Tinker Longsword thread pitch. -- myArmoury.com

Tod Glenn · Posted: Fri 12 Aug, 2011 8:20 am Post subject: Tinker Longsword thread pitch.

Anyone know off hand the thread pitch on the tinker longswords? IIRC it's 5mm . Is it M5x0.8? I'm thinking of building on some Tinker blades.

Jesse Belsky · Industry Professional

Someone should correct me if I'm wrong here, but I believe the Tinker blades are actually threaded at 6mm metric (the standard in the fencing world). Maybe they take a 5mm allen wrench in the socket. I've bought 6mm allen nuts from fencing suppliers and used them to mount Hanwei-Tinker blades. I've used my own pommels, so I can't guarantee that any 6mm allen nut you buy will fit the holes in Hanwei-produced hilt parts.
Jesse

Tim Lison · Posted: Fri 12 Aug, 2011 9:10 am Post subject:

Why not drop Tinker an email?

Sean Flynt · Posted: Fri 12 Aug, 2011 11:33 am Post subject:

Those tangs peen well.

Tod Glenn · Posted: Fri 12 Aug, 2011 2:26 pm Post subject:

M6x1.0 inside hex nuts (used in fencing) take a 6mm allen wrench. I'll try Tinker. If they do use grip nuts, that would be great as I have scores of them.