For Sale: Del Tin Scottish Sword & Customized Hanwei Bastard
Aug 27, 2023 23:46:02 GMT
Post by Alan Schiff on Aug 27, 2023 23:46:02 GMT
Hey all, got a couple of swords from my personal collection up for sale.
The first is a Del Tin 5151 Scottish Sword. I picked this up from RambleTree earlier this year, but it's time for it to go to a new home. The sword is in very good condition, never used for anything other than display. Edge is unsharpened. The blade has a bright satin finish and the hilt has what looks like a light antique finish. It's on the heavy side, first of all because of the length but also because the distal taper isn't very good. The blade starts at 4.4mm, thins to only 4.3mm at the end of the fuller, and then shows noticeable taper to 2.9mm an inch from the tip.
Stats:
Overall Length: 41 inches
Blade Length: 32.75 inches
Blade width: 1.66 inches
Weight: 3 lbs 4 ounces
Point of Balance: 4.75 inches from guard
Pics can be seen here: photos.app.goo.gl/nnjNSNKR9ADuaJ3j8
Price is $300 plus shipping.
Next is a highly customized Hanwei Bastard Sword. This was originally the antiqued version, which I received in a Kult of Athena mystery box. It has a slight bend and twist in the blade, from the end of the fuller to the tip. It's hard to notice, but it caused the blade not to fit in the scabbard. I believe this is why it ended up in a mystery box. One thing I really like about this sword is that the blade is significantly longer than normal for this model.
I decided to use this sword as a practice piece, to test out different polishing techniques which I've used for customers' blades. The antiqued finish has been removed and the blade given a satin polish, although there are areas where machine marks can be seen in the right light. The blade was also sharpened and is quite sharp. The original guard and pommel, which are just barely magnetic and obviously not steel, were removed and replaced with a style 11 guard and type R pommel made from mild steel, both given a mirror finish. The handle was re-profiled a little and wrapped in 2-ounce veg-tanned leather, hand-dyed oxblood. I tried my hand at stitching the leather on this one (first time doing that on a grip), and the seam isn't totally straight.
The scabbard was pulled apart and filed so the blade will fit, although it can only go in one direction. It gets stuck when put in the other way. As the new guard has an ecussion, it will not seat fully into the scabbard, but that can be solved with a little bit of filing or dremel work. I had planned on making a new scabbard but never got around to it.
So the end result is a long blade with a satin finish and sharp edges; mild steel hilt with a mirror finish and oxblood leather-wrapped grip; the original scabbard, which now fits properly (the sword can be held upside down and won't come out) when inserted with the blade oriented in the right direction.
I will also include the original guard and pommel, which I highly doubt are steel and just barely magnetic. Maybe some sort of nickel alloy?
The distal taper is decent out to the end of the fuller, but then the blade thickens again. The blade starts at 5.5mm and tapers to 3.5mm at the end of the fuller. But then it swells to 4.5mm again very quickly and ends up at 4mm an inch from the tip.
All in all, though, I've found it to be a decent sword with a blade longer than most on the market, especially if you're looking for anything pre-15th century.
Stats:
Overall Length: 51 inches
Blade Length: 39.75 inches
Blade Width: 1.9 inches
Weight: 3lbs 11oz
Point of balance: 4.5 inches from guard
Pics can be viewed here: photos.app.goo.gl/gG6zrSk8Hnxyqeyw5
Price for this one is $175 plus shipping. If I were to do something similar as a commission, it would be much more expensive, but of course this particular piece has several flaws, some from Hanwei and some from me, so you get a big discount for a very unique piece.