bevel babble, TiKat 2014 WIP

wnease

wnease

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On this blade I went wider than I have been lately, kinda back to my roots actually. I think wider blades chop better. With Ti I can get the low mass, wide blade, still 1/4" thick, combining the handling I like and the heavy look I want.

Regarding all the helicoidal ( I used to say "helical" )bevels... I guess this is necessary to get the mass distribution and have enough meat at the tip and not too whippy... weird, it feels like it could not be otherwise now, though I can't put this shaping detail into a low priced blade... makes a lot of my early work seem unrefined

Thanks,

William
 
That's going to be one NICE sword, William.
I cannot wait to see this one done.
rolf
 
Excuse me sir, did you say titanium sword?

DAMN RIGHT YOU DID! :D
 
Can a Ti blade cut well?
You BET it can!! Even if it's a chisel ground Ti blade.
 
Thanks for the vdo, mecha. Ti blades are here to stay and... Ti is being improved upon, as you know.
rolf
 
Many video games are just playable science fiction. Good science fiction often becomes fact (and of course weaponry has always been high on the list): rail guns, halo suits, walking mechanical war machines, space planes, electronic camouflage, self-guiding bullets, direct brain-to-electronics links, laser cannons, etc., and these are just a few recent advances just breaking out into the world.

I'm no George Orwell, but I do believe there are titanium alloys that will someday be considered among the best things one can use to make a sword or knife. After thousands of years steel metallurgy continues to advance constantly, as will titanium, which has only been in use for one human lifespan.
 
Not for long, Lycosa. Seems like every other week, how little I really know becomes more bluntly obvious. Gonna know less than nothing pretty soon, at this rate! :D
 
Lycosa, you're gonna get me beat up after school.:eek:
 
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