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Post by Ninjadave89 on Jul 10, 2012 20:41:24 GMT
Seeing that Albion is partly famous for their authentic construction method of having each hilt part fit on the tang individually, how does this work for their gladii? You can't exactly hammer the wood parts on to the tang for a tighter fit :shock: , so does this mean they use a compression fit? Also as the hilt is entirely wood, is it possible to hot peen the tang without burning the wood? I thought maybe they were cold peening as the tangs on the Albion gladii look quite similar to the 4th one along on the picture.   |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2012 21:31:12 GMT
Albion places a brass lug at the end of the wooden pommel that the tang is peened into.
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Post by CivilSavage on Jul 11, 2012 2:16:57 GMT
The wood fittings are compression fitted and likely resin/epoxy coated inside as well as the bronze pommel nut for peening.
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Post by Kataphractos on Jul 15, 2012 23:28:47 GMT
I too wondered how the Romans did it for a long time before finding the answer, which is what HillDog posted.
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Post by CivilSavage on Jul 16, 2012 1:32:47 GMT
I have hot peened organic hilts with only a peening plate. It takes some finesse and must be done quickly otherwise the tang will begin to heat ....but not really that difficult.
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Post by MOK on Jul 18, 2012 10:52:43 GMT
Yeah, I'd assume the biggest problem would be not having a metal pommel to act as a heat sink.
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Post by Ninjadave89 on Jul 18, 2012 11:29:58 GMT
Thanks everyone, makes more sense now. Just have to figure out which one to go for now, definitely like the look of the Trajan.
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