Subject: Re: Making a double-edged sword

From: Stephen Smith <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 19:55:02 -0400 (EDT)

I've thought of doing that, but I kind of wanted to do it like it was
normally done.  It's probably easier than it seems, maybe I just need some
more practice!
Stephen Smith

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From: Steve Smith <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 96 10:49:26 MDT

> normally done.  It's probably easier than it seems, maybe I just need some

I think that a smith who made a lot of knives would immediately make
tooling. I suspect that using a top and bottom swage was the way it
was done.

Proving this is difficult; iron objects don't last for very long when
exposed to weather or buried. This can be especially hard to convince
some people in the sca, if that is where you are coming from.

Tamlene
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Steve Smith
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