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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2008 20:08:08 GMT
Greetings all. It has been awhile since I posted but I have a question that I hope someone can answer. I recently purchased and received a Hanwei practical Viking sword. I did some research and the sword seemed solid enough( it should be, it is designed for reenactment) but a review on this board stated that the peen was cosmetic and only glue was securing the tang in the handle assembly. I was wondering since the specs stated the sword had a riveted tang with peening if this was just an anomaly and if hanwei had rectified the problem. I really have no idea how to take the sword apart so I would hate to try, so any information would be appreciated.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2008 20:33:50 GMT
Yuner I see that your thread is sinking to the bottom and sadly I know next to nothing about the western swords, maybe you should post it in the european swords section?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2008 20:48:18 GMT
It's hard to say as the differing 'generations' of PaulChen/Hanwei practical swords are very confusing to follow. A lot of changes resulted in between them, and there have been probably at least half a dozen different variants for each one.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2008 23:27:07 GMT
Thanks for the response guys. Maybe I will follow your advice and post this in the European swords section.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2008 23:57:15 GMT
I think the newer Hanwei models are made in China instead of the Phillipines and seem to be of better quality (peened, at least some of them), at least according to what Ive read. I dunno anything about the specific swords though, to be honest.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2008 1:16:40 GMT
Yes, the review was done I believe September of last year. Apparently Hanwei was contacted about the issue and stated that the tangs would be properly peened going forward. I was just curious if anyone had any definitive information on the matter.
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Aug 6, 2008 12:07:52 GMT
It depends on when yours was made, as the stock may be 6 - 12 months old. My one was even older still, but I included photos of a later generation one that still clearly had the problem. So if it is a very recent one you probably wouldn't have a problem. If you could please show a clear close up photo of your tang I'd be happy to offer an opinion on it. You could see in the photos in my review that there was no overlap of the peen. Cheers
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