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Raymond Deancona
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 Posted: Sat 07 Oct, 2006 8:37 am Post subject: deepeeka sword quality |
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Can anyone give me any information on Deepeeka sword quality, both damascus and steel? I have been seeing alot of these at faires and re-enactment events, and some of their pieces "look" quite good, but how do they stand up to the rigors of re-enactment? Any actual experiences would be very helpful.
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Patrick Kelly
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| Posted: Sat 07 Oct, 2006 11:20 am Post subject: |
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Some of the roman reenactors use a lot of Deepeekas product. Many of them seem to be satisfied with what they get. Anything I've ever seen of theirs from the medieval period has been shoddy at best and ridiculous at worst.
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Shane Allee
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Location: South Bend, IN Joined: 29 Aug 2003
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Like Patrick said, the roman guys don't seem to have much of a problem with them. Then again it seems they for the most part just use them as dress items and nothing more. Nate Bell picked up a celtic sword for the scabbard and we found out that the blade got thicker the closer to the point you got.
Shane
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George Hill
Location: Atlanta Ga Joined: 16 May 2005
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| Shane Allee wrote: | Like Patrick said, the roman guys don't seem to have much of a problem with them. Then again it seems they for the most part just use them as dress items and nothing more. Nate Bell picked up a celtic sword for the scabbard and we found out that the blade got thicker the closer to the point you got.
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Reverse distal taper?  
To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes. - --Tacitus on Germania
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Bruno Giordan
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| Posted: Sat 07 Oct, 2006 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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| George Hill wrote: | | Shane Allee wrote: | Like Patrick said, the roman guys don't seem to have much of a problem with them. Then again it seems they for the most part just use them as dress items and nothing more. Nate Bell picked up a celtic sword for the scabbard and we found out that the blade got thicker the closer to the point you got.
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Reverse distal taper? |
Most of the "medieval" blades italian reenactor are using are as such.
none has any knowledge of what a distal taper is.
I went to events this summer with a precision caliper....
Never seen a deltin, however, all czech copies or some italian made from San Marino (the tackiest medieval stuff you can get)
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Bob Burns
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 In reading Patrick's post, my sentiments exactly!
Bob
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Geoff Wood
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I suppose that would be proximal taper. Maybe it did happen sometimes (as an experiment perhaps - rather like the wing on an XF-91).
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Bruno Giordan
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| Geoff Wood wrote: |
I suppose that would be proximal taper. Maybe it did happen sometimes (as an experiment perhaps - rather like the wing on an XF-91). |
I think a reverse distal taper manages to turn a blade into a steel rod, since all the ones I have examined that show this phenomenon feel as such.
Which is quite obvious if you think it over a bit.
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Geoff Wood
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| Bruno Giordan wrote: | | Geoff Wood wrote: |
I suppose that would be proximal taper. Maybe it did happen sometimes (as an experiment perhaps - rather like the wing on an XF-91). |
I think a reverse distal taper manages to turn a blade into a steel rod, since all the ones I have examined that show this phenomenon feel as such.
Which is quite obvious if you think it over a bit.
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So you get a sort of sharp edged club. Bet it hurts if you get hit with it.
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Roger Hooper
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So you get a sort of sharp edged club. Bet it hurts if you get hit with it.
But if you have a sword with good geometry, it is quicker, and you can probably get to him first and not get hit with that "club" at all 
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Geoff Wood
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| Roger Hooper wrote: | So you get a sort of sharp edged club. Bet it hurts if you get hit with it.
But if you have a sword with good geometry, it is quicker, and you can probably get to him first and not get hit with that "club" at all |
Very true. I'm not trying to claim here that swords getting thicker towards the end was common or sensible, only that it might, just, have been tried as an experiment, to see how it worked (hence my reference to the analogous situation in aeroplane wings with that particular prototype - it flew, but the idea never caught on, too many other problems).
Regards
Geoff
Edit. See this link if you're not familair with the plane referred to. Reverse of normal taper in both plan form and thickness.
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Graphics/XF-...101-01.gif
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This is a standard topic