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Post by oblivion25 on May 6, 2024 4:26:32 GMT
Hello, I just wanted some advice on adding some material to the grip portion of this sword’s handle, it’s just too thin and uncomfortable to grip. I’ve been thinking about using polymer clay and glueing it with PVA glue and wrapping it with wire and leather or making some wooden slabs and glueing and then wrapping that in leather. Any advice would be highly appreciated! and while I’m at it any advice on adding counter weights would be greatly appreciate too, right now I have wheel weights at the bottom of the handle and it works out pretty good but it’s just kinda ugly 😅 I’ve been thinking about ordering some brass or steel spheres and cutting them in half and screwing them to the hands but sadly I have no idea how far the tang goes into the handle. Attachments:
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Post by mrstabby on May 6, 2024 5:36:01 GMT
You could buy tungsten powder and mix it with epoxy, you should be able to make epoxy at least as heavy as iron. I know there is also tungsten putty for fishing that is quite heavy. With some colour it might look half way decent. I am planning on doing this if I ever get the powder, on US ebay it's easier to get. You could also make it reversable if you were not to glue the epoxy directly to the sword but mold a pommel and use double sided tape.
Or you could just epoxy over the weights, that's what I plan on doing in the mean time.
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Post by LeMal on May 6, 2024 6:37:30 GMT
Pretty much what Stabby said; I've done a ton of the same. (Don't even bother with tungsten powder, just bought a 5lb bag of iron powder for cold casting for about 20 bucks.)
Though other than the weights hanging off your current handle I don't find it ugly at all. You could just build up layers of JB Weld over them as they are into a contiguous "pommel" as is and file/sand to shape, I think it'd look great. And the nice thing with JB Weld is it's steely grey as it comes; give it a shiny topcoat when its done being shaped and it looks good; or you can paint it bronze, gold, silver, whatever. Even embed some decorative gems/stones into the surface, carve shapes, you get the picture.
(Or, if you prefer and like woodworking, just carve out the insides of pieces you could epoxy over your existing weights. That could look nice too, and like the above idea, if you like the handling as is it'll keep it close to the same--and not necessitate messing up the handle if it's already nicely secure.)
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Post by oblivion25 on May 6, 2024 6:40:11 GMT
Pretty much what Stabby said; I've done a ton of the same. (Don't even bother with tungsten powder, just bought a 5lb bag of iron powder for cold casting for about 20 bucks.) Though other than the weights hanging off your current handle I don't find it ugly at all. You could just build up layers of JB Weld over them as they are into a contiguous "pommel" as is and file/sand to shape, I think it'd look great. And the nice thing with JB Weld is it's steely grey as it comes; give it a shiny topcoat when its done being shaped and it looks good; or you can paint it bronze, gold, silver, whatever. Even embed some decorative gems/stones into the surface, carve shapes, you get the picture. (Or, if you prefer and like woodworking, just carve out the insides of pieces you could epoxy over your existing weights. That could look nice too, and like the above idea, if you like the handling as is it'll keep it close to the same--and not necessitate messing up the handle if it's already nicely secure.) This is a great idea! Thank you!! |
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Post by oblivion25 on May 6, 2024 6:40:57 GMT
You could buy tungsten powder and mix it with epoxy, you should be able to make epoxy at least as heavy as iron. I know there is also tungsten putty for fishing that is quite heavy. With some colour it might look half way decent. I am planning on doing this if I ever get the powder, on US ebay it's easier to get. You could also make it reversable if you were not to glue the epoxy directly to the sword but mold a pommel and use double sided tape. Or you could just epoxy over the weights, that's what I plan on doing in the mean time. Didn’t even know tungsten powder was a thing! Thank you!! |
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Post by nddave on May 19, 2024 15:11:01 GMT
Old thread but I had the same problem when I was customizing an old Windlass I got off Ebay, it had divots and cracks in the wood Grip and needed either replaced or repaired. Opted for repair and used wood putty. Real easy just sand down your finish on the handle, apply the putty and shape it to your desired thickness and then after it cures sand and shape to smooth. I also did this on a Windlass Type XIV I took a little too much off when reshaping and needed to add back grip.
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