Rravan Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 hi guys i am planing to start my first sword in a few weeks and was wondering how thick it sould be? It will be about 2 feet long, double edged, with a fuller in middle and a lon taper to a point. any advice would be great. thanks i promise to post pictures along its journey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 You thinking a gladius hipanesis (sp) or a viking blade?. You don't mention width either. Thickness ranges but the real ones were not all that thick and would have good distal taper. A good weight for a *real* historical blade for almost 1000 years was around 1kg and that includes the mountings and grip! Many *reproductions* made these days are way too heavy and would be considered useless junk back then---and we have MUCH better steels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rravan Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 thank you for your reply not sure if this is actualy a sword type but it would be a short sword type thing. i was thinking about 45mm to 50mm in width. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 There are different styles of short swords; I mentioned two above, and so different styles = different shapes = different thicknesses. A 50mm wide blade could be hexagonal in cross section or diamond in cross section or other, fullered vs no fullered, etc, all will change how thick it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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