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Post by Faldarin on May 26, 2017 16:03:41 GMT
I've heard of people, especially from the European resellers - have had issues with the head treat. It's caused breakage, or handling/sharpening problems. This is all anecdotal evidence though, so take of it what you will. Mine is a bare blade that was finished, not a normal production piece as well.
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Post by Zen_Hydra on May 26, 2017 17:11:07 GMT
I have a H/T longsword (sharp and blunt) and bastard sword (sharp), all purchased from Kult of Athena in the US, and have put them through rigorous cutting and abuse without incident. It clearly isn't an endemic issue.
The biggest problem I've had with them are the hex nuts stripping, and needing to be replaced.
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Post by Timo Nieminen on May 27, 2017 6:07:52 GMT
I know all swords vibrate ( or else they would break ). They said the problem is the way it vibrates, whatever that means. Maybe so. I'm just saying that whether it vibrates the right way or the wrong way won't depend on the heat treatment. However, it's probably the other round: rather than not cutting because of the vibration, it's vibrating because it isn't cutting. In your opinion why am I unable to cut properly with the ht while I can cut pretty well with the windlass? ( same edge geometry, same shrapness and hoaning, same technique ) Hard to say without watching. The Windlass should be much stiffer, so it might be a lot more tolerant of edge alignment being off a bit, and chopping rather than slicing. First, if the edge alignment is a bit off, a lot more of the energy will go into flexing the blade with the HT. You'll have a similar thing happen if you chop. Second, if you're cutting fairly far from the tip, rather than with the last 8"/20cm or so of the blade, you'll have a lot of blade sticking out past the target. With the difference in thickness between the two swords near the tip, you'll have a lot of difference in weight out there, which will make a difference. |
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Post by lamtab on May 27, 2017 9:15:54 GMT
Your point about edge alignment makes perfect sense but since I have tested both swords a lot I need to say the following.
The bosworth makes one sound: its either correct edge alignment or not.
The HT makes more sounds. The perfect alignment sound is very thin, close to the sound a knife would make.
Thing is after recording some cuts I notice that the sound is correct and still the cut fails.
I have tried tip cuts and centre of percussion cuts
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Post by Zen_Hydra on May 27, 2017 18:13:37 GMT
Do you experience the same odd properties with both edges?
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Post by lamtab on May 28, 2017 14:05:14 GMT
yeah i've tried both edges with similar results
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