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Post by mattjohn98 on Jul 14, 2019 6:12:03 GMT
I have been generally curious about this question.
There are a lot of swords on the market such as Windlass or Del tin swords which come unsharpened or hardly sharpened which require significant sharpening to get a good edge on them.
I've been wondering because I was both curious how much weight would be lost over time, but also, regarding reprofiling the blade.
I've been considering shaving down the thickness at the tip of my Windlass Schiavona sword to drop a few ounces off the overall weight.
I was wondering how much weight do you think I could remove just from sharpening and reprofiling the tip?
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Jul 14, 2019 8:24:53 GMT
None, basically none. I've measured.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Jul 14, 2019 8:25:24 GMT
The reason is sharpening is dealing with a sword's thinnest part. It has very little weight there to begin with. Thus you ain't taking away any weight at all.
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Post by pgandy on Jul 14, 2019 12:25:19 GMT
I’ve never weighed as such but on my first sharpenings I did measure the PoB and I could tell no change. Since then I have not measured but could tell no difference in handling.
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Post by mattjohn98 on Jul 16, 2019 8:12:18 GMT
What about shaving down the thickness of the last 1/5th of the blade?
Aikidoka did a review and sword cutting for a deepeeka Viking sword that he personally sharpened and also removed the thickness off the tip of the blade, and he said that he noticed the blade felt more lively.
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Post by MOK on Jul 16, 2019 9:27:54 GMT
It all depends entirely on how much material you remove and from where. Merely sharpening a blade that already has an established edge geometry doesn't change its mass or mass distribution in any meaningful way, but on the other hand if you take something like a Windlass or Deepeeka blade with functionally blunt edges and no distal taper and file or grind it into proper shape, that can have a palpable effect.
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Post by Jordan Williams on Jul 17, 2019 21:40:04 GMT
I have been generally curious about this question. There are a lot of swords on the market such as Windlass or Del tin swords which come unsharpened or hardly sharpened which require significant sharpening to get a good edge on them. I've been wondering because I was both curious how much weight would be lost over time, but also, regarding reprofiling the blade. I've been considering shaving down the thickness at the tip of my Windlass Schiavona sword to drop a few ounces off the overall weight. I was wondering how much weight do you think I could remove just from sharpening and reprofiling the tip? If I were you I would use a file or angle grinder to completely thin down the foible, or pay someone to do it. I've done this a few times in windlass swords and it always drastically improved handling qualities and cutting performance.
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Post by markus313 on Jul 17, 2019 22:00:35 GMT
I can second what MOK and Jordan said. Had a Kawashima one-handed knightly sword and a Windlass saber that I thinned down the foibles of, taking off around 12 g from the sword and around 15 g from the saber, iirc (more on the saber ‘cause I sharpened the edge on that, too – came blunt, as Windlass pieces use to). Improved handling noticeably on both pieces.
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