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Post by Onimusha on Aug 17, 2012 22:53:08 GMT
Does anybody know how the handles of sabers were commonly attached to the blades? I've been trying to find out from the internet, but all I can find is lightsaber crap.
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Post by chrisperoni on Aug 18, 2012 0:09:49 GMT
peened I think
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Aug 18, 2012 0:33:27 GMT
What Chris said; it may not exactly be an antique, but my Windlass 1840 is peened.
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Post by jcbarnett on Aug 18, 2012 2:49:48 GMT
I have several antique sabers from the late 18th century through WWI, all peened.
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Post by Anders on Aug 18, 2012 3:40:08 GMT
My infantry saber (1850, I believe) is threaded, actually, the top of the nut forming a small ball at the end of the cap.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2012 4:51:25 GMT
cold steel sabers typically have threads with a nut to secure the hilt.
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Post by MOK on Aug 18, 2012 11:50:25 GMT
The 1917 Imperial Russian shashka owned by a relative of mine has a threaded tang and recessed nut (the flat, round sort with two little cutouts on the outer edge to fit a special key).
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Post by Elheru Aran on Aug 18, 2012 14:42:43 GMT
So the clear answer is that most are/were peened, some are threaded?
I recently got a chance to handle four of Dave Kelly's sabers recently. The two antiques were peened, one repro was peened and then another, I *think* was threaded.
Onimusha, why exactly are you asking? Got a project in mind?
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Post by Onimusha on Aug 20, 2012 20:17:57 GMT
Yes, I do. I'm going to attempt to make a saber. I wanted to attach it the "right" way. The threaded tang and nut system seems sort of "lazy" to me. It can be very strong. Don't get me wrong.
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Post by MOK on Aug 20, 2012 21:10:37 GMT
Well, at least on the shashqa the thread-and-nut construction has served a very real purpose, since judging by the stamps either the blade was rehilted or the hilt rebladed at some point in 1918. It's hard to say which (although, of course, the blade seems likelier of the two to have been broken) because all the components, whether original or replacement, are still pretty much equally scarred...
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