Bronze Blades??

[halromberg]

Does anybody make a decent Bronze blade these days? I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but work-hardening the edges was supposed to be an art form. I'm curious.

 

[Bob W]

The only thing I've seen lately is a letter opener at AG Russell that has bronze and copper damascus layers.

http://www.agrussell.com/knives/by_type/straight/bamboo_letter_opener.html

-Bob

 

[halromberg]

That's a cool thing to have on the desk. I've got a bunch of cheap Thai Bronze/teak silverware, but I'm thinking of all the blades that used to be made out of the stuff and it seems like it would still be kind of usefull because of its non-magnetic properties, and relative corrosion resistance. Any others?

 

[Bob W]

I dunno, I think bronze would be incredibly soft compared to modern steels and be rather useless as a knife blade material. The prehistoric Europeans 5000 years ago thought it was great stuff though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age

Interesting stuff and good question.
-Bob

 

[Frank_Zuccarini]

I had a very small (1.5" blade?) bronze bladed folder. I recall that it took a decent edge, but didn't hold it very long. I considered the knife to be very cool, though. I believe that it was an import that I got from Atlanta Cutlery. I can't get my hands on it right now, but I'll look for it.

Frank

 

[kidwholaughs]

You can find historical replica. Mostly daggers. The good replicas, are very rare.

 

[65535]

Sounds like it would make good marine cutlery, although I think H1 has that covered really well, I wonder if you would need special sharpening tools as I imagine bronze would glaze most modern stones.

 

[mete]

You can get good reproductions of bronze swords and knives .Originally they were made with about 10 % tin with copper .They were often hammered on the edges to harden as was early IRON [not steel ].You can work harden to edges to a degree - too much and you will crack it.

 

[ChuckB_III]

Ive been looking for a bronze bladed folder for months, but the closest i've come is a few copper bladed swords from knight's edge. A Bronze bladed knife would have a real niche for certain people, i don't know how big it would be, but as long as it was under $50 (it would be a non-user), i would buy it.

 

[JNewell]

Unless I'm missing something, you're dialing the clock back almost 4000 years in terms of tool/blade technology?

 

[swordofthesavior]

yeah, bronze will be total pump for cutting stuff i expect, it would look cool though.

 

[Jared Stenoien]

The edge would probably not even hold up as well as those cheap wall hangers, and most of those are nonmagnetic and won't corrode in your lifetime. Why not use a stellite alloy?

 

[halromberg]

It's a historical thing I guess. Old stuff doesn't always work as well, but it has a coolness factor to it sometimes. I kind of like the idea of a bronze blade for light duty use.