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Dean F. Marino
Location: Midland MI USA Joined: 24 Aug 2011
Posts: 229
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Posted: Sun 01 Jun, 2014 8:47 am Post subject: Gen2 Dordogne rebuild - far more traditional |
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Something I do not often do....
This is a Gen2 Dordogne sword, purchased as a "project sword" without scabbard. As usual, I tore it completely down . Did a blade cleanup, re-polish to matte finish, smoothing of guard & pommel, re-grip (my grip core), removed funny metal accent disks that no one seems to like (see http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=8319), shimmed guard with steel wedges, trued up the pommel fit (drilled a bit "off" by the Gen2 midnight shift), re-peened (cold peen, 1000 taps of death with a simple ball peen hammer followed by dremmel clean up), and finally made a poplar core scabbard for it.
Despite its appearance - this blade is fairly MASSIVE. But it feels very good in hand as a single hander on steroids. There IS enough grip & Pommel to use this blade two handed.
Stats:
OAL: 43 3/4"
Blade: 36 1/4"
Grip & Pommel: 6 7/8"
POB: 6"
Weight: 3.3 Lb
... and photos .
In edhil, hai edhil. In edain, hai edain.
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Shahril Dzulkifli
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Posted: Tue 03 Jun, 2014 4:10 am Post subject: Gen2 Dordogne rebuild - far more traditional |
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Got to love the Gen2 Dordogne remake!
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