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Post by burnagrammy on Nov 21, 2023 5:17:24 GMT
could someone explain to me what these mean? I see these thrown around quite frequently but have never actually understood its meaning. I'm assuming it has something to do with the blade structure. They are probably unrelated, but I have no idea.
Thanks for any and all help!
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Nov 21, 2023 5:48:48 GMT
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Post by toddstratton1 on Nov 29, 2023 7:10:34 GMT
Hollow grounding is when a sword has a certain angle that leads to the edge of the blade, some albion swords have this like the Svante of the museum line, alongside the Earl, and Regent, kingmaker as well. This example shows knives but it gets the concept across, on those particular albions it is through the diamond cross section leading to a hollow grind of the blade up to the edges on the sides. It makes it a concave angle leading to the edge from the diamond cross section rather than a standard convex angle. upload images[/ur]
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Post by takitam on Nov 30, 2023 15:54:12 GMT
You can see the secondary bevel in the picture in Tod's post above. And under the red line in the picture attached here. It is where the angle changes close to the very edge. In the above example you can see it in 'flat, hollow and compound' edges but in reality you can add a secondary bevel to any type of grind. Above the red line in my picture is the main bevel. Below it, the secondary bevel. When people say 'thickness behind the edge', look again at the red line in the attached picture. This is where you measure it. You can have two knives or swords with the same overall thickness of the blade at the spine, the same type of grind and the same edge angle. How thick the edge is behind the secondary bevel will have a big impact on how the knife or sword cuts. Different applications favour different types of edges and thicknesses behind the edge. In general - the narrower the edge angle and the thinner the blade behind the edge, the better it cuts, but at the cost of durability.
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Post by toddstratton1 on Dec 7, 2023 20:20:57 GMT
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