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The Model 1860 Staff and Field Officer sword
The M1860 Staff Officer’s Sword by design was not intended to be battlefield weapon. By the Civil War, the firearm and bayonet had made the sword all but obsolete as a functional weapon. However, the sword was still mandated by regulation and was a symbol of rank. Typically, the 1860 Staff and Field Officer’s sword…
The History of Damascus Steel
Around 500 AD, swordsmiths of the Middle East began to produce knives and swords with strength and cutting abilities unequalled by any other civilization of the time. The superiority of these weapons came from the steel that they used to fashion them. The steel was harder and could hold an edge longer than other steels.…
Anodized metal… a knifes rainbow
Anodizing is an electrochemical process that converts the metal surface into a decorative, durable, corrosion-resistant, anodic oxide finish. Aluminum is ideally suited to anodizing, although other nonferrous metals, such as magnesium and titanium, also can be anodized. The most common types of anodizing are Type I (Chromic Acid Anodize), Type II (Sulfuric Acid Anodize) and…
New to the Armory!
“Utah Knife Works owner Mark Russon says that almost 40 years ago, his father, Robb Russon, came up with the design for what could eventually become known as the Tom Brown Tracker knife (which appears in the 2003 film The Hunted) but never got credit for it. So the younger Russon gave his Dad’s model a…