Help!!! Impossible Loss...

[ShadowchaserUFP]

Thanks Kronckew, that's a great solution and one I even have the supplies to accomplish as well! Now the only problem is money (the root of all evil! LOL)

Yours,
Jack

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Now the only problem is money (the root of all evil! LOL)

Yours,
Jack

Radix malorum est cupiditas.
The love of money is the root of evils.

 

[Single Stave]

Radix malorum est cupiditas.
The love of money is the root of evils.

I dunno, i love the nifty toys i can get with it, is that bad? Hehe.

 

[Svashtar]

for esav & y'all;

here's the whole dharb for those who have not seen it where i posted it in the 'other place'

(as the saying goes: 'come over to the dark side, we have cookies')

Oh, that's sweet! Just one question, what are you doing with my sword? I'm sure that one should belong to me...

Great idea on regrinding and fitting a new tang.

Norm

 

[Bladite]

i'd be inclined to avoid any welding as it would bugger up the heat treatment, i'd grind the last bit of blade down on either side to form a longer & wider than original tang, clean out the handgrip & widen/lengthen the hole for the tang & use your favourite epoxy resin to remount it into a wakizashi. drilling the tang for a set of pins to ensure that the blade isn't going anywhere. like this thai one

that's a sweet idea too very pretty sword.

i have to wonder though, i don't think i'd be worried about heat treat at the butt end of the sword? if anything you'd want it a little softer there anyway, so it won't snap again... edge hard, spine soft, handle soft... after welding, it could be annealed yes? mmm. wrap the blade up top with wet rags and keep it cool.

bladite

 

[ShadowchaserUFP]

Bladite, correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't welding tend to crystallize the metal and therefore makes it more brittle? Don't know if annealing it would be enough to take the necessary amount of brittleness out of it considering the possible shock treatment the handle gets....

Jack

 

[Bladite]

i'm going to have to assume that a bad weld, yes, but not a good weld. in many cases, as my understanding goes, the weld is possibly stronger than the two pieces. solid flowed metal.

and hey, one could work harden it as well with some light hammer forging.

bladite