So here's a weird one for everybody.

I was playing around with my English Rondel the other night when I noticed that the tip of the dagger is slightly MAGNETIC :eek: :confused: That's right I said magnetic! I discovered this when the tip kept "sticking" to the scabbard chape. So I played around with it a bit and was soon picking up paperclips and other small objects. I thought that this could perhaps be the result of the grinding process but I couldn't remember the specifics of my 8th grade science class.

So has anyone else ever had this experience with a sword, dagger or anything else? I think it's just plain weird. :surprised:

Although I've never witnessed the magnetism effect in a sword or dagger, it is very much possible to magnetize steel by repeated grinding actions. For instance, the pair of shears that I use for cutting mail rings has become slighty magnetized over the last couple years due to the repeated energy exchange caused by the action of cutting coils. It does help lower the chances of launching rings across the room. ;)

Anyway, I won't place money on the matter, but there is a chance that the thin metal of the rondel's tip may have collected enough energy while undergoing its "final sanding" or "sharpening" phases to cause it to actual hold the charge, thus have a magnetic field. This is, of course, pure speculation on my part...

Here's another of Tod's rondels.




And one of his small knives.

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