This cutlass was made this summer and now lives in the hands of Legacy Forge and is for sale. This was a joint effort by John Mitchell and myself. John forged the blade blank on our 90 Lbs Ironkiss power hammer and then I ground, fullered, polished and etched it. The hilt and handle were made by John aswell.

Double Clamshell Cutlass

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Here you can see the bold pattern. The smokey black area is the 1070 bar

Some stats:

The handle is Cocobola. The shape is ovate at the shoulder and round at the pommel.
The knucklebow is mild steel and was forged 100% to shape.
The pommel is our 8 sided faceted "ball" pommel.
The shell is polished mild steel and was hammered to shape.
The blade is made of 5 bars. 3 bars of 1095/15n20 at 29 layers with 2 solid bars of 1075 in between.
The blade features hand ground double fullers and a "not so" false edge. Meaning it is sharp.
The blade is sharp with an appleseed edge.

For more pictures and info please see our site http://baltimoreknife.com/doubleclamcutlass.htm

Comments always welcome.

Cheers,

Great piece - I have a passion for naval weapons :lol: All it needs is a suitable rig.
How did you make the fullers - by hammer or by grinding?

Sometimes we hammer and others we grind. In this case I ground the fullers free hand on a sander.