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Hello,
I am involved in a sport called Buhurt / Medieval Armored Combat. In that sport we use "sword shaped objects" as part of the combat. Meaning the tips are roughly the same profile as a quarter and the edges are prettly close to dead flat. Just enough removed from the edges to round them over, but although we beat each other, we want to be relatively safe with our sport.
These are typically forged in Russia, Ukraine or similar places from 10xx steel. Sometimes the "swords" are GREAT. Sometimes not so much, even when coming from the same maker. I see that as a business opportunity. I want to build them in the US, not by forging but by machining, then heat treating and instead of using 10xx steel using 5160. My problem is getting 5160 in the dimensions I need.
Jantz had some .187" thickness at 36" lengths, but now doesn't. Most of the bulk purveyors only go as thin as 0.204, which can of course be ground down, but why waste the time and money.
Can anyone point me towards such stock. Minimum width would be 1.5" as that is the maximum width of the "sword" body, but 2.5" would also work as I could get two waterjetted from the same blank with less waste.
Thank you for your help in advance
I am involved in a sport called Buhurt / Medieval Armored Combat. In that sport we use "sword shaped objects" as part of the combat. Meaning the tips are roughly the same profile as a quarter and the edges are prettly close to dead flat. Just enough removed from the edges to round them over, but although we beat each other, we want to be relatively safe with our sport.
These are typically forged in Russia, Ukraine or similar places from 10xx steel. Sometimes the "swords" are GREAT. Sometimes not so much, even when coming from the same maker. I see that as a business opportunity. I want to build them in the US, not by forging but by machining, then heat treating and instead of using 10xx steel using 5160. My problem is getting 5160 in the dimensions I need.
Jantz had some .187" thickness at 36" lengths, but now doesn't. Most of the bulk purveyors only go as thin as 0.204, which can of course be ground down, but why waste the time and money.
Can anyone point me towards such stock. Minimum width would be 1.5" as that is the maximum width of the "sword" body, but 2.5" would also work as I could get two waterjetted from the same blank with less waste.
Thank you for your help in advance
