BlackJack Vorpal Spec's?

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Tom Carey

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I was just getting to the Vorpal page on my web site when I realized that I don't have anything info the specs of the knife. Since I don't have one in my collection I can't get measure one. I am looking for blade thickness, length, overall length, steel type, etc... Can anyone help? If you want to see where I am at with the site you can check out:http://blackjack.0catch.com/testmain.htm I just added three pages today so far.


Regards,

Tom Carey
 
Tom,

Well, I would like to be able to say I have the exact information for you, unfortunately, I sold my bead blasted BJK Vorpal Sword at a Show here in Maryland last December. (I might add, I got what I wanted, quickly).

I can promise you something, however, I know that knife was in a Cutlery Shoppe Catalog or Mail Advertisement some years ago and I do believe I still have that. They always included accurate specifications and I will post it, or, I can E-mail you a high resolution scan of the page if and when I find it. That might be nice for your Vorpal Page.

Maybe I will go look for it now. :D
 
You arent gonna make me go measure mne are ya?

Tom,
1200 Vorpals were blanked (of 1095).
A few hundred were polished, the majority were SAND blasted.
I had one with a green pakkawood handle. Most were black micarta, either linen or paper.
The sheaths were usually pretty poor. The earlier ones ahd the consistency of beef jerky, the later, simple sheaths werent so bad.
14" blade if I recall.
 
The Blade on the Blackjack Vorpal Sword is 17 inches. The overall length is 24 inches. The original as designed by Tom Maringer had a 18 inch blade and was also 24 inches overall. I believe 300 were polished.

Bobby
 
Thanks guys. Once again info on the site has been updated. Now I am not the only one working on this thing. :D

Regards,

Tom Carey
 
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