Thread: My first flyssa
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Old 28th January 2007, 11:42 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Manolo
... I understand that their blades are much thinner than those of true flyssa, is this correct?
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just for further information, the blade on my curved knife above is 6mm wide at the spine near the guard, tapering down to the point. the guard is fairly thin brass and not really suitable as a defensive guard, being more decorative, though it is satisfactory for preventing the hand sliding down onto the blade. the blade is razor sharp and appears to be a concave grind rather than flat. the grip is decorated brass sheet over wood, held by a large number of small flathead brads set flush to the brass in a decorative straight line pattern.
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