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Post by aaronfranzen on Mar 11, 2013 0:13:43 GMT
So I just received my Hanwei Bastard sword, my first Hanwei product. Fit and finish seems very nice. I tore off the old leather to start a re wrap which had nice tightly glued cord underneath and than noticed there was a small crack in the wood hilt towards the sword guard. Both the pommel and the guard are on very solid, but I can feel and hear something moving around when flexing the sword side to side( Not in the direction of cutting). The wood handle seems to be solidly in place as well (No movement). Is this the tang hitting the wood handle inside and should I be concerned about it being a safety hazard? I'm not set up at the moment to be making a new wood handle for the sword or I would do that. Thank you for your help! Attachments:
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Mar 11, 2013 7:06:26 GMT
Without taking it apart I would tend to flow some glue into the crack and clamp - there are others more familiar with these swords to comment on the safety issue.
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Post by Lukas MG (chenessfan) on Mar 11, 2013 10:41:51 GMT
If there's enough epoxy in there, it shouldn't be a safety issue. However, that's impossible to know and you really don't want the grip giving way when using the blade. The fact that you hear something moving in there isn't a good sign (though some Albions have it too and I've never seen one of those fall apart). I think you're best off taking the grip down and making a new one. It's really simple, you only need a saw and files/sandpaper if you use the build up method. If that's impossible, I'd try to get as much epoxy in the crack as possible and hope for the best. Not ideal.
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Post by William Swiger on Mar 11, 2013 11:18:07 GMT
I had a sword make hilt noise and once I figured out where the noise was at in the hilt, I drilled a small hole in the grip and filled with crazy glue. Fixed the noise.
Reason I did it was because the guard did not allow any space to run into the hilt.
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Post by aaronfranzen on Mar 11, 2013 15:54:28 GMT
Thanks for the help guys. I think I will try the epoxy method first and see how that goes.
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Post by Bryan Heff on Mar 11, 2013 17:28:29 GMT
Agree with the epoxy/super glue approach as well. I also would finish off that last part of the the core (with the crack) with super tight and glued down cord, similar to how the rest of the handle is done do really hold that crack from spreading any further. It certainly couldn't hurt.
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Post by aaronfranzen on Mar 11, 2013 17:58:07 GMT
Good idea Bryan! Thank you.
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Post by aaronfranzen on Mar 12, 2013 0:22:41 GMT
Unfortunately Findlithui I don't have a table saw or a good belt sander. I'm in a Condo right now and in about 1.5 years I would very much like to purchase a house with a garage where I can set myself up making all new sword handles and scabbards etc... Maybe I will epoxy it for now and when I have the space for the extra equipment I will completely tare off that grip/wood core and re do the whole thing.
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Post by bpogue on Mar 13, 2013 18:05:55 GMT
When I re-did the handle on my personal Bastard sword (not for a split, I moved the shoulders and did some other work to the blade) I used just a few hand tools and an ash pole from Home depot. I cut the pole a little longer than I needed and then split it in two (oh wait... I DID use a table saw for this part. Might not be too bad to split it with a hand saw but you would need to find a way to get the surface flat afterwards. This would be trivial with a bandsaw, maybe you know someone with even a small one?) Then I drew the outline of the tang on each half and cut the channels with a sharp chisel. After adjusting the fit at the guard and pommel I glued each half in place. Using a rasp style plane I then shaped the core a little at a time to my liking. Wrapped it in cord and voila, new core.
Tools used: Rasp Plane Hand Saw Sharp chisel
Good luck with whatever method you choose! Blake
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