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Post by kristian on Nov 17, 2017 21:21:54 GMT
I'm curious as to how one would mount a blade with a tang to a pole as opposed to the socket method. I tried looking for tutorials online but there were no visuals to help guide a newbie like me. I'm not sure if the shaft should be split entirely in half, if only a section of it should be cut out then glued back on, or if a slot could be cut down the center and the tang would just be inserted into it. The bare blades by KC look good for the price soooo...
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Nov 17, 2017 22:33:43 GMT
For naginata, the usual is to carve the inside of the haft to fit the tang like a sword tsuka. This needs a two-piece haft. Usually, the haft is split from the end to just past where the tang will end. The metal reinforcement bands then help hold this two-piece section together (the bottom one is at the bottom end of the split section). Once upon a time, there were some nice photos online showing this done for a Kris Cutlery blade, but that seems to be gone. You can also mount a yari blade like this. You could also start with 2 planks, and cut to fit the tang, and then glue them together. Modern glues can be very strong, much better than what was available in Japan at the time. There are old hafts laminated from bamboo; these are similar in principle, though made with more than two pieces. Laminated hafts are often wrapped with silk thread. Some yari are built with a U-shaped slot: www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/5385-yari-shaft-construction/The other methods often used for polearms with short tangs like pressure fitting into a pre-drilled hole (with a ferrule to prevent splitting) or burning the tang in or gluing (with resin) into a pre-drilled or burned-in hole don't work so well with naginata and yari since their tangs are so long.
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Post by kristian on Nov 17, 2017 23:30:12 GMT
That U-shaped slot method is interesting. It also helps that the guy had pictures too. It seems simpler than the splitting-in-half method.
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