Question about the Loveless double guard.

[Dr Heelhook]

I know the guard is fitted over the blade instead of over the tang to accommodate for a full tang wider than the guard slit. My question is, what generally keeps the guard from sliding back over the blade? Is it just press fitted in place, glued, riveted in place or what? Been thinking about this for a while.

 

[JTknives]

If you look at that picture closely you will see how it’s atatched. Look where the guard meets the blade. You will see a solder line. I also think thy are pinned in place but I would have to check my loveless book

 

[Dr Heelhook]

Thanks!

 

[Jesse WW]

I do believe they are pinned.

If you're interested, skip to 40:54:

 

[Dr Heelhook]

I do believe they are pinned.

If you're interested:


Edit:

I am interested, thank you!

 

[Jesse WW]

I am interested, thank you!

Sorry, my post went a little bad. I've fixed the errors that were made.

 

[JTknives]

I looked through my book and thy just talk about how the hunter is made. I then closed the book and there was my answer right there on the cover.

You can see pins and a solder line. It’s the same way the hunter is done. If you don’t own this book I think you should. Titled “how to make knives”

 

[Dr Heelhook]

I looked through my book and thy just talk about how the hunter is made. I then closed the book and there was my answer right there on the cover.

You can see pins and a solder line. It’s the same way the hunter is done. If you don’t own this book I think you should. Titled “how to make knives”

Yeah, that says it right there. I guess it’s more secure with both soldering and pins, even though it forces you to drill some extra holes in the tang.

 

[elasmonut]

Im no scholar of Loveless' work or any kind of expert at all, but I have seen a few similar designs by Loveless and others that were built using a frame handle method.
If that is the case the guard goes on from the back like normal, but the "tang" thats visible between the scales is a seperate piece of steel to the blade.

 

[Wild Bill 1]

Yes Bob did pin and solder his guards .He also drilled under sized and reamed proper hole size hole for pins . WB

 

[Drew Riley]

Steve Johnson has a video on making a Loveless style sub-hilt fighter. I haven't watched it in a while, but I think he covers the process fairly thoroughly.

 

[12345678910]

If you watch this video, you can see pinned and soldered.

He's got some interesting setups

https://www.amazon.com/Loveless-Legend-Make-Custom-Knives/dp/B00009KH28

Paladin press has gone out of business, so look for those video prices to go sky high.

I have one on VHS, but that's nowhere near as useful as a DVD

You can find downloads online too I bet.

 

[mknife]

the oldest ones were pinned and soldered. The most recent ones are only pinned.

if you watch the SR Jhonson video, you will see that Steve uses to put pins and also solder.
I highly recommend, strongly to see Steve's video is extremely informative and explains step by step everything he does.