Deepeeka Gothic Longsword Dismantled
Jan 5, 2022 19:13:02 GMT
Post by perignum on Jan 5, 2022 19:13:02 GMT
Hi everyone.
As the proud owner of one Gothic Longsword, I decided to buy another. This one was similarly discounted to my first one by virtue of some rough finishing around the piercings in the guard and a slightly off-centre tang nut. The entire thing cost me €50 plus €17 postage from Battle Merchant in Germany.
So why did I spend €67 on a sword I already have and one which I had to really put a lot of work into to make serviceable? Because I wanted to test it straight out of the box and maybe salvage some parts for other projects.
The biggest issue with this sword is the stupid thinning of the tang to make it fit the grip. I'll attach a photo where the grind marks are obvious. Someone took an angle grinder and whittled it down from around 5mm at the base of the blade to about 3.5mm where grip meets guard. This is frankly stupid. Material should have been removed from the grip rather than the tang. The result is that once you remove the grip, you bend the tang with your bare hands.
However, the blade is actually very good. It has the same distal tapering as my other Gothic, which suggests this is s deliberate design strategy. It goes from roughly 5mm to 3mm 7cm off the point. The blade flexes in its last third and is very stiff up to midway.
Speaking of which; I was looking at it and thought, 'Ya know what? For the craic, I'm going to try this thing out.' I reassembled the sword and attached a doubled over old mat to a workbench. It measured about 20mm thick. I let the bottom flap loose as I didn't want it at all taut. I used to play drums and I know something as blunt as a drumstick can go through very tight material without much effort.
The results were impressive. Bear in mind, this sword is straight out of the box and I haven't sharpened it all. The blade went straight through. I didn't even use a full force thrust. It was one-handed at maybe 75% strength from the hip.
I'll post the various photos below.
As the proud owner of one Gothic Longsword, I decided to buy another. This one was similarly discounted to my first one by virtue of some rough finishing around the piercings in the guard and a slightly off-centre tang nut. The entire thing cost me €50 plus €17 postage from Battle Merchant in Germany.
So why did I spend €67 on a sword I already have and one which I had to really put a lot of work into to make serviceable? Because I wanted to test it straight out of the box and maybe salvage some parts for other projects.
The biggest issue with this sword is the stupid thinning of the tang to make it fit the grip. I'll attach a photo where the grind marks are obvious. Someone took an angle grinder and whittled it down from around 5mm at the base of the blade to about 3.5mm where grip meets guard. This is frankly stupid. Material should have been removed from the grip rather than the tang. The result is that once you remove the grip, you bend the tang with your bare hands.
However, the blade is actually very good. It has the same distal tapering as my other Gothic, which suggests this is s deliberate design strategy. It goes from roughly 5mm to 3mm 7cm off the point. The blade flexes in its last third and is very stiff up to midway.
Speaking of which; I was looking at it and thought, 'Ya know what? For the craic, I'm going to try this thing out.' I reassembled the sword and attached a doubled over old mat to a workbench. It measured about 20mm thick. I let the bottom flap loose as I didn't want it at all taut. I used to play drums and I know something as blunt as a drumstick can go through very tight material without much effort.
The results were impressive. Bear in mind, this sword is straight out of the box and I haven't sharpened it all. The blade went straight through. I didn't even use a full force thrust. It was one-handed at maybe 75% strength from the hip.
I'll post the various photos below.
