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Post by Sir Thorfinn on May 17, 2024 14:47:40 GMT
Do we know this guy? Anyhow, he does a pretty good job with very simple tools. But its a great example of doing it on the fly, and learning as you go. Though the machete guys will be screeching about the heresy of modding one from vanilla.  |
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on May 17, 2024 17:06:56 GMT
(clamshells rattling approvingly)
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on May 17, 2024 18:58:34 GMT
I have a couple of issues with his construction, like the hammered on bolt. But He's learning, and SHOULD be proud of that.
Now to get him to etch a skull and bones on the blade...
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on May 17, 2024 19:18:36 GMT
(rattle!, rattle!, rattle!...)
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Post by mrstabby on May 17, 2024 19:29:32 GMT
Been planning on doing something similar, but more for balance reasons than looks. Just can't figure out how to attach it all since I can't weld an extension to the tang. I'd use the wooden grip version, it has a bit less meat at the end unfortunately and I can't give up much from the grip.
Had been thinking of just bolting it to the wood, but that seems a recipe for desaster.
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on May 17, 2024 20:17:50 GMT
I would consider something designed at the end that had a twist that you could tuck under the grip and hold it with a pin thru the tang. Might be ugly, but it may work.
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Or maybe a couple pieces with 90 degree bends, riveted to the tang, and the flat bits at the end you can rivet the guard to.
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Post by LeMal on May 17, 2024 20:55:56 GMT
Been planning on doing something similar, but more for balance reasons than looks. Just can't figure out how to attach it all since I can't weld an extension to the tang. Don't need to weld to make a tang extension. Cut mild steel plates in the shape of handle scales, but extending further out the rear. (In this case tap that back end with threads, though not what I'd personally do, eschewing the knuckle bow.) But I've been making rock solid tang extensions on all sorts of pieces this way for almost 40 years. |
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Post by LeMal on May 17, 2024 21:03:57 GMT
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Post by Paul Muad’Dib on May 24, 2024 8:03:21 GMT
That was a pretty cool build. Y’all focusing on the tang, I just kept focusing on the fact he’s doing all that work in a long sleeve dress shirt. Who does that? Not the safest.
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Post by izzy on May 24, 2024 14:36:41 GMT
I have a Belloto ( Brazil) that needs this treatment, thanks for the ideas.
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