[Scott Hanson]

Just noticed the completed XVa in the other thread, and I was wondering if this one had ever gotten finished.

[Foong Chen Hong]

Holy cow, you made the blade entirely with a grinder?! Can you tell me the tip at controlling a grinder? I have one for cutting steel and it rarely be controllable to me.

Also, how do you made or obtain base material for the pummel?

I planned to make a 13 century inspired dagger too.

[Boris Bedrosov]

# Scott
Unfortunatelly, this project haven't done any progress so far.
Also, knowing my present and near-future "to-do-list", it's quite unlikely to start some serious work on this sword earlier than the beginning of 2014.

# Foong
The grinder-control is a constant issue. And it's not a tool that could be easily tamed.
Usually, I work holding it with both hands; when it's absolutely neccessery to work with one hand (the oher, for example, holds some tiny detail), I usually do this at low speed of the tool (low rpm).
In anyway, I try not to oparate at the maximum speed, but somewhere under it. For example, my grinder is scaled with speeds from 1 (the lowest rpm) to 6 (the highest). I run it extremely rare, and mandatory holding with both hands, at speeds higher than 5.

The base material for the pommel is round bar of steel St30 (0.30% Carbon content) with diameter of 50 mm. All this was turned on lathe.

[Einar Drønnesund]

Really inspiring to watch your projects, Boris. Its looking really good so far. Have you tried using fibre abrasive discs instead of normal grinding discs when you grind the distal taper, and shape the bevels? I found them to be much faster at removing material and make a flatter, smoother surface. I made a falchion using a 125 mm angle grinder some time ago, and would recommend trying it out. The fibre discs need a stiff backing plate though, or they wond grind flat.