Recent Sword alongside a small knife

[Robert Hill]

24” blade with a forged guard and black walnut grip. The grip was turned of wood from an old organ.
-Robert





 Then this small knife

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Robert:  would a sword like that be called a "hanger"?

[jbigley]

Nice!

[Robert Hill]

Yes, I believe it could be classified as a hanger. But being that there may be some parameters I am unaware of I tend to just consider my swords as swords.
-Robert

[Elnathan]

Yes, that would be about the size of an infantry hanger. I can't say that I care for the hilt, but that is a lovely blade. I'd like to know more about how you made it - I'd like to try my hand at some swords, but I don't have the facilities to heat-treat them correctly.

BTW, if you are going to be branching out to swords and dirks, a good resource is George Neumann's Swords and Blades of the American Revolution. Myarmoury.com has a nice introductory article on the development of the Scottish dirk here http://myarmoury.com/feature_spot_dirks.html with more in the discussion forums, and Matt Easton's ScholaGladiatoria channel on youtube has a lot of info on the use and history of swords, including 18th century arms.

[Tim Crosby]

 Robert, That sword is "Over the top" Very well done, a Beauty.

    Tim

[Robert Hill]

Yes, I have two of George Neumann’s books on the weapons of the revolution and thank you.
-Robert

[R.J.Bruce]

Mr. Hill,

Are you able to put fullers in your sword blades?
Such as the three small fullers found on both sides of a Spanish espada ancha?

I really like the above sword blade. It reminds me very much of one of the espada ancha blade types.

[Robert Hill]

I have experimented with some narrow fullers by the means of scraping
-Robert

[EricEwing]

Both of those are quite nice 😯

[Marcruger]

That sword/hanger is beautiful Robert, and I especially like those warm finishes.  I see a lot of work in there. 

No one has commented on your fine stag handled knife.  I like the lines.  It reminds me a little of one Hershel House did.  Nice file work on the spine.  I think it is simply overshadowed (possibly literally) by that sword.   :-) 

I picked up this rifleman's knife from Robert last month.  I am awaiting leather to make a sheath for it.