Traditional Filipino Sharp Weapons

[kelsil]

Don't know if this was ever posted here and not trying to advertise but, I think that some good things could be learned in this website specially about other cultural knife designs, testing, etc.....Enjoy......

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[thegeek574]

any information that has all this in it will be taken with a large grain of salt by me when I read it. There are other resources that will give me information that is just as good without all the hype.

All the blades are 5160, rock (aren't rocks brittle?) tempered to 58 to 60 hardness scale. That is close to the hardest you can get any steel. (what about CPM rex 121?) It is the same hardness as an original Japanese Katana. These Swords can easily chop off cow's head in one stroke! The knives can easily go through a car door.