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Post by wlewisiii on Jan 23, 2019 19:40:28 GMT
So I've noticed that Albion has a beautiful bare blade listed here albion-swords.com/bareblades.htm they call a Riding Sword Blade. I'm thinking I'd like to find the hilt from something like the Windlass Patton sword Now, I am not an experienced blade maker by any means, but I'm thinking that this should not be within my abilities. Depending on the width of the tang, perhaps adjusting the hilt then drilling the holes for the grip and riveting it in place.The idea is to make a kind of heavy cavalry style pallasch. Of course this presumes I'm not missing anything obvious, can source the hilt, borrow any tools I don't have, and so forth. Any gotcha's I may not be seeing here? Thanks!
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Post by Jordan Williams on Jan 24, 2019 2:55:43 GMT
The tang of the Patton may have more width and shape to it, however perhaps using wood or steel bar stock as a "filler" I think could work very well. Even setting the blade and having it secured to the hilt, you could even get away with pouring epoxy into the hilt. I think it would be a cool modernized arming sword.
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Post by brotherbanzai on Jan 24, 2019 16:12:36 GMT
One obvious thing you may be missing (don't know, maybe you already know this) is that the Albion bare blades are not finished blades and require a not insignificant amount of work to finish. The blade will still have the milling marks from the machine work and a very thin coat of scale if you opt to get it heat treated. The entire blade will need to be finish ground and sanded which is a good bit more involved than just sharpening.
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Post by wlewisiii on Jan 24, 2019 19:14:10 GMT
Good to learn. Is that something I'd be able to do with belt grinder?
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Post by brotherbanzai on Feb 2, 2019 13:56:42 GMT
That would depend on the belt grinder and your proficiency with it. In general I would say that a belt grinder is pretty much the ideal way to do the majority of the finish work on one of those blades. Also quite a lot of hand sanding.
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