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See for Yourself!
View all the 2017 TMS Bladesmithing entries at the TMS 2017 Exhibition.
Dates and Hours:
- Monday, February 27
2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Exhibit Opening Reception from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, February 28
9:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Happy Hour from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Wednesday, March 1
9:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
PRIZES
Prizes may be split among team members or used to support future projects.
- TMS Wadsworth-Sherby Bladesmithing Grand Prize: $2,000
- Honorable mention(s) : $100
THANK YOU
The TMS2017 Bladesmithing Competition is made possible by the generous support of the following organizations:
To find out how your company can become a Bladesmithing sponsor, contact the TMS Exhibit and Sales Team.
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Welcome to the TMS 2017 146th Annual Meeting and Exhibition!
February 26 – March 2, 2017 • San Diego, California
A Special Event at the TMS 2017 Annual Meeting & Exhibition
Get Fired Up About the 2017 TMS Bladesmithing Competition!
The TMS Bladesmithing Competition returns to TMS2017 to spark the imagination and sharpen engineering and scientific skills. Open to university teams from around the world, this competition challenges competitors to produce a knife or sword blade formed by hand hammering or trip hammer forging.
Congratulations to the following teams for qualifying as contestants in the 2017 TMS Bladesmithing Competition. Teams are listed in alphabetical order by university.
The deadline for team registrations is November 10, 2016.
Registration for the 2017 TMS Bladesmithing Competition is closed. Be sure to visit the Bladesmithing display to view the competition's 2017 entries in the Exhibit Hall during regular exhibit hours at the TMS 2017 Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
"A Rapier Eclectic"
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
"Fabrication of a Flabe-Bladed Longsword"
Carnegie Mellon University
"Forging a 10th Century Viking Battle Axe"
Carnegie Mellon University
"A Closer Shave: Forging a Damascus Steel Straight Razor"
Colorado School of Mines
"The Iron Dragons"
Drexel University
"Stylish Superior Sabaraage via Severe Plastic Deformation"
Illinois Institute of Technology
"Das Kleinmesser"
Iowa State University
"Towards Understanding Formation in Wootz Damascus Blades"
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Tanto Inspired Bowie Knife and Coal Powdered Furnace"
McMaster University
"New Mexico Tech Bladesmithing Team ‘Last Heat’"
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
"Dragonslayer: A Modern Myth"
Northwestern University
"Reproduction of the T19391 Sword from the Late Norwegian Iron Age"
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
"Oregon State University Bladesmithing Competition Broken Back Seax"
Oregon State University
"Keris: The Mighty Sword From Indonesia"
Sepulah Nopember Institute of Technology
"South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Bladesmithing Team"
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
"Traditional Kukri 5160 Differentially Heat-Treated Blade"
United States Air Force Academy (USAF)
"Fabrication of an Elven Shortsword"
University of Alberta
"Throwing Knife Design, Development, and Results"
University of Alberta
"The Production and Analysis of the Blade Californium"
University of California, Berkeley
"Pattern-Welded Damascus Steel Recurve Bowie Knife"
University of Florida
"Forging a Multi-Layered Seax"
University of Kentucky
"Austempering a Pattern Welded Knife"
University of Michigan
"Clip-Point Chopper from Recycled Steel
University of North Texas
"Identifying Variations in Physical Characteristics of a 5160 Steel Blade Forged by Hammer and Anvil"
University of Texas at El Paso
"Pattern Welding a Moro-Filipino Short Sword"
University of Utah
"Meteoric Iron Han Dynasty Dao"
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University
- Produce a knife or sword blade 20–120 cm long (including handle).
- Each team is limited to one blade.
- Blades must be formed extensively by hand hammering/trip hammering or forge pressing.
- Blades must not be sharpened (minimum edge radius = 0.5 mm).
- There is no restriction on the starting material for the blades. Teams may use: purchased stock material; material that is alloyed, laminated, or otherwise processed by the team; or material smelted from ore.
- Entries must include:
- Video: Maximum of 5 minutes
- Technical Report: Maximum of 10 pages (double spaced)
- Poster: 24" x 36"
Please Note: This poster size must be adhered to or your poster cannot be displayed.
Poster file size should not exceed 48" in either direction (horizontal or vertically). A minimum of 150 ppi (pixels per inch) is required, but should not exceed 300 ppi. Please do not submit original files. Only the following file formats will be accepted for inclusion in the poster portion of the competition: JPEG, TIFF, PDF.
- The 2017 TMS Bladesmithing Competition is open to university teams only:
- Teams may also include up to one (1) non-student artisan and two (2) advanced-placement high school students. At least half of the team membership must be university students.
- Recent engineering graduates who received their degree following the TMS 2015 Annual Meeting will be considered students for this year’s contest.
Please Note: Multiple bladesmithing entries by the same person/group will only be accepted as space is available.
- Each team is required to obtain written acknowledgement from their faculty department chair in order to participate in the competition. A sample acknowledgement is provided for your convenience. (Signed acknowledgement due to lberinger@tms.org by 11/1/2016).
- All participants should carefully investigate and act in compliance with all local laws and any pertinent institutional rules and regulations regarding the handling of items fabricated for or entered into the competition.
- Best practices for laboratory safety and safe blade handling are required. Evidence of this is an essential component of the judging criteria.
Dear Department Chair/Head,
We look forward to your students participating in the TMS 2017 Bladesmithing Competition at the TMS 2017 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, February 26-March 2, in San Diego. The Bladesmithing Competition has proven to be a beneficial activity that bolsters students understanding of structure and processing that ignites their creative skills, while reinforcing their materials education.
The TMS Bladesmithing Committee was asked, and agrees, that the department chair/head should be aware of their student(s) participation in this competition; so, we are simply requesting your signed acknowledgement of such activity by your students.
For your convenience, we have provided a form letter to satisfy the acknowledgment.
Each student team is also required to have a faculty advisor who can be named separately.
A complete description of the Official Rules, prizes, and practices is available at www.tms.org/Bladesmithing2017.
Sincerely,
TMS Bladesmithing Committee
- Teams must submit the name and contact information for the member who will check in the blade to Laura Beringer no later than February 1, 2017.
- Teams must check out their blades at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, when the TMS2017 Exhibition closes.
Once a blade is checked in, the following rules will apply:.
- Display cases will be locked once the blades are placed in them. This means your blade will be secure during the three days of the TMS2017 Exhibition.
- Dedicated security will be present at the Bladesmithing display area overnight.
The following rubrics present the scoring criteria for each required element of the 2017 TMS Bladesmithing Competition.
Report (Maximum Length: 10 pages): 40%
Please Note: Performing a sharpness test and/or showing a high magnification microstructure is acceptable for inclusion in the technical report, but is not required for the 2017 competition. Blades brought to the TMS 2017 Annual Meeting & Exhibition must be dulled in any case.
Blade: 40%
Poster (Maximum Size: 24" x 36"): 10
Video (Maximum Length: 5 Minutes): 10%
The TMS2017 Bladesmithing Competition is made possible, in part, from the generous support of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) and Battelle.
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