A Gift for NDD

[Roguish Lawyer]

Enjoy, buddy! LOL

Others too, of course. :lifter

http://www.pmfp.net/fileupload/store/OSSSmatchetFile.pdf.pdf

[NousDefionsDoc]

Cool! Thanks!

[The Reaper]

This struck me as odd.

SAE 1095 Carbon Steel, hardened to C48-C55 Rockwell.

I would expect C48 Rockwell to be way too soft for a hign carbon knife blade.

What say ye, Mr. Harsey?

TR

[Bill Harsey]

This struck me as odd.

SAE 1095 Carbon Steel, hardened to C48-C55 Rockwell.

I would expect C48 Rockwell to be way too soft for a hign carbon knife blade.

What say ye, Mr. Harsey?

TR
Couple things Sir Reaper, First I'm going to have to copy all that previous Smatchet text! Thanks RL! Now about that hardness, good observation. Think of the smatchet as a double bit axe that had to be re-sharpened under crude conditions with a file and be tough enough to not chip or crack when abused. Yes that would be a little on the soft side for a knife but not an axe. The smatchet was used more like an axe than a knife. Also of note is the Welsh Cled, a short sword, which Col. Rex Applegate told me was the inspiration for the Smatchet.

[Roguish Lawyer]

Thanks RL!

My pleasure. BTW, this was not located on the Internet, but rather ordered from a service that pulls public records and sells them. :lifter