04-02-2003, 01:15 AM
Artega,Apr 1 2003, 03:44 PM Wrote:... I got the URL from an old Garwulf's Corner, and Sword Forum has a listing of two or three sword-makers that apparently smith them instead of casting them in a mold like mass-production factories do. They're a tad expensive, though, with the cheapest I've seen being around $350. However, they're all tested and approved, and Garwulf himself has bought a few swords from said makers, at least, according to his editorials. It's as good a place as any to start.Ummm, stainless steel wallhangers are not cast. Merely milled and machined to aesthetic considerations and often constructed only for visual display instead of actual cutting practice. That, and the heat treat. Heat treating can make or break (often in a literal sense) a sword. The material at hand becomes less a factor in determing a sword when the care in heat treatment is the primary concern in sword quality, as you can forge a sword out of the cleanest, most kick-ass grade of carbon steel and have a crappy blade in the end if the heat treat was screwed up.
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