A straight blade or a curved one?

fearn · 2nd February 2006, 10:29 PM

Hi Jens,

A couple of quick thoughts.

1) You might find this article interesting: http://www.thearma.org/essays/nobest.htm

2) Burton's Book of the Sword has a really good discussion about the relative advantages of straight vs. curved.

We can also add in a discussion that has popped up here, about how blunt, squarish tips are better for chopping than long, thin tips, because there is less tip shock.

Those are some quick thoughts. I'll get back to this later.

F

2nd February 2006, 10:29 PM	#7
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Hi Jens, A couple of quick thoughts. 1) You might find this article interesting: http://www.thearma.org/essays/nobest.htm 2) Burton's Book of the Sword has a really good discussion about the relative advantages of straight vs. curved. We can also add in a discussion that has popped up here, about how blunt, squarish tips are better for chopping than long, thin tips, because there is less tip shock. Those are some quick thoughts. I'll get back to this later. F