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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2010 13:05:49 GMT
Hey fellas I have a Hanwei Henry the 5 sword. I was in my backyard doin some cuttin and decided to cut all the left over pumpkins. Well there a little heavier than water bottles and now the guard is loose nothing else but that and would like to know how to retighten it also one other question. The grain of the blade doesn't run along with the blade it goes across so it's making it hard to get that second bevel out tryin not to mess it up. Am I supposed to change the direction so it looks like all others that I see or is that the way they finish these blades
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2010 13:36:19 GMT
anybody? do I use shims to tighten it?
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Post by chrisperoni on Nov 16, 2010 14:05:39 GMT
Looks like this one slipped by with no notice, lets see if we can help if you still need it I've had a wallhanger sword with small (maybe 1cm square by 3mm thick) shims used to keep the habaki in place, There is a tutorial Marc Ridgeway has on hammering a piece of copper pipe into a thin shim to tighten up play on a tsuba (guard on a japanese sword) so I'd imagine this would be acceptable. Can your sword be dissasembled? I have no idea about that, sorry. I suppose this is key. Otherwise you'll have to find some way to jam/push the shim into place without marring the sword. If it can be dissasembled you might be able to just screw it tighter. I wouldn't hammer any parts together without further advice in case you damage it or make it worse... Pics of the sword would help. Iv'e heard of wood, aluminum, copper, brass shims. I don't know about how that blade is finished, but are you talking about the direction of the polish or is the actual grain in the steel running left to right (rather than lengthwise)? If it's the polish then you can and will end up changing the direction of it as you move from lower to higher grits to get a higher polish. The final grit you use should run lengthwise along the blade- look for Tom K.'s sharpening tutorials on this. Gimme a sec and I'll add some links. (hope this isn't old news) edit/add: Tom's sharpening: www.sword-buyers-guide.com/sharpen-a-sword.htmlMarc's tsuba fix: www.sword-buyers-guide.com/fix-loose-tsuba.html
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2010 18:45:42 GMT
Yea the pommel is peened so I guess I have to carefully tap them in. I'm kinda handy so I think I could manage to get something in there without damage. The grain is going left to right. I have to figure out how to post pics and I will. Thanks for the help
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