swords
Making fine titanium alloy swords is the main pursuit and reason for starting Mad Science Forge. If worked properly, the right ti alloys can have the perfect attributes for a sword. It's tough and strong. Flexible but quite stiff, light weight but not weightless. It carries a heavy blow due to its impact-deadening harmonic and resonance qualities, and is extremely resilient. Not to mention, it's beautiful, rust-proof, and gets very sharp.
To make a sword, titanium stock is forged into a shaped billet, painstakingly ground into a sword blade, individually heat-treated by hand and eye, and hilted for perfect balance. Proper balance-in-motion, flex, and resonance is something of an obsession with these swords.
They are quick, capable, and exciting to wield. They punch well above their weight, with the finely-tuned balance of a violin bow. Despite being designed as weapons, many Mad Science Forge swords can also be used as if they were machetes.
Machetes
A machete is the most uniquely useful type of hand-held titanium blade. If made properly, a ti alloy machete is simply fantastic to use. Quick and accurate, the large blade makes powerful cuts despite the light weight, letting the user get work done with little fatigue. They can be used with a flick of the wrist, or a full-power chop.
A titanium “Mechachete” offers the usefulness and power of a long blade at the weight of a big sheath knife. Ti alloys absorb shock for a dead impact feel, a delight for those who use blades extensively to deal with vegetation.
Titanium alloys are tough, stiff, and flexible, allowing for a thin machete that can handle virtually anything, from slashing through thin grasses, to chopping heavy brush and even logs. The characteristics and strengths of ti alloys shine when used as a machete or bush tool.
The focus at Mad Science Forge is usually on large blades, but knives are also made.
The usual model is based on the Japanese kiridashi utility knife, and comes equipped with cross-draw leather sheath that melts onto a belt. Other knives can look like the tip of a sword, or a tiny machete.
The right titanium alloy with a Mecha heat treatment works great as a general use knife, performing similarly to a nicely tempered carbon steel. It's easy to sharpen, and gets nice and sharp. It's characteristics also make for a great kitchen knife.
knives
axes
Axes, hatchets and 'hawks make a great addition to the titanium alloy blade ensemble.
Most “Mechaxes” have been made from titanium plate, often with a welded and forged bit of premium blade titanium alloy.
Tests are underway to offer a large axe head with an eye for a traditional haft.
