Colorful forged titanium alloy sword

[Mecha]

Hi guys, I have another little titanium sword to show. This one is colorful, having retained the HT oxides and with titanium hilt parts heat-colored to match. Lots of info including build photos are up on the Mad Science Forge subforum, here:

Forged titanium alloy sword with HT oxides

This sword began with a fact-finding adventure at David Mirable's top secret ice cave blade facility in Alaska, where it was forged and ground to general shape. Back in the lower 48, it was finished into an "oxide sword," or, one that has the actual HT oxide layer preserved on the blade. This...

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Though the sword is pretty standard, the scabbard, made by Ms. Oye, is the latest advancement in making a good leather sword scabbard. It's made of alternating layers of leather and cellulose sheet, which makes it stiffer than ever. Lightweight, still able to flex, but with no droop at all, and well formed inside to match the blade shape. The addition of titanium D rings for suspension is also a nice touch.

 

[fishface5]

Oh me wants it, my precious!!!

 

[JParanee]

Very cool Sam

I bet it’s a good cutter

 

[Mecha]

Very cool Sam

I bet it’s a good cutter

Should be just fine. This is the little blade forged at Mirable's place, that we subjected to an experimental HT. It cut pretty well up there on frozen saplings up to a couple inches in diameter, but it's since been significantly been thinned out and re-heat treated, and has a real hilt, and and should perform much better.

This link shows testing the blade in Alaska after the experimental heat treatment. It's two clips. Bottom right of the video has a button to turn on sound, and on the right of the video is a button that brings it to the second clip:

Mecha on Instagram: "A little bit of blade testing on some icy saplings. The experimental heat treatment was a success! No problem! Although the blade should and will be be thinned out and refined. #titaniumsword #swordtest #forgedtitanium"

245 likes, 46 comments - madscienceforge on November 7, 2020: "A little bit of blade testing on some icy saplings. The experimental heat treatment was a success..."

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I do this sort of thing to test the stability of the thin edge to impact.

 

[Kailash Blades]

Sheath looks killer!

 

[Mecha]

Sheath looks killer!

She says, "Thank you!"

 

[HJK]

Love it.. Love your swords. Gotta get one. No, that's wrong. I NEED one.