Uhlan
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Post by Uhlan on Sept 18, 2014 10:48:09 GMT
Lots of moaning took place. Wailing too. This was a bastard for sure and I am not giving you the juicy detailes. Let us say that some swords want stuff done to them and some do not. I kept to the proportions of the Wallace Collection German Bastard as best as possible with simple biometrics. Blade length is 95,5cm, blade width at base is 5,1cm. Grip length is 19,5cm and width is 3,5cm at the base. The Windlass pommel and guard are up to the Wallace specs. The Windlass English Twohand blade is somewhat different from the original, but it is the only blade that fits the bill. POB is 9,5 cm from the guard. and the weight is 1,954 kg. Had to fiddle a bit with the riser under the pommel. The pommel is not round and this covers that. All in all I am satisfied with the outcome. Another one off the to do list. The scabbard will be ready in the near future. Got some aeroplane triplex for that one. New stuff to me. Fun!
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Post by Bryan Heff on Sept 18, 2014 10:58:24 GMT
Looks great, FANTASTIC job on that. That grip is absolutely perfect.
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Luka
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Post by Luka on Sept 18, 2014 10:59:45 GMT
Looking really good! Shame you couldn't find a fullered blade, but this one fits great too. You peened the pommel, or?
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Post by William Swiger on Sept 18, 2014 10:59:59 GMT
Nice work. Was following some of the problems you were having.
+1 Karma.
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Post by JGonzalez on Sept 18, 2014 11:03:10 GMT
Dude, that's beautiful
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Uhlan
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Post by Uhlan on Sept 18, 2014 12:00:00 GMT
Thanks guys! The grip was the fun part. Quite the learning curve to get rid of the surplus leather at the waisted end. The point of the excercise was to let aspiring DIY members see what can be done on a budget. I got the blade real cheap from Dave Kelly. Sure it was a mess, but hey. There are some other blades that have fullers, but they mostly had something against them, like a little too short, or an inmense ricasso that had to be filed off. Another thing is that the Windlass GB guard has a blade slot just like the English guard has, so the bar at the blade shoulder of the English slotted right in. That was unexpected and lucky. I tried to peen, but after the fake peen block of the Windlass pommel broke, I got scared a little. Another thing is, the tang of the English is flat, so whatever one does, the peen will not fill the round hole in the GB pommel.( width 8mm) At first I thought to fill the voids at the sides of the peen with shavings from the filing and some epoxy, but after the breaking peen block, I took off the pommel, cleaned everything with acetone and first glued the pommel to the grip with 2 component metal glue to create a seal. Than I filled the pommel with epoxy. After curing I made a toolsteel pommel block, gave the tang some more bangs and filled in the voids with the same metal glue. Than I cut off a sliver of a 8mm drillbit, heated that and hammered it to create the peen look. Glued that on top of the new peen block and voila, it at least looks like a decent peen. Though I much prefer it to be really peened, all of this is sturdy enough and I am sure the sword will not fail. It rings like a bell, a nice high pitched sound, also because I have the habit of wedging the guard with some brass or copper to the tang. Bang in a couple of wedges and that guard sits like a rock. I firmly believe this Ulahn version is more ,, Battle Ready'' than the new edition Windlass GB and many others like it out there.
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Post by Madmartigen on Sept 18, 2014 15:29:46 GMT
Very good job. Deserves a karma. And I was so fond of my last grip...
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Sept 18, 2014 17:38:21 GMT
This is fantastic. Now I want to hear the rant about things that went wrong and why.....because THATS good learning... Karma Incoming!
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Uhlan
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Post by Uhlan on Sept 18, 2014 20:39:21 GMT
Now I want to hear the rant about things that went wrong and why.....because THATS good learning...
No you don't....... :evil:
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Uhlan
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Post by Uhlan on Sept 19, 2014 5:22:54 GMT
OH YOU F#%$$! B$st&(*!!! The one hour I have in the day, BLO&*Y H#ll !!!, were I can sit and leave my mind to freewheel, G&DD5MN, my inspiration hour, FU**ing little CR55ps, Lef* Win^ IPAD Loving, Zombie MINDED TROTSKY BEARDED NANNIES, AND I HAVE TO CATER TO YOUR WISHES? WHO THE FU$@ DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? The problem with this sword was that it was one that would not cooperate. Jinxed. Everything around the thing went wrong, little things. A whole heap of them and this is not good for working atmosphere. Totally bizar. The MAJOR problem was that the tang was out of line. I will try to explain. Lay the bare blade on a flat surface. Mark the middle of the point and the middle of the blade at the guard end. Now take a piece of string and tape one end to the point mark and be very, very, precise about this. Take the other end of the string and pull it taught and hold it at the tip of the tang. When things are okay, the string will cover the mark at the middle of the blade at the guard end. Everything in line. Not so here. To make a long story short, the tang was way off. It was going to the right, for about 2 degrees. On a tang this long that is a lot of metal on the left side of the line and not so much on the right. So I had to compensate for that in various ways. The pommel shoulders stick out at the left for about 1 cm and to the right for about 2mm. Get it now? Same for the grip. A centred tang channel is out. Everything is out of wack. A blacksmith could have done something but it would involve extra costs and heat, so you can kiss goodby to the temper at the most crucial spot, the blade shoulders. Are you satisfied now, YOU SWORD WIELDING BUNCH OF NO GOOD................. ? Cheers.
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Sept 19, 2014 14:00:38 GMT
ROFL! Tell us what you 'REALLY' think. Wow, I had not considered that as a potential problem, good lord.
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Uhlan
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Post by Uhlan on Sept 19, 2014 17:03:29 GMT
If you two don't wipe that smirk from your faces, I'll sell your mothers to the Russians and burn your houses down.... Snotnosed little punks!
Cheers.
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Sept 19, 2014 18:36:46 GMT
Great, sell mom to the Russkies, she'll take over and end up married to Putin. Dare ya. Double dare ya. Seriously though, I'm not sure I would have recognized the problem till too late. I'm that big a noob when it comes to modding. Now if we talk polish....I have some chops. Mom's waiting.
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Aikidoka
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Post by Aikidoka on Sept 19, 2014 19:26:35 GMT
Ugh! I have a Hanwei Tinker EMSHS with that issue. You can see how the fuller, which is centered on the blade, comes much closer to the right side of the tang than the left. As you can also see, the right shoulder is an 1/8th of an inch wider than the left. The tang was just cut at an angle with respect to the blade. When I cut with it, I hold the sword so that the blade is tilting toward me, rather toward the target. I like to pretend that it actually helps the sword cut better :lol:
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Uhlan
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Post by Uhlan on Sept 20, 2014 4:36:25 GMT
Hello Aikidoka2012. So even Hanwei has its problems. Would you mind publishing the data of the sword at the Sword Construction Data Base? viewtopic.php?f=18&t=22339Do not think we have a Hanwei Tinker yet. Cheers.
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