Orochimaru6
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Post by Orochimaru6 on May 17, 2014 19:32:09 GMT
Holy crap... If someone now says that Rhinelander is a crappy sword he should think twice. You have pretty nice backyard to do cutting sessions. I'm jealous... May I ask how your polishing and sharpening looked like? What did you use in particular.
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Aikidoka
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Post by Aikidoka on May 17, 2014 20:00:51 GMT
Sure. I documented the sharpening process. I'll post a video of that as well. Basically, I used sandpaper and water when I wanted the sandpaper to really "bite" into the steel, and sandpaper and 3-in-1 oil for the finer sanding. The method that I used is based on the sharpening videos that TomK put on YouTube.
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Aikidoka
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Post by Aikidoka on May 17, 2014 20:33:44 GMT
Videos have been posted to the Backyard Cutting forum: /thread/40090 |
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Post by Dave Kelly on May 17, 2014 22:00:40 GMT
/thread/23882Ancient history from when this was initially offered. I opted to keep the Windlass 15th Century over the Rheinlander, for aesthetic reasons. But concur with your review on the excellent handling characteristics of this Hanwei.
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Post by RicWilly on May 17, 2014 22:48:07 GMT
Thanks for the review. All this buzz about the Rhinelander is making me take another look at a sword I'd pretty much dismissed.
As to the blade guard fit, it is exceptional nice but then again I have a few Hanwei euros and all of them have a pretty decent blade guard fit.
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SeanF
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Post by SeanF on May 18, 2014 1:05:32 GMT
Honestly this is the only Hanwei Euro sword outside the Tinker line that I actually liked. It's a shame that mine snapped in half on me.
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Aikidoka
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Post by Aikidoka on May 18, 2014 1:30:12 GMT
Have you heard of any other Rhinelander swords that had this problem?
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SeanF
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Post by SeanF on May 18, 2014 2:49:32 GMT
Nope. The Rheinlander uses the same steel and heat treat that was introduced in the H/T line, which I would assume to be in general quite good. I've put my H/T Bastard through quite a bit and it has held up extremely well. I think I just got extraordinarily bad luck.
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Aikidoka
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Post by Aikidoka on May 18, 2014 3:56:42 GMT
Awesome! That was the impression I got from your thread from a year or so ago, but I just wanted to make sure. Thanks for clarifying.
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