joreve Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 So I am attempting to make a parrying rapier. Upon compressing the sides and drawing the steel out, the middle of the blade becomes fullered. One side is most defined by the fuller. The other side however has a shallow fuller and nearly completely flat. I am curious about the finer techniques that will allow me to develop the fuller on both sides equally with out the aid of a swage or die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Its very hard to get what you mean from that description, pictures or line drawings would help. Really you are going to need top and bottom tooling to forge a fuller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 It sounds like you are very close to getting what you want! Probably there are few (if any) in this world that can teach you much now. You are floating free from here on in! If you are not opposed to some stock removal, you might consider using a sen to refine your fullers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Sounds like you are working one side preferentially to the other so you are not getting a symmetrical cross section I would suggest working the sides till you start to get the trough and then use a specialized top and bottom fuller in something like a smithing magician Fullers can also be scraped in using a sen or ground in---or a combination of techniques Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joreve Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 I think you are right about me leaning to one side. I need to balance my strikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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