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Albion Reeve
Sir Ulrich:
Think I could do that, only issue I dont know if I would get it in time for DoK 2.0. My parents just said I should get it sent there to fix the issue, I sorta missed reading it that he'd send it there cause I "speed read" and miss things often, silly me. I just worry the clicking might affect the structural integrity of the sword. My hanwei tinker norman has a clicking noise but works fine, and it usually goes away during the summer and only comes out during the winter. My guess is it's the humidity in the air that causes the wooden grip to swell and contract.
Ian:
--- Quote from: Sir Ulrich on 2013-08-25, 20:46:48 --- My guess is it's the humidity in the air that causes the wooden grip to swell and contract.
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Yep, this is most likely what happened. So unless it stays in a climate controlled environment forever, it could happen again, but that's just the nature of the beast with wood.
Sir James A:
I wouldn't worry too much. The clicking, as Sir Ian said, is likely just the wood. The epoxy came loose, that can happen with swinging it. Nothing unusual there. If Albion will fix it for free, I'd say bring it to DoK 2.0 as is, don't worry about the click, and send it to them for the free repair after DoK (if that's an option).
Sir Ulrich:
Yeah might do that. I just worry it might irritate me with the clicking and feel like it might come apart. Last thing I want is my Albion to break in the middle of using it.
Sir James A:
--- Quote from: Sir Ulrich on 2013-08-25, 22:39:24 ---Yeah might do that. I just worry it might irritate me with the clicking and feel like it might come apart. Last thing I want is my Albion to break in the middle of using it.
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If the clicking is what I think it is, it's just the wood moving very slightly over the tang. The only way for it to break is for the leather to come completely off the handle and for the wood core under the leather to come apart. I've never heard of that happening, even with junky stainless wall hangers.
That's one thing I like with threaded pommels; you can take the pommel off, remove the grip, put some fresh epoxy, then reassemble and tighten it down. Peened pommels, unless you want to grind the peen out (which will shorten the grip slightly), only way I've seen is by removing the grip, separating the two pieces of the wood, then re-epoxy and reassemble the wood and re-grip it; same as you would if you had finished the sword blade and it had no grip on it. Only exception is a single piece handle would slide on before the pommel, but I've only seen two-piece grips; easy to route out a notch on two sides of a pair than to carve a thin long area down a single piece.
Short answer, don't worry about it. Especially if you aren't cutting with it.
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