Einar Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 My goal with this was to make it look like a weapon from a museum, not a brand new one with a shiny blade. I dont know how well I succeeded in that. I'm guessing I am not fooling any curators any time soon. But overall, I like the look of it. The blade is mild steel with a spring steel edge. Somwhere between 55 and 60 rockwell according to my hardness testing files. I believe the haft is hickory, or maybe ash. Its from an old snow shovel. I stained the wood a deep ebony color, and the blade was given a very dirty sanding before antiquing it with a mix of strong vinegar and salt. I would have liked deeper pitting than I got, so I might redo the vinegar treatment later. I let it rust for about 4 days before lightly sanding the rust away. Total length: 168 cm or 66 inches. Blade length: 56 cm or 22 inches. Blade thickness: 4.8 mm, or 3/16 inches Haft length: 145 cm or 57 inches. Weight: 1930 grams or 4.25 lbs 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t cudworth Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 That is awesome! Now i wanna sit down and watch conan! Super work Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, t cudworth said: That is awesome! Now i wanna sit down and watch conan! Super work Tom Thanks! Any excuse to watch Conan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Detrick Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Coooooooooooool. I would not want to be on the wrong end of that. “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer." -Albert Camus http://www.krakenforge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Wes Detrick said: Coooooooooooool. I would not want to be on the wrong end of that. Thanks! Neither would I! In fact the thought of dropping it on my toes is terrifying enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Webster Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 What a lovely cheese knife! Perfect for decapitating just about anything. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveShimanek Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Strange, that is the 2nd Conan reference i have seen today; the 1st was a soundtrack on one of Dave Stephens' press videos from 2009. Nice weapon, could be useful in a zombi attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 9 hours ago, Doug Webster said: What a lovely cheese knife! Perfect for decapitating just about anything. Well done Thanks! This can slay the mightiest of cheeses. 8 hours ago, SteveShimanek said: Strange, that is the 2nd Conan reference i have seen today; the 1st was a soundtrack on one of Dave Stephens' press videos from 2009. Nice weapon, could be useful in a zombi attack. I should get one of those zombie test cutting heads and try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adair Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Hello there, Could you tell me more about building a blade in this manner? What tool steel did you use and what welding process? I've been wanting to build a polearm forever. I've tried making them from big circular saw blades but making big fussy forge welds has proven too elusive (for the style of halberd I'd like to make). Your technique looks very appealing. -Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 On 11/19/2020 at 9:41 PM, Adair said: Hello there, Could you tell me more about building a blade in this manner? What tool steel did you use and what welding process? I've been wanting to build a polearm forever. I've tried making them from big circular saw blades but making big fussy forge welds has proven too elusive (for the style of halberd I'd like to make). Your technique looks very appealing. -Adair Hi, sorry I missed this reply, I havent been checking in on the forums much lately. I dont know the excact steel I used for the edge. Its a spring steel, probably something along the lines of 1060. I did not do any forge welding. I arc welded the spring steel edge to the mild steel blade. If you attempt that, you should preheat the pieces first. 200-250 degress Celsius should be enough. If you try to weld without preheat, you might get cracks along the welds. On my bardiche there are very fine cracks along the welds on one side of the blade. They were completely invisible to the naked eye until after the etching, when they started to stand out as fine lines of rust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adair Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Thank you for the reply. I'll have to run some experiments with the steels I have and see how they behave. -Adair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maciek Tomaszczyk Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I like the shape of the so-called Moscow berdish. In the Museum of Polish Army in Warsaw there are some (pictures below). You did, nicely look reconstruction, i like it except modern welding technology you used to create it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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