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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 14:35:20 GMT
Hello guys I was wondering if there is any other site besides Hanwei that sells sharp replacement blades for the Hanwei Tinker Longsword? At Hanwei, they cost 179 $. I hope to find them somewhere for less, since I'm thinking about buying the blade and doing the grip myself. I just love that blade shape! And by the way, they say these blades are hardened to only 52 HRC. Seems pretty soft to me. Is that blade still durable enough?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 16:18:03 GMT
you can get them at medieval collectibles for 126 bucks and a rockwell of 52 is perfect for a long blade thats is what you want
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 19:30:03 GMT
THANKS!!!! +1 for that information 52 is perfect!? That's perfect, though some smiths think differently about that.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 19:33:09 GMT
Oh yea...gonna get me one of those!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 19:44:47 GMT
It's 152$ now at medival collectibles. Still better than Hanwei's price. I'll keep looking for them. If anybody finds a better deal, please inform me.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 20:04:24 GMT
The blunt ones cost 126$. Do you think it would be possible to sharpen such a blunt blade? I mean, hardness is the same on both blades, the blunt one just has a longer fuller and, obviously, a blunt tip. And even if you bought the 'sharp' version you would have to resharpen it! ;D Famous Hanwei 'sharpness', ya know...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2009 1:38:23 GMT
I doubt the blunts would sharpen up very well. Maybe but I don't think so. Seeing as they aren't just blunt but designed for sparing, the entire edge geometry would be different. It wouldn't just be like sharpening a windless. It might still work but it would never be as good as the sharp version and you'd end up with a much lighter blade after all the metal you'd have to remove.
I've given this some thought since I was considering a similar project. I hopefully will get to try hilting a sharp eventually, if funds allow.
As for the hardness: It may sound low but only compared to some. 52 is actually a good bit harder than most through-hardened production swords. Deltins are supposed to be around 50, I think. My deltin is much much harder than any of my windless swords.
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Post by Dave(utilityslave) on Jun 9, 2009 2:51:05 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2009 5:05:47 GMT
I just looked. Marc doesn't have the replacement blades but the whole swords. A pity!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2009 10:51:06 GMT
Del Tins are exactly 50Hrc. And it's more than enough.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2009 16:01:07 GMT
Has anybody ever done any destructive desting with Tinker's swords? In the few reviews here there is just some fine cutting (shootermike) but no other stuff. I'd like to see what these swords can handle. I know they cut very well once you got them sharp enough but I don't know anything about the blade's thoughness.
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Post by Dave(utilityslave) on Jun 10, 2009 5:21:48 GMT
I just looked. Marc doesn't have the replacement blades but the whole swords. A pity! Hmmmm. I'd be surprised if he can't get them for you at a good price.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2009 9:36:40 GMT
Sounds like a good idea! I'll ask him once I got the money to buy one.
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