[MR] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Fwd: Re: [SCA-Rapier] Fwd: FW: [SCA_Chivalry] FW: [SeaMarch] Ban on Ha nwei Blades Made in China

[David Chessler]

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Received: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:43:30 AM EDT
From: "Walter W. Triplette" <wtriplette at surry.net>
To: "David Chessler" <chessler at usa.net>Cc: East Kingdom
<sca-east at mail.indra.com>,	carol-fence at yahoogroups.com,RN SCA Rapier
<sca-rapier at ansteorra.org>,Marshalls Atlantia <marshalls at atlantia.sca.org>,
Atlantia <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>,	rapier_in_SCA
<rapier_in_sca at yahoogroups.com>, carolingia at indra.com
Subject: Re: [MR] Fwd: Fwd: Re: [SCA-Rapier] Fwd: FW: [SCA_Chivalry] FW:
[SeaMarch] Ban on Ha nwei Blades Made in China

>ladise and gentlemen, triplette competition and zen warrior armory do
not now and never have sold hanwei blades.

we have our own forge. our blades are stamped "tca" or "zen warrior"

our blades are hammer forged and tempered in a computer controlled bell
furnace.

please consult the zen warrior website for more information on our blades.

i am not an engineer, but i was trained in the best forges in the world,
and have been involved in every aspect of manufacture of blades and
testing of blades for failure and service life. my observations do not
match those of mr. maccrimmon, but that is what keeps the world
interesting.

regards,
walter triplette
baron rufus piggboye

>
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:00:52 AM EDT
> From: "JJ MacCrimmon" <jjmaccrimmon at yahoo.com>
> To: SCA-Rapier at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MR] Fwd: Re: [SCA-Rapier] Fwd: FW: [SCA_Chivalry] FW:
> [SeaMarch] Ban
> on Ha nwei Blades Made in China
>
> A followup on the Hanwei situation (from past and personal experience).
> Several years ago 2004-6 timeframe is my memory serves me correctly,
> there was
> a bad batch of Hanweis that were sold by Triplette and other merchant.
> These
> blades were breaking at either the tips or the tangs (near the ricaso)
> and
> were attributed to a bad foundry run in the Chinese foundry.  I
> personally
> lost a 43" blade at Estrella due to metal fatigue breakage 4" from the
> tip and
> at the tang.
>
> That being said, everyone needs to check and be responsible for their
> weapons
> for safety and condition.  Look for pitting or hairline markings in the
> blades.  In the old days (yes I cringe saying that, but I have been doing
> this
> for nearly 20 years), we'd inspect our own weapons thoroughly before ever
> handing them to the marshal to do likewise.  Without being there to see
> the
> blades, this sounds much like the like of breaks when we used epees more
> thoroughly.  Breaks were due to compression weakening or crystalizing the
> blade at points of repeated bend/flex.  Blades will develop pitting at
> points
> were the metal is crystalizing and becoming less flexible (due to the
> uneven
> heating of the blade during the tempering process).  Blades will develop
> hairline cracks length-wise in small areas due to repeated flex or bend
> in a
> certain area.  I'm an engineer by trade and these are the same cues used
> to
> note structural fatigue.
>
> YiS,
>
> HL John James MacCrimmon
>
>
>
>
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