Matthew Rhame Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) Any opinions on Forged swords vs Stock removal swords? I'm currently thinking about making a single edged viking sword or langsax/langseax out of 1075 bar stock. The durability and "battle readiness" of the sword should still be fine, right? Edited February 13, 2016 by Matthew Rhame + Veritas Vincit + "Failure is the mother of success" ~ Chinese proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondřej Borský Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Yes I mae most of my blunts this way and they are fine as long as they are heat treated properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Parkinson Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 as long as heat treat is the same performance will be the same. Web site http://www.dragonsbreathforge.com Insagram account http://instagram.com/swordmatt# Blog http://mpmetal.tumblr.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook/dragonsbreathforge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragoncutlery Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 stock removal removes the risk of screwing up the steel under the hammer and only leaves you the chance to screw up the heat treat were as hammering gives you the chance to screw up both 1 Brandon Sawisch bladesmith eagles may soar but weasels don't get sucked in to jet engines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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