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Post by Ilúvatar on Aug 17, 2011 18:47:32 GMT
Hey guys, I recently received Norway made blade as a gift. The brand of the blade is Helle. It doesn't have a handle so I was just wondering of anyone knows how to make a wooden hidden tang handle and if anyone has done it before. I kind of have an idea of what you're supposed to do but I'm not entirely sure. If anyone knows, help would be much appreciated.
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Post by william m on Aug 17, 2011 21:52:06 GMT
Im currently finishing off a seax I made, I mounted it wiht he hidden tang method. I used two blocks of wood, traced out the tang with a pencil on both and then using a chisel carved it out.
Basically I just used the techniques I know for carving out tsukas, its pretty much the same.
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Post by Ilúvatar on Aug 22, 2011 18:35:01 GMT
Thanks for the reply. I don't fully understand your method, though. Would you mind going in a bit more detail?
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Post by william m on Aug 24, 2011 12:35:30 GMT
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Post by Ilúvatar on Aug 25, 2011 5:07:32 GMT
thanks!
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Post by Anders on Sept 8, 2011 19:42:38 GMT
Traditionally, Scandinavian knife hilts are made by cutting the wood into sections (often seveal kinds of wood, horn or what have you for decorative effect) after which you drill holes for the tang in each section and stack them together, like so: After that you draw the outline for the shape on the wood and shake it with files, ending up with something along these lines: For single piece handles, you normally just start with a block of wood and drill a hole lenghtwise for the tang, then glue the blade in place, then shape the grip. Doing it the way William suggests is unusual, I believe, but probably works as well if you don't mind seams in the material.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2011 7:04:02 GMT
Skip to about 2:40 then it shows handle. It's pretty neat. ... _embedded#!
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Post by Caym on Oct 1, 2011 9:39:27 GMT
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