11-17-2013, 02:42 AM
Option A, is what I had in mind.
You could do it with a round file comming down on the shoulder but, the tang you have really looks like it will be fine as is, would take some serious force to damage that as long as it has been annealed or, spring tempered.
On your next one when you draw out the tang shape on your stock a quick easy way to get a radius is th drill a small hole at the spot then cut to it, esp. if you go with a smaller tang for any reason.
One thing I'm finding out is a pompeii type without a metal guard plate was not that rare.
Seeing some original guards where the *shoulder* of the blade is set into the guard slightly.
Believe it's a modern misconception to think there MUST be metal between the shoulder and the guard, even on swords that have the plate it's almost to thin to be more than decorative.
You could do it with a round file comming down on the shoulder but, the tang you have really looks like it will be fine as is, would take some serious force to damage that as long as it has been annealed or, spring tempered.
On your next one when you draw out the tang shape on your stock a quick easy way to get a radius is th drill a small hole at the spot then cut to it, esp. if you go with a smaller tang for any reason.
One thing I'm finding out is a pompeii type without a metal guard plate was not that rare.
Seeing some original guards where the *shoulder* of the blade is set into the guard slightly.
Believe it's a modern misconception to think there MUST be metal between the shoulder and the guard, even on swords that have the plate it's almost to thin to be more than decorative.
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