Need some help from the DIY Guru's
Jan 16, 2008 16:54:39 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2008 16:54:39 GMT
Hello everyone! I'm doing a grip rewrap on my Windlass XIV, and In doing so, I came up with a few issues that I need some advice one.
This isn't about doing the grip itself, because that's dead simple.
This is a little more difficult. One problem was visible before, and another one has surfaced.
I removed the ugly black leather from the grip to reveal a very nice wooden core, with a nice grain pattern.
Can you see the problem? Look at the crossguards. One curves forward much more then the other. This was a problem with the original sword I got from Reliks,and this is the replacement. When they got a new shipment in, I was told that they all had the same problem, and that I could take another sword if I wished. I really liked this sword though, so I said I would take the best of the lot, thinking I could fix the crossguard.
I thought it was simply going to be a matter of clamping the sword in a vice, and hitting the one crossguard so that it bent back to the original position. It didn't work very well. I don't want to hit it too har in case I permanently damage it.
The sword is peened, so I really don't want to remove the peen, because the handle is small enough as it is, and I really don't want to shorten the blade anymore.
So how do I fix this crossguard? Preferably without doing any permanent damage.
Okay onto the second problem. When I removed the leather, I sanded the grip to shrink it down some. This is not the issue. The wood core is slightly loose on the tang it seems. It shifts slightly forward and back. The same applied to the crossguard. This may be the result of hitting the crossguard with the hammer to straighten it.
You can see the extra play in the grip here:
It can move until that wood is no longer visible from the pommel end.
You can also see the gap between the cross and blade base here, sort of. (Sorry about the lighting.) It's the same on the other side.
Now, how do I fix this? I was thinking of putting some epoxy down theses gaps, but theres a problem. The epoxy has to be mixed before hand, so #1 how would I get it down the gap to the tang and grip, and #2, the epoxy is viscous, so it would want to clump up near the mouth of the gap.
The other problem is that the epoxy I have (at the moment) is just general epoxy. It holds strong, but give it a sharp blow and it snaps. Not good for a sword.
So, I ask you DIY gurus for advice. Please help me with this, as I really love this sword, and want to be able to cut with it for a long time.
This isn't about doing the grip itself, because that's dead simple.
This is a little more difficult. One problem was visible before, and another one has surfaced.
I removed the ugly black leather from the grip to reveal a very nice wooden core, with a nice grain pattern.
Can you see the problem? Look at the crossguards. One curves forward much more then the other. This was a problem with the original sword I got from Reliks,and this is the replacement. When they got a new shipment in, I was told that they all had the same problem, and that I could take another sword if I wished. I really liked this sword though, so I said I would take the best of the lot, thinking I could fix the crossguard.
I thought it was simply going to be a matter of clamping the sword in a vice, and hitting the one crossguard so that it bent back to the original position. It didn't work very well. I don't want to hit it too har in case I permanently damage it.
The sword is peened, so I really don't want to remove the peen, because the handle is small enough as it is, and I really don't want to shorten the blade anymore.
So how do I fix this crossguard? Preferably without doing any permanent damage.
Okay onto the second problem. When I removed the leather, I sanded the grip to shrink it down some. This is not the issue. The wood core is slightly loose on the tang it seems. It shifts slightly forward and back. The same applied to the crossguard. This may be the result of hitting the crossguard with the hammer to straighten it.
You can see the extra play in the grip here:
It can move until that wood is no longer visible from the pommel end.
You can also see the gap between the cross and blade base here, sort of. (Sorry about the lighting.) It's the same on the other side.
Now, how do I fix this? I was thinking of putting some epoxy down theses gaps, but theres a problem. The epoxy has to be mixed before hand, so #1 how would I get it down the gap to the tang and grip, and #2, the epoxy is viscous, so it would want to clump up near the mouth of the gap.
The other problem is that the epoxy I have (at the moment) is just general epoxy. It holds strong, but give it a sharp blow and it snaps. Not good for a sword.
So, I ask you DIY gurus for advice. Please help me with this, as I really love this sword, and want to be able to cut with it for a long time.