:00 PM
The Portuguese word azagaia, as well as the French sagaie (Old French: harsegaye / azagaie / azagaye) come from the Arabic az-zagaya, based on the Berber word: zagaya.
"Assegai" is a Portuguese word that got used for the short Zulu stabbing spear. MRL chose to go with "Ixwla,"(there are many spellings), the Zulu word for it. Interestingly, it is believed to be an onomotopaic word imitating the sound of the broad blade as it is withdrawn from the enemy's viscera. Beat that for a weapon name!
is that an assegai FB?
The Berbers NEVER get enough credit.
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 06:40 PM
Looks like a REAL sword.
To revive my personal favorite thread a pic of a nice looking sword:
Bumping PB's thread...
That's a great blade from Lundemo (he needs to stop by again). VERY "Hyborian".
No, no, no. Real swords have serrated blades, spiky crosspieces and ruby-eyed skull pommels.
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Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 11:43 PM
Considering sending my sword blade in for cryogenic treatment:
http://www.angelswor...heat_treats.php
Now THAT'S cold Hyrkanian steel!
http://www.angelswor...heat_treats.php
Now THAT'S cold Hyrkanian steel!
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 11:58 PM
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Considering sending my sword blade in for cryogenic treatment:
http://www.angelswor...heat_treats.php
Now THAT'S cold Hyrkanian steel!
I can't believe at one time I defended this guy. Angel swords and their process is very controversial. I would really research this company before I would send them anything. Cryogenic freezing does help certain steels. Stainless steel being a steel that benefits the most. Tool steel and carbon steels do not hardly receive any benefit from the process unless the initial heat treatment was not very good or because the person heat treating the blade does not have the money to buy a setup that can do the job in one shot. Richtig is in the guiness book of world records for building common knives that could cut through railroad spikes up to 8 times. He did this using the salt pot method back in the 1920's before cryo was around.
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Posted 06 August 2012 - 02:29 AM
Barbara Barrett posts an exhaustive look at REH's blade collection here:
http://www.blackgate...ion/#more-35969
http://www.blackgate...ion/#more-35969
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Posted 13 October 2012 - 03:41 PM
I recently saw this, and thought it was pretty good. I wish they would have shown Kevin Cashen and Rick Furrer more on how they made the steel. Both are great minds in modern bladesmithing. This is about a rare viking sword that used crucible steel and goes into making the sword.
http://www.pbs.org/w...king-sword.html
http://www.pbs.org/w...king-sword.html
