I would like to point out that the use of a "pipe" lever for destruction testing of a priceless historical artifact is awfully low-tech for this day and age.
I was recently asked to analyze the ORIGINAL bowie knife. Rather than attempting to "break" the blade, which can distort the grain structure, I brought it to the Northwest WaterJet, PressureWash, and SteamLaundry in Lake Osweegee, Oregon. There the lady who presses the clothes at the laundry (her official title is "The Iron Mistress") used a waterjet cutter to slice the blade into 245 equal pieces, each about 9/614 of an inch long. Then I took each...
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TomW; it just might make a difference in 1,000 years. A very important katana, the 'little crow' which had a double edged curved blade, was put in a temple in 800 AD. 1200 years ago. Walt
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