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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Apr 6, 2022 1:42:28 GMT
Can you elaborate on the pommel removal? Since I'm doing mine, a heads up would never nurt.
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Post by davidoa on Apr 6, 2022 16:17:44 GMT
Can you elaborate on the pommel removal? Since I'm doing mine, a heads up would never nurt.
It is admittedly a giant pain in the butt:
As you can see in the video, they really pour in a TON of epoxy/putty when assembling the hilt on these swords. That, along with the hot peening means that the swords are really solidly built, but also really difficult to disassemble.
Mine took an angle grinder to cut off the tip of the pommel with the peen as well as the wooden grip. Then I heated it up in an oven to try and melt/soften the epoxy, not sure how much that helped though, because it still took a ton of work after that...
I also used a bearing puller (automotive tool with a mechanical ratchet meant to yank bearings off of rods), and then an hour or so of very careful hammer pounding (so as not to accidentally bend the tang) before it finally started to slide down.
Definitely not an easy task, but possible with the right tools and patience.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2022 16:21:02 GMT
When removing epoxy, I would recommend using a heat gun. Continuously blast the surface with heat until the objects you want to remove come off. Make sure to wear protective equipment not to burn yourself, of course, and take care with melting epoxy as it's essentially like napalm. Once the epoxy cools it becomes solid again, so the trick it to keep it hot with the heat gun until you've removed it all.
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Post by snubnoze on Apr 6, 2022 17:51:22 GMT
Would be interesting to reach out to RK to see if they would sell finished blades without the hilts for projects like these.
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Apr 7, 2022 12:46:13 GMT
Would be interesting to reach out to RK to see if they would sell finished blades without the hilts for projects like these. This is genius! I'll shoot them an email and post the answer here... |
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Apr 7, 2022 15:05:52 GMT
Ok, official from Chris@ ronin.
At this point, no.
With the pandemic and supply woes, everything goes to completing blades.
So if ya wanna do mods, you'll need to buy a completed one to start with.
Hanwei may have a decent alternate bare blade...dunno
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Post by snubnoze on Apr 7, 2022 15:09:43 GMT
Thanks for the update. Shame they don't offer that, perhaps sometime in the future.
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Post by LeMal on Apr 7, 2022 15:36:39 GMT
Too bad.
An alternative if not *absolutely* wedded to a purist historical look is always to cut the slot in the guard large enough to insert it from the blade tip end, like a messer.
You rivet a small "spacer" to the "ricasso" section in front of the guard that'd look kind of like a habaki; it sandwiches the guard between itself and grip to hold in place. (Grip in two pieces too, of course, attached in halves and epoxied, then cord-wrapped, etc.) Done something similar a few times.
Me, it's probably what I'd do here (maybe even will someday). If really mostly in love with that guard swap-out and removing that pommel looks like that much hassle.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Apr 7, 2022 19:05:15 GMT
IncredibleHolg had a custom maker made a Swiss Saberoid from a Hanwei Dark Sentinel blade with a Hanwei Sidesword hilt, looked really good.
IIRC somewhere in the New Aquisitions Thread.
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Post by LeMal on Apr 7, 2022 19:37:27 GMT
IncredibleHolg had a custom maker made a Swiss Saberoid from a Hanwei Dark Sentinel blade with a Hanwei Sidesword hilt, looked really good. IIRC somewhere in the New Aquisitions Thread. I think that was done by Jim Curry. |
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Post by perignum on Apr 8, 2022 21:12:27 GMT
This is how imagine Rand’s sword from the Wheel of Time to look.
Fantastic job.
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Post by davidoa on Apr 18, 2022 22:17:24 GMT
Thanks again for all the kind words and compliments, all! I have big ol' update on the project.
The grip has been wrapped, embossed, dyed, and I've got the whole thing peened together:
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Post by davidoa on Apr 18, 2022 22:25:17 GMT
Here are some WIP shots from the past few weeks: Wooden grip wrapped in thread and leather for the risers
Wet molding, stitching, and embossing the leather
Finished handle before dye
After Dye+ antiquing
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Post by davidoa on Apr 18, 2022 22:31:03 GMT
Finally, a few more shots of the(mostly) finished sword:
I still need to clean up the peen area from pound marks, seal the leather, and then take some more elaborate photos/do some test cutting! Unfortunately though I smashed my thumb pretty good on the last few swings of the ballpeen hammer, so that stuff will have to wait until I'm healed up a bit, ahahah.
My next project will be a sandwich-construction leather wrapped sheath and sword belt, but that is still in the early stages of research/material procurement. In the mean time however I'm quite pleased with how it turned out, can't wait to give it a tryout cutting! Hope ya'll enjoy as well- and thanks for looking!
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Post by alientude on Apr 18, 2022 22:34:25 GMT
Great job! That beauty looks amazing.
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Post by stormmaster on Apr 18, 2022 22:57:10 GMT
Looks fantastic, well done
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Post by pgandy on Apr 18, 2022 23:27:00 GMT
I love the hilt. It’s beautiful. If only it could cook I’d ask it to marry me.
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Post by pattyb0009 on Apr 18, 2022 23:51:12 GMT
Excellently gorgeous sword.
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Post by snubnoze on Apr 18, 2022 23:56:05 GMT
That looks incredible. Very well done job!
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Post by Scott on Apr 19, 2022 0:24:28 GMT
That looks awesome! Looking forward to hearing how it cuts.
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