BLANK Sword Blade Type-4 Rapier

Sword Blade Type-4 Rapier Blank

Want the perfect sword but forging and tempering are outside your skills or just too much effort? Do you love making swords but you are bored with making blades?

Use one of our 50rc (Rockwell "C" hardness) tempered blades and furnish and balance it yourself. Tang is prepared, fuller is included and blade edges dull, and is tempered just right, all ready for your final touches. Suitable for combat re-enactment, test cutting or any other purpose you would build a sword for.

Blade Details
Blade type: Rapier sword
Length Overall: 1120mm
Length Blade: 945mm
Length tang: 175mm
Width blade at hilt: 25mm
Width blade near point: 14mm
Width tang (average): 12.5mm ~ 7mm
Blade thickness (average): 4.5mm
Edge (average): 0.7mm
Weight: 492 grams
Tang Feature: No thread
Steel: EN45 (Spring Steel)
Hardness: 50 HRC

Combat Rating: 9 out of 10 - needs hilt to be fitted.

SCA Flex test: Yes - 3cm flex