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Post by Stopped on Jun 26, 2011 9:23:02 GMT
Just the other day I got a Dha blade as pretty cheaply and I thought it would make a neat little weekend project making scabbard and handle for it. Anyway , The first problem, the tang looks like a japanese nakago, only smaller and has no holes. Nor it is any screw and/or rivet type at the end of the tang like European sword (the tang is far too short anyway)... Just how do it get the tang to stay inside the handle then? :? Does it get stuck into the handle with friction alone? Like a file handle? I thought of epoxy, but some how it seems wrong to epoxy a tang..... Maybe I can use some kind of natural resin? I heard that's how they secure the Tulwar blades.... Whats your take on it?
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Jun 26, 2011 11:46:18 GMT
drill 2 holes in it and use brass pins. seems like a safe easy fix.
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Post by Stopped on Jun 26, 2011 13:05:37 GMT
I would avoid trying to change the tang of an old blade if I can help, would be worse than doing an epoxy job....
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Post by zentesukenVII on Jul 8, 2011 16:44:47 GMT
I agree with saito, id rather drill away than glue it in and never get to change it out.
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Post by Elheru Aran on Jul 15, 2011 14:41:10 GMT
You can change it out if you glue it in... just have to destroy the old grip...
Personally, I'd think modern epoxy would probably be stronger than most tree-sap resins. I might do both, actually-- epoxy it AND rivet it.
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Post by Caym on Jul 28, 2011 17:44:26 GMT
maybe abit of lead at the bottom of the slot in the tang like on some old knives?
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Post by Neovenetar on Aug 23, 2011 15:21:34 GMT
maybe a key and lock tang of sorts? if you look at the tang, it's kind of concave in the middle, so you could make your handle have a hole that shape for the tang, then affix the other side of the handle with epoxy, rather than literally epoxying the blade to the handle.
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Post by chrisperoni on Aug 23, 2011 16:46:52 GMT
I would drill the handle and tang and rivet it, then epoxy as further security (just like Elheru Aran said). I think this is a better way of securing the tang over the traditional way. However, for your reference on the traditional way: Website reference: www.arscives.com/historysteel/co ... rticle.htm Quote: "The basic construction of the dha comprises a forged, single-edged blade, a short tang, and a wooden handle of circular cross-section that is fixed over a blind tang."-So what is a blind tang? Website reference: www.ehow.com/list_6751254_types- ... ndles.html Quote: " Blind tang handles have no bolt inside them, but instead a small ventilation hole through which epoxy can be poured in. The tangs are also notched to maximize the hold."-That may be fine for a knife and who am I to argue with the makers of dha over the centuries, but I just plain feel better about a rivet over a notch when it comes to swinging 3 feet of steel about.
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