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Adam Simmonds
Location: Henley On Thames Joined: 10 Jun 2006
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 Posted: Sat 14 Oct, 2006 1:39 pm Post subject: attaching a new grip to an original |
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hi there,
i have an old sword which no longer has a grip. any advice on how to go about affixing a grip, how to do so and what materials to use, would be very buch apreciated.
thanks, adam
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Marc-Antoine Jean
Location: Canada Joined: 10 Dec 2005
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simple
just bring the blade to a good blacksmith or an armourer and then ask him the refinish the handle. He'll just has to remove the pommel, make a new grim and refix the old pommel or make a new one.
With my L'Archevêque we did that with an Hanwei SH2250.
Just check the other post about that for the pictures
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Adam Simmonds
Location: Henley On Thames Joined: 10 Jun 2006
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hey Marc-Antoine,
thanks for the advice - problem is, i don't think i'd want to have the pommel removed, it is very firmly affixed and has been so for the past 300 odd years. i don't want to do anything which could possibly jeopardise its stability.
surely it must be possible to re grip it without removing the pommel?
cheers, adam
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Jonathon Janusz
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Simple enough - take 2 wooden slabs, carve slots in each to receive the tang, glue together, shape the outside of the grip, then wrap with whatever you like over it all. No pommel to remove and historically correct 
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Marc-Antoine Jean
Location: Canada Joined: 10 Dec 2005
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Better than that. Use the two woden slabs fix them with linen cord (really small one) glued to the wood. After that glue really tight thin leather
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Adam Simmonds
Location: Henley On Thames Joined: 10 Jun 2006
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thanks for the advice folks,
sounds like a good project which I can undertake myself without any risk of damage to my sword
cheers, adam
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Jonathan Hopkins
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Adam,
Do you have any photos of the sword? You could also ask for some advice from the people on the Antique and Military Sword subforum of www.swordforum.com --there are some fairly recent threads that address grip restoration.
Jonathan
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Posted: Sat 14 Oct, 2006 8:09 pm Post subject: Re: attaching a new grip to an original |
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| Adam Simmonds wrote: | hi there,
i have an old sword which no longer has a grip. any advice on how to go about affixing a grip, how to do so and what materials to use, would be very buch apreciated.
thanks, adam |
Read this article on the Albion site about hilt construction and assembly, it should give you an outline at least on how it's done with wood slabs: http://www.albion-swords.com/swords-components.htm
Maybe someone at Albion could answer some questions you might have in more detail: You could maybe e-mail them a question or if they read your post here they might chime in.
Other makers like A & A also use similar methods.
( Edited: Here is another site to look at: Christian Fletcher, slide show of handle & guard assembly slide show.
http://www.christianfletcher.com/Site/Hilting...sword.html )
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Adam Simmonds
Location: Henley On Thames Joined: 10 Jun 2006
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thanks guys!
that's a very helpful looking page there Jean, thanks for the lead
unfortunately i am unable to provide any photos as i dont have the appropriate equipment
cheers, adam
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