Forging old style

[Conal]

http://www.himalayan-imports.com/kami.h ... ng-process

Thought this would be of interest ... not Roman but is show what can be done with limited equipment.

[Tarbicus]

Great link, thanks. I'm reading the other pages and this one is of great interest:
[url:2jg982mu]http://www.himalayan-imports.com/kami.html#burha[/url]

....However, the kamis swear this insures the blade will never break under any circumstances.....

[Emeraldweapon7d]

hock: wow those guys know how to make a blade. i wonder what it would look like if they tried some different blade patterns :wink:

edit: looks like they do do stuff besides khukuris, i wonder how well they could do a Mainz gladius...