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Post by dolbrin on Sept 3, 2018 21:02:58 GMT
I found this Pakistani damacus-ish blade on ebay. I`am thinking it would make for a cool messer. Any thoughts?
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Sept 3, 2018 22:30:34 GMT
These have relatively poor geometry for a Medieval messer. They typically have no distal taper, and in cross-section are slabs with hollow-ground bevels. So rather than an agile war knife, you can end up with a tip-heavy clunky chopper.
If you modify the blade by grinding it, you'll lose the high-contrast stained damascus pattern. You can always re-etch and re-stain, but keep that extra work in mind.
Some of these blades are supposedly quite soft, deficiently so. OTOH, some are really hard, so hard a file will skate across the blade rather than biting - hard blades like that can be difficult to modify.
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Post by Adventurer'sBlade on Sept 4, 2018 18:00:40 GMT
My guess is you'd be disappointed if you expected it to handle like a messer, but happy if you just want a really pretty combat machete. The hardness and temper are probably a crapshoot, which is why I'd be hesitant to pay more than about $50 to try one. My guess from the picture is this is about 21" of blade, which to me means the lack of distal taper isn't a big deal. Depending on thickness it'll handle fine. It'll be an aggressive chopper. That's not necessarily bad. It'd be a fun project.
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Post by vlad4th on Sept 4, 2018 19:40:37 GMT
Michael I would go right on ahead and make it. It may not handle like a real messer but it would still be a nice blade and a fun project. Also be careful because I had a Devil's Edge Damascus Quama a while back and it de laminated on me after I hit a bottle cap so be careful with cheaper Damascus. Also are you Red Michael From Youtube if so I love your sword reviews.
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Post by Adventurer'sBlade on Sept 5, 2018 0:27:34 GMT
Michael I would go right on ahead and make it. It may not handle like a real messer but it would still be a nice blade and a fun project. Also be careful because I had a Devil's Edge Damascus Quama a while back and it de laminated on me after I hit a bottle cap so be careful with cheaper Damascus. Also are you Red Michael From Youtube if so I love your sword reviews. I'm not the OP here, but yeah, I did those reviews. Glad you liked them!
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Post by dolbrin on Sept 5, 2018 21:34:26 GMT
$90 bucks is not that bad for an experiment. I would kinda like to have a folded steel/damascus/Valarian steel sword cheaper than my car. After all "Winter is coming"
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Post by Adventurer'sBlade on Sept 6, 2018 20:15:59 GMT
Do be sure to let us know what the blade is like and how your project turns out. I'm sure there's a lot of us who have been curious about these Pakistan Damascus sword blanks but were afraid to try. If they have any reasonable durability I'd like one for a short sword.
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Post by tancred on Sept 6, 2018 21:31:07 GMT
Agree with Redmichael here; I've pondered buying a few of those damascus blades from Pakistan quite a bit. One thing that held me back was that they mostly seemed small; I'd prefer a longer blade. It would be a shame if the blades weren't that good, because some of those patterns look stunning. Hoping your blade turns out great if you decide to get one, Dolbrin.
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Post by Ifrit on Sept 14, 2018 2:04:22 GMT
Glad to see I'm not the only one who considered it. Would be an interesting experiment for sure
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