A Long Knife Maybe...

Jerry Hossom

Jerry Hossom

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But the guy with a short sword is probably at a disadvantage...

24-1/2" CPM-3V blade, with hand-and-a-half Black Canvas Micarta handle. 33-1/2" OAL, weighing just 20-1/2 oz. Very fast.

I'm not calling it anything, since that tends to annoy some folks when I do. Let's just say it's kind of swordish... :D
 
Oooo...

While you know I like the classical stuff most, I admit your stuff looks very clean, crisp, and well-made. The pics of your stuff speak highly of your ability to maintain high tolerances as well as your definitive "Hossom" look.

Nice job :)
 
Hollow grind on a long curved blade, that looks really hard to make.

Have you ever thought of making a scimitar type sword? You know, like the swords of Marine officers. Your swords kinda remind me of those.
 
I'll tell ya, there was a lot of interest from the LOTR fans for a certain elvish damsels sword. In a recent thread on the SFI board many expressed interest in an blade like that.

The mid-grip subhilt really looks pratical and great blade lines for a true cutter.

Cheers

Hotspur
 
You know I hadn't considered that, but horseclover is exactly right. This sword/knife doesn't look all that much different then the elf stuff in the recent movie either. You would just have to change the handle about a bit...
 
When I first profiled this blade, my intent was to marry a lightweight katana-like blade with my hand-and-a-half handle, focussing on keeping it light. As the narrow blade merged into the handle, I carried the same narrowness through the handle, making it just a little smaller than I would have liked. In fact, making it about right for a woman's hand. That hadn't occurred to me until Horseclover's post, and since I haven't seen LOTR that wasn't my goal.

Gentleman, I think we just named "The Ladyhawk" (after one of my favorite movies), and I thank you for your insight.
 
Very impressive, you are an artist and so much...

I make mine the question of FullerH, what would be the price of this piece.:D
 
A two handed scimitar, or shamshir. I bet it took forever to grind, especially with that steel!!! Unmistakably a Hossum. Very nice.
 
Curious phenomenon...

Why does everyone feel compelled to put this sword into a specific catagory?
:confused:

It is what it is, don't try to force it into a niche' it won't fit.
 
I think that's natural with swords because they struggle for contemporary relevance, whereas knives are used everyday and are allowed to evolve as they do so. Sword evolution is assumed to have ended. I don't agree with that, but I think that's the prevailing attitude.

I was well reminded of that, however, when I recently visited SFI and observed the stony silence that resulted from my name being mentioned... :)

I have two objectives in my sword designs. One is to make blades that are capable of performing the same cutting challenges that defined excellence in the past. The second is to design swords that may in fact have relevance in modern tactical conditions. My 15" bolo is presently being evaluated for use by spec ops in certain tactical situations, and I'm firmly of the opinion that there are specific needs for which the modern equivalent of a sword can prove a useful military tool. At the very least, the pursuit of these goals keeps me entertained.
 
Ken, I was just saying what it reminded me of. If jerry wants to call it "poop on a stick" that's what it is cuz HE MADE IT. I have seen two handed Scimitars from north Africa that have almost the same blade profile as Jerry's piece. Handle profile is distinctly Hossum. I applaud the concept of modernizing designs from antiquity. Just look at the ATC & RMJ Hawks in use in Afghanistan. The Smatchet of WWI. Canadian SF using Wally Hayes stuff. These designs were used as weapons hundreds of years ago. With modern steels and handle materials these new versions of old weapons will be able to out perform their forebears. I witnessed it this past weekend.
"It is what is" "What it is" is cool as hell.
 
Hey Jerry,

I don't know if it was necessarily stony silence. There was some interest when I put the elf sword thread up there. I think at SFI however you mostly see either people that are interested in historical replicas or folks that want some kind of katana. To my mind your stuff looks more phillipino to me then anything else and that area is notoriously under appreciated in the U.S. in general never mind on SFI.
 
Hell, I don't care what you call it, and I generally prefer historical replicas, but that is one beautiful device! It is a work of art and well worth whatever Jerry chooses to ask for it. It's just that not everyone 1) can afford it and 2) see it the same way that I do.
 
Jerry,

How about something like this? :D:D:D

(hope I'm not being too blasphemous)
 
:D

My shop isn't big enough to make that one. Sure would make a great hood ornament for crowd control... :)

I guess I'm a little gun shy in SFI. One of my swords was reviewed there a couple years ago and it was pretty roundly discounted as just a "long knife" even though it had made some fairly prodigious cuts.
 
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