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Battle Gim Sword
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While researching traditional Chinese weapons near Shanghai, Cold Steel® visited a distinguished collector who had an ancient Wu Jian or Battle Gim. Its appearance and martial spirit were so unique and impressive that it warranted being reproduced for Cold Steel®'s customers.
The Battle Gim is forged from Cold Steel®'s finest Damascus steel by talented smiths. It features a broad symmetrical point and a slightly wider, heavier blade than custom would dictate. This gives it a more pronounced blade-heavy balance, making its twin razor-sharp edges slightly more suitable for cutting and slashing than for thrusting.
The attractive wooden hilt is framed by a blackened iron guard and pommel embellished with an intricate filigree of traditional Chinese peony flowers and leaves. The matching wooden scabbard is styled in a similar fashion on its chape, throat and ring mounts.
Damascus Steel
The terms Damascus steel, damascene or pattern welded designate a compound steel forged out of two or more different types of steel. It is named after its birthplace, the Syrian city of Damascus, a former stronghold of the patterned steel production. As a common practice, a harder high carbon steel and a milder low carbon steel are repeatedly forge welded and folded together. The high carbon steel ensures a higher hardness, a better temperability and longer lasting edge retention, whereas the milder steel confers greater blade flexibility and tensile strength. This procedure, which arose in a time where steel qualities were often low and inconsistent, enables to combine the positive attributes of the various steel grades. Besides, the different shadings generated by the varying carbon content of the alternating layers engender strikingly beautiful patterns. Undoubtedly, these unusual patterns partly explain why inherent magical properties were attributed to the Damascus steel blades of the Middle Ages.
Details:
- Material: Damascus steel
- Overall length: approx. 94 cm
- Blade length: approx. 76.2 cm
- Blade thickness: approx. 6 mm
- Handle: approx. 17.8 cm long, wood w/ blackened iron guard & pommel
- Weight: approx. 1106 g
- Incl. wooden scabbard w/ blackened iron fittings
- Cold Steel® Product No.: 88FG
Please note:
We do not sell this product to customers under the age of 18. Please provide your birth date when ordering. We'll also need a copy of your ID-card or passport by email, scan, fax or mail.
Manufacturer: GSM Outdoors, LLC, 5250 Frye Road, USA-75061, Irving, TX, info@gsmorg.com
Person responsible: Battle-Merchant Wacken GmbH & Co. KG, Gehrn 4, 25596 Wacken
Contact: info@battlemerchant.com
Safety note:
- Product may have sharp cutting edges. Improper or careless use can lead to injuries.
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Gut gefertigte scharfe Funktionsschwert
Hochwertiges, scharfes Funktionsschwert. Die Beschläge und Materialien sind sehr gut verarbeitet. Das Schwert liegt solide in der Hand und wirkt nicht leicht. Es ist nicht schwer zu handhaben, aber nicht leicht zu schwingen, es sei denn, man hat massive Unterarme. Keine Klappergeräusche in irgendeinem Teil. Wunderschöne Holzscheide. Empfehle, die Quasten abzunehmen, es sei denn, es wird als Dekoration verwendet. Die Klinge ist funktional scharf, die Damaststahlmuster sind wunderschön. Die Klinge ist etwas breiter als die Übungsversionen des Jian, die man vielleicht gesehen hat. Insgesamt ausgezeichnet.
Gut gefertigte scharfe Funktionsschwert
Hochwertiges, scharfes Funktionsschwert. Die Beschläge und Materialien sind sehr gut verarbeitet. Das Schwert liegt solide in der Hand und wirkt nicht leicht. Es ist nicht schwer zu handhaben, aber nicht leicht zu schwingen, es sei denn, man hat massive Unterarme. Keine Klappergeräusche in irgendeinem Teil. Wunderschöne Holzscheide. Empfehle, die Quasten abzunehmen, es sei denn, es wird als Dekoration verwendet. Die Klinge ist funktional scharf, die Damaststahlmuster sind wunderschön. Die Klinge ist etwas breiter als die Übungsversionen des Jian, die man vielleicht gesehen hat. Insgesamt ausgezeichnet.
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