A new addition
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:56 pm
So I was lucky enough to snag a Hanwei Tinker Great Sword of War recently for an extremely good deal. For some time now I’ve been wanting to revamp my day to day ranger sword into something more plain and common.
To rework the piece I reprofiled the tip which pulled it from the XIII family into the XII family which is my main preference of blade these last few years. I also sanded the appalling shiny stainless fittings to a 400 grit finish and aged them. The overly long and fat handle was them sanded down and rewrapped in walnut dyed veg tan. When reassembling I took a good inch off of the overall handle length until I had enough of the tang protruding for peening and assembled the piece.
For the scabbard I just recycled the fiberglass core it came with and did the wrap in walnut dyed goatskin with a by knife attached for good measure. The knife is just plain 1075 ground from stock and then heat treated. The handle scales are camel bone dyed to compliment the rest of the package.
To rework the piece I reprofiled the tip which pulled it from the XIII family into the XII family which is my main preference of blade these last few years. I also sanded the appalling shiny stainless fittings to a 400 grit finish and aged them. The overly long and fat handle was them sanded down and rewrapped in walnut dyed veg tan. When reassembling I took a good inch off of the overall handle length until I had enough of the tang protruding for peening and assembled the piece.
For the scabbard I just recycled the fiberglass core it came with and did the wrap in walnut dyed goatskin with a by knife attached for good measure. The knife is just plain 1075 ground from stock and then heat treated. The handle scales are camel bone dyed to compliment the rest of the package.
