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A very interesting and well made short hanshee with a brass blade and
steel edge. 14.4" and probably from the 1880s.
steel edge. 14.4" and probably from the 1880s.
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Purely decorative?
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mmmmmmmmm interesting, guess that takes a lot of skill to make, different welding temps etc
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Very interesting. As for it's being purely decorative, I don't know, but I would guess not.
My reasoning is that I know, for instance, that some old Anglo-Saxon swords are constructed in a similar way. The main body of the blade is made out of a fairly low-carbon steel/iron, and then a high-carbon steel edge is welded on. Like pattern-welding, this is another technique for obtaining a hard edge which stays sharp while maintaining the flexibility of a lower carbon metal (the other problem for higher-carbon steel, at least early steel, is that it tends to be much more brittle, and thus blades made purely of high-carbon steel have a greater risk of shattering, breaking).
just my thoughts. JP probably knows more for this particular piece...
My reasoning is that I know, for instance, that some old Anglo-Saxon swords are constructed in a similar way. The main body of the blade is made out of a fairly low-carbon steel/iron, and then a high-carbon steel edge is welded on. Like pattern-welding, this is another technique for obtaining a hard edge which stays sharp while maintaining the flexibility of a lower carbon metal (the other problem for higher-carbon steel, at least early steel, is that it tends to be much more brittle, and thus blades made purely of high-carbon steel have a greater risk of shattering, breaking).
just my thoughts. JP probably knows more for this particular piece...
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Cool.
Maybe the brass was slotted & the edge inserted after hardening.
Given properly shaped pieces:
bbb-BBBBB......BBB
sssssssss--SSS
bbb-BBBBB......BBB
That doesn't help much........
the brass could be peened over the steel very firmly.
Don't think welding or soldering would work,
but then I'm not sure of all the temperatures involved.
Maybe the brass was slotted & the edge inserted after hardening.
Given properly shaped pieces:
bbb-BBBBB......BBB
sssssssss--SSS
bbb-BBBBB......BBB
That doesn't help much........
the brass could be peened over the steel very firmly.
Don't think welding or soldering would work,
but then I'm not sure of all the temperatures involved.
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It would have been good for getting past those early magnetic-type airport metal detecters used back in 1880.
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I take your point about comparing it to a stell edge in an iron blade. But wouldn't the steel work loose in a brass blade?