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Post by Polyester on Oct 20, 2024 4:00:15 GMT
For a few days, every now and then I cut, sanded, drilled, screwed and polished something. Materials used: - the rusty blade from the Soviet shashka - a piece of a very old deer antler - an old piece of iron for the Crossguard - a heavily rusted piece of shutter hinge from my old workshop door from 1936 for the handle cap; the pitted structure was caused by corrosion - a piece of small railway rail for the side Crossguard, from Grandpa's railway rail anvil - Wood glue, a nail, an 8mm screw and some blood Specifications Total length: 695mm Blade length: 550mm Blade width: 30.5mm Blade thickness: 6.1mm Point of Balance (PoB): 75 mm in front of the crossguard Weight: 644g The origin of the blade, a shashka from 1942. Here's a little video of the result:
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Oct 20, 2024 4:57:35 GMT
Cool!
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Post by larason2 on Oct 20, 2024 19:19:53 GMT
Agree, cool sword!
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Oct 20, 2024 22:30:16 GMT
Bravo sir, that is an awesome project, and looks sweet. But do you like the results?
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Post by Polyester on Oct 23, 2024 19:41:23 GMT
Bravo sir, that is an awesome project, and looks sweet. But do you like the results? Many thanks. I like it very much. Above all, the work on it, the handling of the materials and the tools. What I have come to terms with is that everything I do will never be perfect. I really want to forge a blade myself. But I always put it off.
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Post by mrstabby on Oct 24, 2024 8:55:15 GMT
Very nice indeed. How much did you cut off form the Shashka? Also where did you get the Shashka (if you don't mind telling)? I can only find people trying to gouge me heavily for a 50% rust blade (not specifically Shashka though). Sad.
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