Aaron
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Post by Aaron on Oct 19, 2010 1:49:29 GMT
Yesterday, I was helping a friend of mine move his belongings into storage, and came across a Hanwei Godfred. Being that i had no idea he was into swords (aside from a few SLO's he's shown me), I was pretty surprised and asked him where he got it. Turns out, his father purchased it for him some 10+ years ago. I pull the sword out of the scabbard only to see that it is severely rusted, and there is a bend about 5 inches from the tip. He has never oiled the sword since he's owned it and the bend came from whacking it on a tree when he was a kid. I was a bit, ah, flabbergasted.
Anyhow, I offered to try to fix the sword up, but made sure he knew that there was definitely going to be some (possibly bad) pitting, and the bend will likely not come out. He's cool with that since it's mostly a display piece anyhow, and let me take the sword temporarily.
Now my question, what is the best way to get this bend out without breaking the sword? I understand that I may have to leave it, as I don't know how badly it was stressed when it took the set.
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Post by KingDonut on Oct 19, 2010 9:22:09 GMT
That's a tough one...
Pretty much all you can do is put it in a vice and bend it back.
Be super careful though. The older damascus Godfred's have a tendency to snap mid-blade, from what I've read.
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Post by sam salvati on Oct 22, 2010 22:32:00 GMT
Putting it in a vise and bend it, no no no. This is something that should be done carefully, the vise jaws should atleast be padded with wood or leather, possibly a little heat applied. There was a thread on the old forum about fixing a broken blade with the bending stick tools, look that up. If you want to be extra careful, put it in the oven at 450F for an hour this will make it more likely to do what you want it to.
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Post by Mikeeman on Oct 27, 2010 14:22:17 GMT
I've heard of heating up blocks of bronze or other slightly softer metals and bending it back over that. But that's basically the same effect of the oven with a little more work, but another option none-the-less.
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