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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2008 2:21:44 GMT
Many thanks to you Maz!
I'll try it again, but I've already gave it 3 coats with buffing in-between with a 000 steelwool...There's always those darker spots you can see on the pommel...
But thanks, I kind of like it in spite of those flaws...
p.s.: plus now I have to shim the guard: started getting loose after I did a few cuts on a particularly thick kind of plastic bottles...
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Sept 24, 2008 1:26:23 GMT
Hi Reflingar
You mentioned about shimming your guard. You might like to try pulling some light fishing line (<5lb) around the tang and running a few laps around til the guard is tight. You can coat the last lap in epoxy to help it stick in, and then trim it off. You can then maybe use a second piece to tuck the last bit in.
Worth a try. If you find a way to shim it relatively easily share it with the forum.
Cheers
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2008 14:44:39 GMT
Hello Brendan,
Thank you for the tip.
I'm not sure if I fully understand your advice thought: the sword is peened, so I cannot get to the tang without un-peening it and removing the grip and pommel...that is if I try to fix the problem from the tang up...
In fact, what causes the guard to rattle a bit is the too wide opening on the side of the blade, where the said blade is suppose to sit in the guard (a classic Windlass problem): I suppose I should try to fill that gap: maybe you meant to achieve this with the fishing line? That might work...
Let me know what you think please,
Thanks
Reflingar
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Post by 293master293 on Sept 25, 2008 4:31:27 GMT
*To Reflingar*
Nice job on your European.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2008 17:43:51 GMT
Thank you Master!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2008 22:35:58 GMT
This is the newest, yet hardest grip I have done to date. This is my friend's older model Windlass German Bastard Sword - which was essentially based a 16th C. military sword rapier. The bottlenecked grip was a bear to get done, but I finished it about an hour ago. Makes me think of a big bottle of Black Nun wine when looking at it...LOL.    |
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Post by ShooterMike on Dec 24, 2008 23:52:34 GMT
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Post by Marc Ridgeway on Dec 25, 2008 0:00:26 GMT
odingaard, that grip wrap looks very nice on the rapier/cut-n-thrust sword. I really like the reverse wasp-waist effect on Hand&aHalf swords. It just seems to fit, and it's very much like a myriad of original antiques shown in the myArmoury Album. Here are a few pics of a new hilt I dfinished today for my "SBG Special" ATrim 1315. New grip, new pommel and a fairly drastic grinding down and recontouring of the guard. And some hot oil quench coloring on the guard and pommel. The seam, which I can't ever get to not show with a black line from the glue.      Good God Mike  Thats Fantastic!!! When will you start taking commissions? |
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Post by ShooterMike on Dec 25, 2008 0:06:22 GMT
Good God Mike Thats Fantastic!!! When will you start taking commissions? Thanks Marc. I appreciate your kind works, but I don't think my work's to a level of "sellable" yet. And I barely have time to do anything for myself these days. I had been planning on doing this job for 2-3 months. And it took me that long to find one of those "round-2-its" everyone talks about.  ;D |
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Post by Marc Ridgeway on Dec 25, 2008 0:10:51 GMT
Good God Mike Thats Fantastic!!! When will you start taking commissions? Thanks Marc. I appreciate your kind works, but I don't think my work's to a level of "sellable" yet. And I barely have time to do anything for myself these days. I had been planning on doing this job for 2-3 months. And it took me that long to find one of those "round-2-its" everyone talks about. ;D All I'm going to buy is the time excuse..... I can't buy the sellable excuse , because I'd buy your work I do understand about getting one of those round Tuits though... |
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Post by slav on Dec 25, 2008 0:29:49 GMT
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Post by shadowhowler on Dec 25, 2008 0:32:34 GMT
Here are a few pics of a new hilt I dfinished today for my "SBG Special" ATrim 1315. New grip, new pommel and a fairly drastic grinding down and recontouring of the guard. And some hot oil quench coloring on the guard and pommel. Ah... yet another project I missed out on...  Looks stright up awesome Mike, great work. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2008 2:02:41 GMT
Good looking grip there, Mike. It's quite marketable as is, I have seen alot of professional grips out there being sold that don't look as nice.
As for your ATrim, did you do all the cross modifications (bevels, details, bluing) yourself?
That is something that I have been gaining interest in. I have the bluing down pat, but I have yet to really take a file or Dremel to any furniture. I had thought to purchasing some of the cheaper Valiant / Hanwei stuff to try out some things on - God forbid I go to cutting on something more expensive - I don't have the courage for that yet.
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Post by ShooterMike on Dec 25, 2008 2:48:40 GMT
Thanks for the compliments, fellas. The guard started out as the standard square guard. Very plain IMO, so I wanted to spice it up a bit. I used a cutoff wheel on my Dremel to first cut the tips square, then cut the rings just behing the tips. Then I wrapped the tips and center in masking tape and free-handed it on the belt sander to turn the square corners into bevels with scalloped ends. Then did the final finish with a flapper wheel sander on my Dremel. I was afraid it wouldn't turn out so well when I started. But this is an extra guard from an old sword, so what the heck. I just started grinding away metal until a pleasing shape emerged. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2008 22:50:51 GMT
Mike that's spectacular! You did an amazing job on that guard. Grip wrap looks great too. Odin, nice job on that grip too, goes great on that sword. Good work.
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Dec 31, 2008 3:58:57 GMT
Massive improvement Mike. Well done.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2009 23:47:17 GMT
Here is the new wrap for my DSA Black Knight. This needed to be done. I was suprised that when I took off the old wrap that the risers were TACKED ON with small brads instead of glue. These would have eventually worn through the leather and could have caused the handle to crack. I am glad I found this before it became a problem. I glued on an additional riser in the center, repositioned the end risers, wrapped in 2oz leather, bound with thin hemp cord to dry and finished with oxblood and gave a good coat of waterproof leather gloss. Anyway, here is the end result for your viewing pleasure...  I was especially suprised by how the seam turned out - nice and nearly invisible. I think I finally might have discovered the way to do this correctly!  |
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Post by Marc Ridgeway on Jan 14, 2009 23:51:48 GMT
Looks good. Very good seam |
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Post by ShooterMike on Jan 15, 2009 1:34:55 GMT
That's the nicest seam I think I have ever seen. At least other than on the best examples from Albion or Christian Fletcher. It certainly looks their equal. It is a huge challenge to get a lighter color leather to not at least show some sort of dark line at the seam.
Please would you PM me a description of the technique you used? Please, please, please? ;D
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Post by genocideseth on Jan 15, 2009 2:29:43 GMT
When people use ox blood, is it actually real blood? Or a form of a dye?
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