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Post by Nilfgaardian on Feb 16, 2013 13:09:45 GMT
My GSoW has a very slight bend to the blade. The upper part of the blade is bent slightly bent, I believe it is from heat treating and the bend is VERY small. You have to look at the blade directly from behind to notice it. It is difficult to photograph it.
Based on what I have described, does the sword seem unsafe for cutting?
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Feb 16, 2013 13:59:54 GMT
if it still flexes properly without taking a set it should still be safe, although it would annoy the hell out of me just knowing it wasnt perfectly straight
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Post by Nilfgaardian on Feb 16, 2013 14:23:05 GMT
Thanks for the reply. Thats exactly what I suspected, It flexes well and returns to true, but the bend is quite annoying now that I know its there. It's still no big issue, since I bought this sword for cutting, and not for looking at. I believe some historical swords also have very slight bends in them from forging.
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Post by Bryan Heff on Feb 17, 2013 16:56:18 GMT
Someone posted a method that may fix your problem. I had a torque (not a bend) in an H/T viking blade and and used the method described here and it seemed to fix the problem, for me. You may want to check it out. viewtopic.php?f=19&t=15255
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Post by Nilfgaardian on Feb 18, 2013 19:13:07 GMT
Thanks for the link. That video was very helpful. Perhaps I will try it on my sword. Shouldn't be hard to do, since the bend is very slight.
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Feb 19, 2013 13:28:37 GMT
Just "easy does it" - a little goes a long way, you can generate a lot of bending force, be extra careful with spring steel, warming the steel with a hot air gun can help.
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Post by Luka on Feb 19, 2013 16:16:35 GMT
Some good advice here: www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic ... crecy+bent Peter Johnsson's post especially. But it is about straightening a blade bent from cutting. I personally think it is unwise to mess with a sword that is only slightly bent from heat treating because it has no weak spots now and it will have after you bend it. Because you will bend it out of its natural line. It doesn't matter its natural line is not straight.
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Post by Nilfgaardian on Feb 19, 2013 17:57:03 GMT
Luka - I think you are right about this. I spent the day wondering about if the steel could become fatigued from bending it. I will probably just leave it the way it is. The strength of the blade is more important than its looks in this case.
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