Gordon;

Go ahead highjack AWAY :( :p :cool:

But it can be a good idea to start a new topic when the drift might be the start of an interesting NEW topic. :D

After getting my Saxon Dagger and playing with it a bit the error of assuming the ring to be a thumb ring rather than what it really is a side ring becomes very obvious.

It may have looked like a thumb ring just looking at pictures but in hand it becomes obvious that used as a thumb ring it would make a great thumb breaker: Your OWN thumb that is. :p :lol:

Oh, it was sword sharp when I got it, now I can shave hair of my arm with it with very minimal honing with a ceramic abrasive rod and burnishing the edge with a smooth hardened steel spike. ( I did ask Craig to hedge harden the blade to a slightly higher R.C. than usual. ) Although this is mostly a stabber and not a powerful cutter as the narrow blade P.O.B. is on the handle just before the guard. Still being this sharp makes nasty if not disabling draw cuts possible.

Jean;

Great to hear that you got the new toy finally! Sounds, er, Sharp! :D I don't think I'd care to meet up with one in the wrong hands in a dark alleyway...

And per hijacking your thread, if David wants to, I think it would indeed be a great new thread to discuss the reenacting scene in Europe! Lots of stuff to learn from them... :)

Cheers,

Gordon