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Sun 18 Mar, 2012 11:14 am
Wow! Thank you very much Bruno. I am fascinated by ( even a little obsessed with ) these early greatswords. I really appreciate the pics and the measurements that you were able to provide. I really want to replicate one of these blade-heavy beasts, but I want to get it just right and not go too far nor fall short. If there are any other tidbits of information you can remember about this sword, I would really appreciate it. Things like approximate center of mass or even a more detailed comparison of how it felt in handling compared to other swords. Also, can you remember what the edge geometry was like? Did it have thin cutting edges or thicker axe-like edges? Is the entire tang length 12cm or is that the grip length? I find it interesting how students of the sword had to work so hard to disprove the myth of the crowbar sword only to find with further study that some swords are indeed quite crowbar-like. Variety is the spice of life! The blade I currently have has the following measurements- Blade length: 90cm, blade width at base: 5.45cm, blade width at 60cm: 4cm, blade thickness at base: 5.5mm, blade thickness at 60cm: 3.1mm. Fuller is 70 cm long and 10-16mm wide. Total tang size is 17 cm long by 2.1 cm wide. I think this blade is in the ballpark, but I want to make one with longer, wider tang, less
profile taper and maybe thicker and/or with less
distal taper. I am dying to get some detailed and accurate measurements of one of these swords so that I can proceed on something more than intuition and educated guesses. Thank you again Bruno, you have filled in another piece of the puzzle for me.
PS- what do you mean by "blade at debole still wants to cut, yes i notice it"?