This sporting blunt was made from an
antique carriage spring. The spring had a crack at the center so we cut
it in two blade blanks.
You can cut the tang and secure the tang
in a vise to grind the blade but it is not wise to grind it sharp till
the tang is in. This being a blunt was ground fairly finished before the
tang was ground in.
All the tools used in the blade blank
making process. An anvil with the face hollowed out for straightening.
A disk grinder. A broken quarter of a grind wheel. And A very hard grade
file.
This blunt was completed with a fifteenth/sixteenth
century style mounting.
The guard was made from two pieces of
square stock cold forged, slotted, and welded together on a false tang
then filed to a driven fit on the real tang. The bolsters are flattened
pipe and the pommel is two round pieces of quarter inch plate pounded
into dish shapes and welded together on
the bolster, The tang reaches completely through and is welded. The grips are genuine solid ebony. The hundred fifty/two hundred year old steel is pre-bessemer and much harder and stronger than most post bessemer steel.
the bolster, The tang reaches completely through and is welded. The grips are genuine solid ebony. The hundred fifty/two hundred year old steel is pre-bessemer and much harder and stronger than most post bessemer steel.
