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Hacking up a sword
Sir Brian:
Something I've noticed with my newly acquired sword frog from the Inner Bailey...
http://www.theinnerbailey.com/frogsofthecircle3.htm
is the constant need to hold the sword because of the imbalance between the hilt
and the now empty scabbard. :(
I've been contemplating various methods of correcting this and the best method I
could come up with is to drill a small access hole into the scabbard and pour a sufficient
amount of sand to act as a counter-weight to the hilt.
I will then try to pour some white glue into the hole and hopefully it will act as a stopper
in preventing the sand from shifting too much. I have an ornament on hand I can use to
epoxy onto the scabbard to cover up the access hole.
I post this as a lesson learned and a recommendation to anyone else interested in hacking
up a sword to put some counter-weight in the scabbard BEFORE you epoxy the hilt to the
scabbard! :-[
Dragonlover:
Sir Brian, could you add a weighted throat on the end of your scabbard?
I couldn't remember if you have one there or not. Might save you the trouble
of going back inside the scabbard. ;)
Sir Brian:
I did consider that but I don't really have anything that would look decent. :(
The scabbard already has a chape which I don't want to mess around with and risk
the possibility of screwing it up beyond repair. :-\
Dragonlover:
I can relate to that! Hopefully this is a good lesson learned for all
of us. hope all goes well with your efforts and keep us all posted! :)
Dragonlover:
I apologize Sir Brian, I didn't mean to suggest the throat or the chape,
I meant the tip end. I couldn't remember what your sword had on the
tip, i.e. a metal fitting on the end that you could possibly weight, etc. :-\
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