Hanwei - Trondheim Viking Sword - Damascus Steel

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Hanwei - Trondheim Viking Sword - Damascus Steel
Hanwei - Trondheim Viking Sword - Damascus Steel
Hanwei continues to advance with its forging capability on trondheim’s sword, produced as a forged piece in high-carbon welded steel with a pattern.
Modelled from swords that have been discovered in the area around Trondheim, Norway, the sword exhibits a style of the early ninth century, a time when the Norwegian Vikings looted Britain and Ireland.
Manufactured by Cas Hanwei.
The beauty of the blade is combined with the handle and sheath, both wrapped in top grain leather, engraved with a classic Viking motif.
The terms «Damascus steel» or «welded pattern» designate a forged composite steel of two or more different types of steel. It is named after its birthplace, the Syrian city of Damascus, an ancient bastion of stamped steel production.
As a common practice, a harder high carbon steel and a softer low carbon steel are repeatedly forged and bent. High carbon steel ensures greater hardness, better temperability and longer-lasting edge retention, while softer steel confers greater blade flexibility and tensile strength. This procedure, which arose at a time when steel grades were often low and inconsistent, allows the positive attributes of different steel grades to be combined.
In addition, the different nuances generated by the variable carbon content of the alternating layers engender surprisingly beautiful patterns, such as the twisted motif called the «Torsion Damascus» pattern or the «Rose Damascus» pattern. Undoubtedly, these unusual patterns partly explain why magical properties inherent in the Damascus steel leaves of the Middle Ages were attributed. Such a damasquinada sword blade is depicted, for example, as a bloody worm or a poisonous snake in the Edda.
Key features:
One-piece folded sheet protection knob.
Leather cover on wooden core.
Detail carved in handle and sheath.
Details:
Total: 77 cm.
Blade length: 61 cm.
Approximate weight: 1100 g.
Specifications may vary slightly from part to part.
Manufactured by Cas Hanwei ®
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