Crossada Fighting Knife

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James Green Dragon

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"The Crossada is the creation of James Albert Keating. It is a bit of something old and a bit of something new all nicely combined to produce something very unique..."

"...Made in Arkansas by Tom Krein from D-2 steel .
A large, "all business" type of fighting knife..."

http://www.jamesakeating.com/MjkL.html

Anyone have an opinion on these knives?

What about blade steel? I would think a high carbon steel would be superior for such a large knife - wouldn't D2 be a bit brittle or would this depend upon heat treatment?

Definately an interesting design though...
 
I dont know about that large and rather deep groove in the blade... enough stress on that point and "brittle" heat treat or whatever heat treat, it's going to crack. I'm just a newbie at making knives but it seems pretty obivious to me. Well, I looked at it some more, and it's not as deep as I first thought, but it just seems like unnecessary risk IMO.
 
Keating has tested this design out over the years. No issues with the Spanish Notch. He has had many good to great makers make these for him and they all have had a good understanding of proper heat treat.

Would carbon steel be better than D2 for this type of knife? I personally would say yes. However, taken to the correct hardness through the proper heat treat, D2 will be more than adequate for this FIGHTER.
 
These are being heat treated by Paul Bos and are RC-58. Where the Spanish notch is located the blades are full thickness (1/4") and there is still a lot of material in this area. These knives are much quicker than they would appear to be. If you are interested in knife combatives I highly recommend James Keatings DVD's/Video's.

Tom
 
I wonder, what is the purpose of these long copper(or whatever this yellow metal is...) studs near the handle. They appear to be qutite difficult fo sheathing...
 
I don't like it... instead of a spanish style revival kinda thing, I would rather get a good old scramasax :p
 
pyton357ru,
Those are removable quilions. They unscrew easily.

French Kiss,
No doubt the scramasax is a good blade, but you should see what the spanish notch and devils horns gaurds are capable of, with training it is very likely that you will take your opponants blade away! An unarmed opponant is a good thing.

Tom
 
Yeah, I'm definately a fan of Mr. Keating.

Regarding the blade, the spanish notch and quillions are functional. Pyton357.. makes a good point about sheathing - there are an awful lot of protrusions and such that would get caught on stuff. However, I think the design is pretty bad ass personally. I'd like to own one made by Busse though!
 
Tom,

How much are the new Crossada's selling for?
 
EZ,
I don't know exactly what the price is as James is offering them in different package configurations with the trainers and DVD series. Give him a call or e-mail and he will get you the info. I highly recommend his reverse grip knifefighting serries! I have learned stuff when I watched any of his tapes!!

pyton357ru,
:D

Tom
 
If you want to see some awesome instructional footage of James A. Keating using the Crossada then check out Issue #1 of Modern Knives Video Magazine. He also briefely shows a live "Keating & Krein" bowie-style Crossada. he gets into great depth about the side quillions and how to use all them.

This issue features:

* James A. Keating - The Spanish Notch & Blade Catchers
* James Loriega - The Navaja Sevilliana (Spanish Big Folding Knife)
* Pete Kautz - Espada y Daga: The Spanish Technique of Arnis
* Video review: Ramon Martinez La Verdadera Destreza Spanish Swordsmanship
* Musical guest: Heavy Metal Recording Artists "Seasons of the Wolf"

Check out http://modernknives.com for all the details on how to subscribe, articles, free reports, and more!

All the very best,

Pete Kautz
http://modernknives.com
 
A video magazine!! How cool is that. Great idea. Every 3 months you get a videozine? in the mail to watch. Great line up on the first one.

Tom
 
I have always been impressed with the Crossada's design. I remember a Black Cloud version someone here had for sale once. I wish I had gotten it. I would love to experience a Riddle of Steel. The new Crossada looks like a great version. I would never worry about that Spanish notch. It terminates in a radius, so it is unlikely to ever fail due to stress problems. I want a set of these new Crossadas / with trainers. For $750.00 for the pair, that is a great deal. :cool:
 
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