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Post by 86mango on Feb 15, 2021 17:21:53 GMT
Hi All, First time posting on here (actually joined up so I could ask this of the experts). I recently obtained an antique hunting sword and would like to start work on the restoration. The biggest problem with the sword is that the D guard is loose near the pommel, so I'd like to remove the pommel and see what's going on inside. I've done a fair bit of work with restoring blades in the past, so material handling and all that isn't my concern. My problem is, I don't quite know how to remove the pommel. It looks like there's a cap or nut on the very end of the pommel, but there's no movement in any part of it (aside from where the D guard fits inside). Any suggestions how I should go about removing it so I can get the piece back to fighting shape?
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Greg
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Post by Greg on Feb 15, 2021 19:19:38 GMT
It's hard to tell from the pics, but it's possible that it's held together with a peen block, but more of a peen sphere. Do you have any pictures from the bottom?
If it is a peen block, you'd have to grind the peen and lose a millimeter from the tang.
Edit: or the whole nub is an excessive hot peen
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pgandy
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Post by pgandy on Feb 15, 2021 20:10:24 GMT
Like Greg said it’s hard to tell from your pics. I’ve not disassembled a peened pommel but I can tell you how it’s done, if it is in fact peened and I think it is. Perhaps someone with more experience will chime in. And before I start I want to say, and I do so with no disrespect, if you don’t know how to remove it you probably don’t have the tools or skill to put it back together. Your photo lacks information but I am assuming it is peened. If so you will need to file the tang down past the flair to allow it to pass through the pommel. Best done by chucking the sword up in a padded, I say again padded, vice. Once filed down sufficiently everything should slide off. Remove your file marks and if necessary reshape the ball from your filing. All of that is the easy part. Now you will find the tang too short to reattach the pommel. And at this point have done nothing to correct the looseness. One method to reassemble is to weld an extension on the existing tang, straight of course, trim it down to a workable length reassemble everything. Heat the end of the tang to a workable temperature, red, and then peen with a hammer without missing and damaging the peen block or anything else. This needs to be done relatively quickly before the heat spreads to unwanted parts. If by this time you haven’t damaged the sword making an eye sore of your work the colours won’t match raising another issue. There is a good chance that the knuckle bow will not fit properly afterwards and that matter will need addressing.
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