Thanks for your thoughts! I was not aware to look for things like that. Would love to see more detail on what to look for with respect to steel grain, if you know of any sites that explain it, or could suggest a search phrase. I’d like to read more about it; I would be great for future reference!
I’ve got one of your blades handled by someone else. It’s kind of a dha style. He called it “Quicksilver”!Love me some Siam blades.
But at the time, that blade was a big boy. I'm glad you're still happy with it.Yep I know exactly the sword you have, from the video. I remember making it, one of the first round of them. That youtube video is filled with comments calling me a moron!
What is that other blade you have? Did you by chance acquire it from a youtuber? If so, then that is an even older blade than the big boy one, from a round I'd called the "stairwell defender" series on my first sword website.
I have been on-board with making really nice dha and Thai type blades forever, but something always foils me. I like them them because to me they seem like a hybrid machete and sword, which is my favorite type of blade.
It was Dave Stifle’s:Yep I know exactly the sword you have, from the video. I remember making it, one of the first round of them. That youtube video is filled with comments calling me a moron!
What is that other blade you have? Did you by chance acquire it from a youtuber? If so, then that is an even older blade than the big boy one, from a round I'd called the "stairwell defender" series on my first sword website.
I have been on-board with making really nice dha and Thai type blades forever, but something always foils me. I like them them because to me they seem like a hybrid machete and sword, which is my favorite type of blade.
Yep I know exactly the sword you have, from the video. I remember making it, one of the first round of them. That youtube video is filled with comments calling me a moron!
What is that other blade you have? Did you by chance acquire it from a youtuber? If so, then that is an even older blade than the big boy one, from a round I'd called the "stairwell defender" series on my first sword website.
I have been on-board with making really nice dha and Thai type blades forever, but something always foils me. I like them them because to me they seem like a hybrid machete and sword, which is my favorite type of blade.
The thing about those old videos that many of the youtube commenters don't get, is that I was trying to show that these titanium swords could be used. That they're durable, and to give some impression of what they might be like to use. The commenters are unaware that at the time, titanium swords weren't a "real" thing yet and that I was just trying to show that it was possible and worthwhile to figure out how to make them work, and to show the state of their development. Sort of documenting it, and also hoping it would be a funny.Oh yes! I remember that one had a really good heat treatment. He did a great job, made it so unique.
HAHAHA!
