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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2008 0:33:47 GMT
i have this midevil styled and and a half sword but its a wallhanger but i see some potential in the sword its excellently tempered i mean like a long windlass sword and its got a plastic handle and i want to see the tang should i just crack off the plastic?
but if its threaded(which it probley is)how would i make a good handle?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2008 0:57:41 GMT
Out of wood. Really, handles are not too hard to make, especially if you have any woodcarving experience. You can either butt it against the steel (think steak knife), carve out a groove for the tang to sit in, and glue the handle together, or rely on the pressure between the guard and pommel to hold it on.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2008 1:17:53 GMT
yeah i have no wood working skills
but if its threaded tang how would i go about putting it around it because the pommel is stuck on there and its not budgeing
so would i just drill a hole the size of the tang then cut the wood in half and epoxy them together
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2008 1:35:32 GMT
i have this midevil styled and and a half sword but its a wallhanger but i see some potential in the sword its excellently tempered i mean like a long windlass sword and its got a plastic handle and i want to see the tang should i just crack off the plastic? but if its threaded(which it probley is)how would i make a good handle? Umm If it's threaded you can twist off the pommel. No need to crack off the plastic. If you don't have woodworking skills you can get by with patience and the right tools. If you don't have either of those, don't even try. If the pommel is fixed then the only way to get to it will be to detroy the handle, no loss apparently. Making a new handle is a matter of taking to pieces of wood and carving out the shape of the tang in one or both, so that they fit around it snugly, then putting them together and rasping/ sanding/ turning them to the shape you want. Then put them together around the tang, glue and clamp. Use acid free glue. Elmers carpenters glue works well. Leave it clamped overnight. On the other hand I cannot fathom a wallhanger with a plastic handle having any potential. Pics?
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Post by randomnobody on Feb 17, 2008 2:06:48 GMT
I hope you don't intend to attempt creating a cutting sword with a rat-tail tang. I also am quite certain that your blade is not tempered nearly as well as you think it is, but it well could be. Do you know who made it?
If you're serious about this, it'd probably be best to first make sure you have a real tang, not some welded-on threaded rod. If not, you're going to have to sacrifice some blade to make one. There are guides to this around here somewhere. My first step, were I you, would be to confirm the quality of the steel, then check the level of tang. Chances are it is a threaded rod. In this case, a little force (padded vice if necessary) will get the pommel off (or it could well break the "tang") and from there you can determine how the handle is constructed.
Pics would indeed be a good help.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2008 2:51:33 GMT
ok well its definitely a threaded rod and the pommel is stuck on there and ive decided to leave it be also its not stainless but theres no brand a friend gave it to me awile ago and told me the info as for pics no camera so i suppose just forget this whole thread
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Post by randomnobody on Feb 17, 2008 3:05:51 GMT
Well, poo. Probably best not to mess with it, then, if you can't get the pommel off. Too much risk of destroying it utterly, which would not be ideal.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2008 3:42:21 GMT
yeah i know but the blade its self is so nice....oh well
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