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Alex, Welcome to the forum, man! I hope that you find a great deal of information (if you click on one link you will find it, any link). I am familiar with the Starfire swords. I have purchased from them before, and I as desperately in love with them. But the fact of the matter is that those swords ...

Damian, Greetings! and wow! Showcasing here is fine, I think we all love looking at beautiful work. I wanted to ask you about the techniques that you used to make these. Did you do stock removal or forging? how did you heat treat (meaning the heating agent and all that) Great stuff, thanks for showi...

Perhaps we are not clear. The primary purpose of the Zornhut is the generation of power. That is acceptable as a purpose clause, just as the other definitions you offered are acceptable primary definitions. Are there other things that can be done from each position? Absolutely, however, there is alm...

The purpose of the Zornhut is the generation of power for the Zornhau. A twisting of the body and a rear-weighting (as seen in Fiore) will be just as acceptable. Interestingly, as I looked on the terms page (http://www.thearma.org/terms2.htm), posta di donna does have some characteristics of the LVT...

Which way is the head facing in the upper right of this picture from Fiore? It appears to be facing to the left (as I am looking at it - he is looking to the right) with the sword on his left shoulder and feet going to his left. This really is not a Vom Tag. Using Etymology (not always the best, I r...

Sam, It seems to me that the "Posta Di Donna" as seen in these examples is more comparable to the "Zornhut." I haven't spent much time with the Italian though, don't know it (I only have poor Latin skills). I think a closer example of the "lazy" Vom Tag is the upper rig...

Brandon, No worries on the name thing, I get it all the time. I am a blacksmith, so I am ok my name being associated with them, though I am sure an ancestor is pissed that I am not a good baker. :lol: I checked the weights, 3.3 pounds on the Meyer. 3.75 pounds on the Liechtenauer. I stand corrected....

Brandon, No "l" in the last name. Means "bakery." Isn't Goliath dealing with Zweihanders? Otherwise, I don't care what you call them. From the times that I have visited Albion and talked with the guys (and girls) they seem to find a rather large difference between the two. And I ...

Actually, the Meyer is a Federschwert, notice the flanges both in the pic on Wikipedia and on the sword. The Liechtenauer is a training blunt, as far as I know there is no name for the "type" of sword that is. As for the Bastard sword, I have handled it. A good friend has one that is sharp...

Hey Guys, I'm going to be in Palm Coast, Florida for about 10 days, and I am hoping that I will have a little free time to train, I am just wondering if anyone is around there and willing to hook up. Hopefully you bring an extra waster, I'm not sure that I can bring one with, actually, I'm sure I ca...

A quick reply (I am working on a final project for this semester - which ends tomorrow- and the assigment was due, hmmmmm a week ago :D ) Thank you for letting me know the time periods. There would seem to be a bit of an incompatibility with the longsword and the katana of the Edo period, as the lon...

According to Mr. Johnsson, the spine of the katana is left semisoft. This could mean that the tempering is not carried through to the spine, it could mean that the case hardening is only on the edge, leaving the carbon lower spine to a softer degree. It's actually one way of doing it, a popular one...

I would ask for citation on this statement. Iron is not as hard as steel. The process of making a Katana utilizes more iron than steel. The Longsword of Europe utilizes more steel than iron. I agree completely that there is variation, mostly due to less advanced smelting technology. But the stateme...

Wouldn't the Dussack writings also be applicable?

-Jeremiah (SA)

It's a fact that rockwell hardness is in general, higher on japanese blades. Now it doesn't make anything better, nor does it mean that there weren't any exceptions (blade hardness was very variable in europe, I'm pretty sure it would have been in Japan too). All I said was that the different chara...