05-24-2005, 08:16 PM
Marcus,
Excellent stuff. The big question though - does it clean off, or is it a permanent mark? I imagine it will be.
I got in contact with Mark Morrow. He says he charges from $30 per inch for a pattern welded blade, and he can add fullers. That means, the blade I want, a Lauriacum/Hromowka type with twin fullers, 24" long should cost around $720. The grip would be extra. That is significantly cheaper than we can currently get in Europe, even with import tax, postage, and a bit extra for the particular pattern I want.
His price ratio is about right, his standard blades are about $11 an inch. According to David Sim (author "Iron for the Eagles"), a pattern welded blade would usually take about 3 times as long to construct - about 110 hours per blade.
Andrew
Excellent stuff. The big question though - does it clean off, or is it a permanent mark? I imagine it will be.
I got in contact with Mark Morrow. He says he charges from $30 per inch for a pattern welded blade, and he can add fullers. That means, the blade I want, a Lauriacum/Hromowka type with twin fullers, 24" long should cost around $720. The grip would be extra. That is significantly cheaper than we can currently get in Europe, even with import tax, postage, and a bit extra for the particular pattern I want.
His price ratio is about right, his standard blades are about $11 an inch. According to David Sim (author "Iron for the Eagles"), a pattern welded blade would usually take about 3 times as long to construct - about 110 hours per blade.
Andrew
