Amazing Sword(s)

[jernau]

http://www.zzz.com.ru/index.php?&session_id=0

The fact someone made a full-size RL Damascus Blade worries me a bit but read onto the main part of the article for serious coolness.

It's a bit long and I'm sure the science stuff and history will bore some people but get to the end part and you'll want to own it.

[SilentEye]

Both sexy and awesome
http://www.zzz.com.ru/data/articles/issue_196/gunnmblade.jpg

[Dribble Joy]

Same technique as used in making samurai swords.

[jernau]

Same technique as used in making samurai swords.
The folding part is, yeah. IIRC the japanese got it from the chinese who in turn got it from the arabs.

The cool thing though is that these particular swords weren't made that way and were/are much better. I thought it was seriously cool how they managed to make them without understanding why they were so good and then lost the "knowledge". It's fascinating to see how the roots of legends are formed from things like this and also that a whole "new" technique was found for doing something so simple so much better.

[J. Folsom]

The cool thing though is that these particular swords weren't made that way and were/are much better. I thought it was seriously cool how they managed to make them without understanding why they were so good and then lost the "knowledge". It's fascinating to see how the roots of legends are formed from things like this and also that a whole "new" technique was found for doing something so simple so much better.As it's said, the biggest discoveries ever done were made by people who had no idea what they were discovering. ;)

[Oath]

Buster sword > Damascus Blade.

Cloud > Squall+Tidus.

So people are aware im not a tard, i know the 'damascus blade' has nothing to do with final fantasy.

[Original monk]

extremely intresting and i wub that giant butterflyknife :) (i like to weild the small ones, but with this thing ya yust decapitate yourself)

(spoiler) cool story also: how the knowledge faded away because there mines got empty so the ironignots didnt contained the exact amount of certain impurity's nomore, daamn lol

not even to talk about the making of that new blade :) with iron out of a meteorite lol, crazy, making new metals and stuff :eek:

i wish i had a small version of that "real" sword :P

Jernau: about the history and science part: that the intresting part !

crazy article

[seraphian]

Yeah damascene (SP?) blades ARE folded, but the technology and mettalurgy is totally different.

AFAIK Damascus blades use high-carbon steel, katana are made with iron and steel folded so that you get a resiliant core with a razor-sharp and hard outer layer.

[Clive tombstone]

HOLY CRAP! they made a sword of my Comic hero "stares in joy"

damn that brightens up me day.
if you havnt figuerd it out

Clive tombstone<--Gunnm fan

[Dribble Joy]

As it's said, the biggest discoveries ever done were made by people who had no idea what they were discovering. ;)
I bit like Viagra then :p.

[jernau]

Jernau: about the history and science part: that the intresting part !
Hell yeah but I'm sure some people will just like the big knives :D.

[Mumblyfish]

Buster sword > Damascus Blade.

Cloud > Squall+Tidus.

So people are aware im not a tard, i know the 'damascus blade' has nothing to do with final fantasy.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemo.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemooooooooo.

Cloud, Squall and Tidus have used up the Earth's entire allowance of periods for this millenia. What whiney bitches.

[QuantumDelta]

Kenshin > *
Therefore
Sakabatou > * :p


oh and, what silenteye said.

[RuButt]

was that "dragonslayer" sword thing, real?

[Rade]

My friend has one thats longer than that, wooden handles and a serrated
brass coated blade. Ill take a pic and post sometime. Next week mabe.

[jernau]

My friend has one thats longer than that, wooden handles and a serrated
brass coated blade. Ill take a pic and post sometime. Next week mabe.Is it made of meteor rock using an almost legendary technique lost centuries ago that makes it tougher than any other steel sword?

[Ryuben]

Is it made of meteor rock using an almost legendary technique lost centuries ago that makes it tougher than any other steel sword?
meow

cofiscates jernau's handbag and gives it to nib, i mean nid for safe keeping.

[Rade]

Is it made of meteor rock using an almost legendary technique lost centuries ago that makes it tougher than any other steel sword?

Nope, but it looks cooler :p

[jernau]

Nope, but it looks cooler :pOne thing you really can't tell from that page unfortunately is what the Damascus blade(s) (the real ones, not the comic-book version) really look like. I imagine they react interestingly to light and movement. They could also of course just look sort of mucky. Either way I think it'll look far more unique than any other sword you're ever likely to see.

[Agent L]

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