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Post by william m on Jul 19, 2011 7:35:47 GMT
Hi all,
I received my first Albion viking sword yesterday in the form of a Squire line Vinland.
However I am not all that happy with how the sword handles, really heavy and unwieldy. My question is if it is possible without too much effort to reduce some of the weight? Being a squire line sword it is still fairly thick compared to the next-gens, so I plan on reducing the mass via the following.
** Take off the secondary bevel to become flush with the main body. This will take off a good bit of metal. ** Reducing the mass around the tip, which IMO is too thick and overly re-enforced. ** Softening the edges of the guard and pommel, which are too sharp and cause a lot of pain in the handshake and any other grip.
The tools I have available are a number of files, two wetstones and also a dremel with a number of grinding attachments. Looking forward to what you think!
Cheers, William
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Post by chrisperoni on Jul 28, 2011 0:00:25 GMT
for the cost of this sword, and it needing all this work, why not return it and get an Atrim? Sounds to me like the sword is just wrong for you and an ATrim will give you the specifics you want from the blade. Far better to upgrade the hilt and leave the blade alone imho. Isn't the point of paying for an Albion that they get the sword right from top to bottom?
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Post by Anders on Jul 29, 2011 17:48:23 GMT
Chris makes a good point; you might want to consider re-grinding the blade to be a last resort. Even if it's Squire line, it's not like we're talking about a cheap project blade. Still, if you do insist on modifying it, I recommend getting an electric powerfile. It is still the best tool for stock removal blade modding I have ever found. Your dremmel might do the job, though - I don't consider mine powerful enough to manage any considerable alterations but then again, it's a fairly cheap brand. As for hand files and wetstones, I seriously don't have the patience for such things myself. But yeah, an Albion? Even I would hesitate, and I've never even owned a sword I've not wanted to alter in some way.
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Post by Talon on Jul 29, 2011 18:02:59 GMT
send it back william,seriously if it was me i would be happy to modify an ht viking if it wasnt to my liking,but an albion nope i wouldnt be expecting it to need any attention,i would get my money back and look elsewhere
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Post by william m on Aug 10, 2011 11:19:57 GMT
Hi all and thanks for the replies. The sword is a squire line so the sword is certainly not perfect. To the best of my knowledge Angus Trim does not make Viking swords. I bought the sword second hand so I cannot return the sword.
The auto file sounds interesting, I will have a look at what's available. I may end up selling the sword and buying the new hanwei Irish Viking sword, which looks like it will be a lot lighter with a more comfortable handles too.
Cheers, William
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Post by mcapanelli on Aug 10, 2011 12:46:24 GMT
I have to agree, I'd sell it off and find something more to my liking. It's the POB being far out that's giving it such a heavy feel. It's a cut oriented sword so you shouldn't expect it to float in the hand as say a XIV or XV would. I've owned the sword you have and liked it a lot. It is very cut biased and not quick to recover, but that's not out of the norm for it's type so it didn't bother me. The secondary bevel you can remove with sandpaper and elbow grease, but I wouldn't go removing large amounts of stock on a sword like that. You run the risk of running the heat treat and basically turning in to junk. Just sell it and find something with a POB more to your liking and chalking it up as a learning experience.
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