The Undergrowth Organizer titanium blade

Lorien- You are a piece of work. Compliment.
OK, the Titanium blade, when done right, is the ultimate all-purpose blade.
We now have proof.
rolf
 
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Lorien, I don't know, man, couldn't you have picked a bigger tree?:) Sam, that looks like a great blade, no BS. Judging by the chopping Lorien was doing, a kraton or horse mat handle might be in order down the road. So, tell me, can these blades be ground in the ordinary manner, or do you have to do something different?
 


David Stifle said:
Lorien, I don't know, man, couldn't you have picked a bigger tree?:) Sam, that looks like a great blade, no BS. Judging by the chopping Lorien was doing, a kraton or horse mat handle might be in order down the road. So, tell me, can these blades be ground in the ordinary manner, or do you have to do something different?
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Nope, biggest standing dead tree I could find. Fortunately there are two of equal size right beside each other :)
Sam's handles are awesome. The leather cord is tightly wrapped over a hard rubber core, and is the most comfortable handle of any of the knives I use. I think that the titanium damps some of the harshness out as well.

 
HA! Lorien thanks for documenting your thrashing of the TitaniLor prototype, strong work, sir.

The titanium alloy does soften the rigid 'thwang' of a glancing blow, which is the opposite of what one would think; you can even grab a bare tang and chop without problems.

A bit about the grip construction: There are three layers to these sword grips: first, a soft rubber/neoprene underlayer of "scales" with beveled edges, which is anchored down with expanding glue and wrapped tightly with non-stretch waxed nylon cord before it sets, with each turn putting the whole thing under powerful compression and shaping the superstructure into an oval that follows the tang shape. This makes the rubber feel hard and puts a strong force between the pinned tang and the handguard. All hilts get at least a double layer of cord, with more turns added as needed to change the swell and final size of the hilt. The waxed cord becomes almost monolithic, but it remains somewhat flexible. This completes the superstructure of the hilt, and from there the final outer layer that is held gets added, which may be removed and replaced whenever and however one wishes, with whatever cord or leather is preferred, without disturbing the superstructure beneath. This construction allows the titanium alloy sword to bend from pommel to tip, like a bow; the grip itself is flexible (but quite stiff). Pressure within is maintained between the pommel and guard, and the sword's owner gets to replace or alter the outer layer with impunity! :D

To answer Mr. Stifle: Grinding the alloy can be done in any normal fashion, but slow belt/tool speeds and high pressure work best (and wet grinding, too). Care must be taken to deal with the magnesium-like sparks, chips and dust. The alloy will destroy normal AO belts almost instantly, zirconia belts just skate off of the metal. Ceramic belts BY FAR work the best, and files work fine as well, as the metal isn't especially hard like steel can be. However, expect all abrasives and cutting tools to have a short lifespan. Grinding stones and metal cut-off wheels, any of these types of high-speed abrasives will be obliterated by the titanium. The faster you hit the titanium with an individual grit, the harder the metal hits back, and the titanium will win that altercation in short order.
 
Wow! That sounds like a lot of work, not to mention experience, is needed to make one of these bad boys. My respect just keeps growing. You're doing some great stuff, buddy (and please, no Mr. Stifle, I'm Dave to my friends).
 











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If I gave our local beavers titanium teeth they'd do that in half the time !
 
don't mind a little beaver from time to time m'self.
 
Thanks Dave, I consider your comments as great compliments.

Well, here is a chopping video, as promised. Not the best. Standing vegetation is much easier to cut cleanly than dry "sticks" in a vice! Finally just resorted to the old tried-and-true plastic car ramps.

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I love this guy.^
Buy his blades.
Sam- You are a true trail blazer.
I'll be proud to own a blade from you.
Thanks...
rolf
 
nice video :)
 
Thanks kindly for the nice comments! More swords are in the works.

JayGoliath: It was that damn dry bamboo. I was hurrying to get that stalk from an ominous semi-abandoned Chinese government-owned warehouse down the street, which has a runaway clump of tough bamboo growing on the property. The bamboo split and instantly lacerated all four of my fingers deep. I'm mad because A) I knew that bamboo could do that but screwed up anyway, and B) it's perfect forging weather and there is a lot of metal smashing that could be getting done right now. :(
 
Here in NY they are going to ban the planting of bamboo as it's too invasive .Don't know about the rest of the country.
 
mete said:
Here in NY they are going to ban the planting of bamboo as it's too invasive .Don't know about the rest of the country.
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Think that happened in NJ as well. Auntie of a friend recently paid a lot to get them uprooted.
Dried bamboo is another story. Tough stuff.
 
Finally got my butt in gear and started , after a few false starts, to make the sheath. for my mini gladius .Hadn't done that type of project for a long time . The big part of today's work ? My gladius is now properly broken in as while searching for stuff in my garage I was attacked by my now worst enemy a TICK !!! Still fighting Lyme I found revenge is truly sweet !
 
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