Any MODERN developed fighting sword?

pyton357ru

pyton357ru

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Well, I'm quite new in this part, so please, don't hurt me for asking old questions.
All the sword-making compaties ( at least ones I saw) stick to traditional desighns, with Katana most popular. Just wonder, does any company develops something new? Not " Hang it over your fireplace" pieces of fantasy art, but combat-worthy pieces?
Thanks Beforehand!
 
OK - no pain involved.

First you need to define "combat ready." If you mean a functional sword there are several makes who do very nice repros of various styles. Now as to a "modern/improved" sword just what do you propose? Are you asking for style, materials or both? Please keep in mind that swords have been around for a long time and that makers have experimented with just about every style and arrrangment you might imagine. Not to much new under the sun here. Swords like knives are simple tools. What improvement can you make to dramatically improve performance? I suppose that you could say that modern repros are improved in the that the materials used today are probably much better than what smiths had available centuries ago. :)
 
There are several makers that make "modern tactical" swords. In my opinion these vary from nicely crafted pieces to poorly designed things that are hiding behind the "tactical" title. Price is not a good indicator of which is which.
 
to Triton
Ok, I'll try to find these.
to Loki.
I meant desighns. Unfortunatly I couldn't buy one, dot I was qurious if it is possible to develop something new.
 
Yes, I guess you can design something new/tactical/modern. You replace wood/leather handles with things like micarta or G10. You could use different steels for the blades other than simple ones like 10xx series or 5160. You could design different guards (or not use a guard at all). The point I was trying to make was outside of materials you can probably find any design you can think of in the historical record. The sword is a simple tool and experience with what worked drove the designs. I think you can find an example of a "modern" materials design with Criswell's japanese inspired swords. :)
 
An excellent example of modern methods put to use in making what appear to be traditional European style swords are those made by Angus Trim. He does not use forging, but uses a pair of very elaborate CAD-CAM machines to machine his blades after which he does the heat-treat and then assembles the hilt, guard, and pommel to them, finally doing the finishing. He has received almost unanimous praise for his most recent work and you might wish to give it a look in.

His site is currently "Under Construction" while he reworks it. http://www.angustrimswords.com/

So you may wish to look at two of his dealers:
http://store.swordforum.com/angustrim/
http://allsaintsblades.com/
 
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