playful idea - cutlass from "ninja pirate"

[kevin (the professor)]

Hello Everyone,
I don't think I posted this one here. It is a take-off on a cutlass. It has a plate guard instead of a knuckle bow due to a joke on another forum about ninja pirates and a piece made along that line by Jake Cleland of Skye Knives.

So, here is my take on that theme. It has a 12" blade, and there is a very active hamon under there. I have polished it better, but my camera is on the fritz. So, this is the best I have.

The hamon is so active that one learned friend is pressing me to re-fit this as a wak. I accidentally stumbled upon the right heat range to get a really active area of transition. I hope I can do it again when I try deliberately!

This one was made just for fun. It does have a wicked chopping/slicing ability, though.

Hope you enjoy this in the jocular spirit that I made it.

Kevin

[golgotha forge & anvil]

Pretty slick!..great job...

Gene

[beth]

hey kevin - i dont know a thing about blades but i very much know about jocular spirits and i like yours! why not make a pirate cutlass i say - good on you - it looks wicked :)

[edge9001]

looks like a chinese broadsword, sort of. Anyway, GREAT WORK!! i love it

[kevin (the professor)]

honestly, I was thinking of making something that looked like a smaller version of a Chinese broadsword. A couple of others have noticed the lineage, too.

thanks for the comments. I wanted to make something fun out of monosteel while I was waiting for my hydraulic press to arrive. I will be on a damascus binge after this.

kc