I just got my second kriegsmesser.. and wow.. it's totally different than the first!! Here I'm saying that I think Lutel is "too" machine perfect (and they are) and too "cookie cutter".. but you know what? They're not cookier cutter at all.. they're actually quite different from one another. The blade shape/curve is absolutely different.. the thickness of the guard is different.. the thickness of the grip is different.. it's very interesting because it would appear that the hilts are made to fit the blades.. and there is variety to be found in the blade, so the hilt must accomodate it.

Interesting.

Yeah, checking the pics in your gallery with my Messer, I can see that the curvature on mine is slightly different, and that the guard-plate has four grooves instead of five. Seems like there's more to Lutel than meets the eye...

We could measure the difference in curvature (I think the technical term is "sagitta") and compare the messers.

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The Swedish word is "pilhöjd", "arrowheight", and as "sagitta" is Latin for "arrow" (the constellation Sagittarius = the Archer), and it is logical when you think of the curve as a bow and the measurement as a very small arrow... I'm searching for the proper English term as we speak.

1½" at the greatest (as measured from an imagined line base of blade - point).

Found a definition (sort of): "sagittal curvature: An incorrect name for axial curvature, and an obsolete name for transverse curvature, both of which are axis-based curvatures."

I'll take photos in the next week or so of both pieces to show the differences.

I'll be watching for the new pictures. :) I keep thinking that when I get some money together I'll get one of these guys, but it hasn't happened yet. It is on my list, though...

Does the extra curvature change the 'feeling' of the way the sword should be handled a lot?

Two of them? Sheesh Nathan what are you up to? You aren't planning on having this one broken down are you?