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Randal Graham
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J.G. Grubbs
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Those are Marvelous, Mr. Graham!
Regards,
"The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour."
Samurai Proverb
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J.G. Grubbs
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By the way, would you happen to be considering something in the future similai to your 15th century civilian? I truly admire that sword!
Thanks,
"The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour."
Samurai Proverb
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Randal Graham
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I have two back-orders to finally finish, a few pices to mount-up and get back to customers, then yeah, among other things, there is gonna be a couple of longswords. I never liked em much till I started hanging out with Peter Johnsson... damn him...
Ra
R.H.Graham
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J.G. Grubbs
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| Randal Graham wrote: | I have two back-orders to finally finish, a few pices to mount-up and get back to customers, then yeah, among other things, there is gonna be a couple of longswords. I never liked em much till I started hanging out with Peter Johnsson... damn him...
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Outstanding!
Thanks
"The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour."
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Joe Fults
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The curly maple is an especially nice touch.
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
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Peter Johnsson
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| Posted: Mon 19 Jan, 2004 11:03 pm Post subject: Re: something new..... ? |
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Ahh!
So that´s how they turned out.
I remember the long-seax very well from my last visit. Nice touch with that clean maple grip. Matches the forged texture in the blade beautifully.
...A black whish is that they are still around in february, so I can see them 
Splendid work Randal!
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Randal Graham
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Thanks Peter...
there should be other stuff to look at then... mmmmm, damascus...... :0) I'll get to be a bad influence on you for once !
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Neat stuff, Randal. Love the very clean lines to it all. I've been thinking of something similar to the longsax form myself. Just with maybe a touch of curvature in the blade. Curly maple and probably brass or bronze fittings, just enough width to make a proto guard to keep the hands off of the blade. Oooo.. Getting that itch to get to the forge again. Need to buy some steel yet, though, so I can play with that temperline thing.
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Randal Graham
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Scott, I used W-1 for those pieces, there would have been a hamon there somewhere on wide blades like that no matter if I wanted them or not, cause it's a nice shallow-hardening steel, makes um just the way they likely really were, hard edge, kinda hard jacket, nice soft chewy insides :0)
The seax has been really getting under my skin lately, gonna have to do some more yet I think. God, do they EVER cut...
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Patrick Kelly
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| Joe Fults wrote: | | The curly maple is an especially nice touch. |
(inside joke directed at Big R)
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Angus Trim
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| Randal Graham wrote: | Scott, I used W-1 for those pieces, there would have been a hamon there somewhere on wide blades like that no matter if I wanted them or not, cause it's a nice shallow-hardening steel, makes um just the way they likely really were, hard edge, kinda hard jacket, nice soft chewy insides :0)
The seax has been really getting under my skin lately, gonna have to do some more yet I think. God, do they EVER cut... |
Nice stuff Randal.......
swords are fun
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