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i think that a blued blade is very cool have you ever considered cold blueing although it personaly think blacking is the better option try haveing a look for a book called the blueing and blacking of gun barrels it has recipes for some cold blue methods

wow even though its not very big a damascus is very hard to make i could never a blade like that

from your post about the design 1 major thing popped up: Greek leaf style leaf blades were originaly celtic made of bronze and very short used for stabbing because bronze is easy to bend and is to soft to hold the blade edge also it would have had a gaurd that was no further out from the blade than an inch mabey two at the very most. also for the blade to look right must be quite thick to and wide and elongateing would make it far to heavy and a hand and a half grip is unuseable as a stabbing blade only as a slashing weapon like the claymore and if you wished to use it praticaly in reenactment a long leaf blade would be to heavy as you would be unable to safely pull the blow sorealy it depends on what your after if you want it as a wallhanger of a practical reenactment blade. but i think that the grip and guard should be made out of the same material as the blade and it should be 1 solid part.