mali
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Post by mali on Dec 15, 2015 17:41:58 GMT
The welded on threading has since been removed and replaced with a direct threading of the tang. Does it seem thick enough to handle regular use?  |
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Post by Jayhawk on Dec 15, 2015 21:11:00 GMT
Boy, a pic of how thick that section is may help, but it is thinner than any tang on any sword I own. I prefer to see tang width closer to 1/3 the width of the blade at the base of the blade. If it's pretty thick, it may be usable for non contact and non cutting use.
BTW, a good weld of just the threaded bit doesn't bother me much. It's just when the weld holds the whole tang on that I run away screaming.
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Post by mali on Dec 15, 2015 23:06:05 GMT
Unfortunately, this picture is the only shot of the tang that I have. It was taken while somebody was creating a new handle for the sword. I've been told that the tang is about as thick as it is wide.
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Dec 16, 2015 13:18:05 GMT
It's a diamond-section blade, and the base of the tang is as thick as the thickest part of the blade.
Will it stand up to regular use? What kind of use? Forms, yes. Light cutting - should be OK, as long as the grip fits the tang snugly.
To improve it, shorten the blade by about 1" (by extending the tang), and have a wider transition between blade and tang. Snug-fitting grip (maybe epoxy to the tang to minimise movement of the tang within the grip), and the stress will mostly be on the base of the tang. The new wider base of the tang.
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Dec 16, 2015 13:30:17 GMT
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