Not a blade, but maybe it is still interesting.
I made this spaulder? (there is only one, but spaulder is not a word is it?) for a jewellery and blacksmithing exhibition "Armour" "Armour is an exhibition of conceptual jewellery and blacksmithing that takes place in the round gallery of the cannon tower Kiek in de Kök. Modern interpretations of medieval armour are presented through body jewellery and objects specially created for this project."
Started with a 9 layer billet, mild/65g/K600/mild/K600/mild/K600/65g/mild.
Working with coal, 5 folds gave me ~280 layers.
At this point the