Titanium Sword / Katana?

True, but you're limited by how fast you can move your arm. For me, another pound here and there doesn't really change that top speed. Which means that the lighter blade will always have a lower upper limit to the amount of force it can generate. There's a lot more that goes into it once you make contact too as well. I could draw force diagrams all day :) I'd probably love a set of Ti-short swords though. Ever make a gladius?
 
Yes, a parrying action, thrust or cut with the tip, executed in the blink of an eye, is very easy with light blade that is balanced in the palm. Wushu swordsmanship would benefit from from titanium.

Mecha
 
I know nothing about swords - in fact I stumbled upon this sub forum - but I do own a titanium hammer (stiletto). It's 14 oz head seems to drive nails just as well as my formerly used 22 oz estwing. When I try I can 2 bang 3 1/4"s with both, but usually I'll just drive them with 3 hits for my elbows sake.
To the point though - I wouldn't trade the titanium hammer for any other hammer at this point. Its all due to the weight, I'm packing my hammer all day every day on my belt. Some days I'm swinging it all day. And it makes a big difference on my body. Swinging the titanium constantly sure is nicer, no pain, no sore muscles and no sore hand..
The titanium DOES chip away even on SOFT nails, and when I bought the hammer it had a warning on it saying to not use it on hardened nails. And though I use it on hardened nails they do seem to chip the edges more often then the regular nails.
Anyways, a couple things to consider? maybe? maybe not?
 
I had a Ti hammer and sold it because I do not work in the trade anymore. If I did, I'd still have my Stiletto, for reasons mentioned. But, the drill driver has almost made the hammer obsolete.
rolf
 
Joe! Which one?
You now need a Ti Catpaw and a mini Ti Pry Bar from STR.
Oh, and a Ti Meanbean from DJ, at American Kami.
 
Lycosa said:
Joe! Which one?
You now need a Ti Catpaw and a mini Ti Pry Bar from STR.
Oh, and a Ti Meanbean from DJ, at American Kami.
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I have a Ti Spork from DJ :)
 
That's a nice hammer. Tnx for the pic. Have you used it, Joe? I had the all-Ti model.
I do need to get a Sprork from DJ.
 
Rolf it has not arrived yet

I had Amex points on Amazon and got it and nail and hammer pouch on sale

I just famed out with a group of guys my gunsmiths shop that burned down

My existing kit was getting scrubby

I have also been interested in hammers as improvised weapons :)
 
Oh gahhhh! I want to make a war hammer!!

Unfortunately, I can't make one, as the special titanium I'm forging can only be hammered to about 2 1/2" wide. Probably enough meat-n-taters there to make a gladius. Luckily, the ti is quite stiff and very strong even when hammered thin!
 
What I like about the hammer I purchase was that the striking edge is steel

Does anyone know if titanium can be forge welded to steel in a blade

What would be the merits of this
 
Joe- The steel head/Ti combo is fantastic!
Good question, too.
Hartsfield was asked if he could put a Ti edge on a A2 blade of his and he said he had no interest in trying it.
 
Lycosa said:
Joe- The steel head/Ti combo is fantastic!
Good question, too.
Hartsfield was asked if he could put a Ti edge on a A2 blade of his and he said he had no interest in trying it.
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Rolf

I can see him saying that and I agree

If anything you would think you would want the steel edge and the Ti the spine ....... But again why ? What could we gain ? Ti has been proven to be not an ideal medium for an edge

Maybe as a spine or core but than again why ? What would you gain even if you could forge weld the two together

Would the laminating of Ti and steel work ?

These are questions that make me not see the reason for Ti as a sword

As a hammer with a steel striking surface yes

As foot pegs on my KTM yes

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Even than I choose aluminum :)

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My point is I do not see the merit of Ti in a sword

Even thou I do like yours :)
 
I practice a traditional form of Japanese Swordsmanship, Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Iai Heiho....and have NO interest in a titanium sword.

Yes, you can change speed and direction with a lighter blade, but weight is an important and valuable quality in a katana....as in, you want the ideal.....which would be somewhere between 2-3 lbs depending upon a number of variables.

One does not want to "muscle" the sword, you want to let it "run"....it needs mass behind the edge and it needs to be tough and hold the edge extremely well, which is one of the attributes that I have NOT found with beta titanium....it goes dull fairly quickly compared to a good steel blade.

The reason that you need weight is that the target was a metal helmet over a skull, and for that, you want something that has enough "oomfh" to cut the helmet AND brain your opponent.

I hope this makes some semblance of sense.

PS...Joseph that is a great looking bike, and you are a frikkin nutjob for driving it from Ohio to PA....but you know that, lol.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
It makes total sense, STeven. Thank you.
I was trimming limbs off a felled tree with a lighter hatchet and switched to my heavier Wetterling's hatchet and the job became much easier.
Thanks, Joe.
rolf
 
It's easy to see how one practicing the Japanese cutting arts would want a sword that is exactly, well, a Japanese samurai sword. The samurai-style sword is the most popular, hence the ubiquitous knockoff wall-hangers. It's certainly not the best shape and weight for wushu or European fencing, or necessarily even the best for just having around and chopping things. The ritualized ideals of the Japanese cutting world are just a single corner of the history of swords and swordsmanship.

Titanium and steel will not weld to each other in any useable way, but it can sort of be brazed at a welding temperature using an intermediate element. It's basically impossible. The footpegs on that sick bike are most certainly made of grade 5 titanium alloy, and is as different from the stuff I'm forging as mild steel is from D2. Less than 10% of most tool steels are composed of alloying elements other than pure iron, and the differences between steels are vast.
 
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Mecha

Even thou I do not have any interest in titanium swords :) you have proven yourself to be an amicable, intelligent fellow and I look forward to hearing more from you
 
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