Removing Epoxy

[kai]

Hello Ron,

I'm with Alan: Try heating and completely cooling down the blade several times before giving up! I've also stuck a stubborn blade into dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide) for a larger temperature amplitude during the heating/cooling cycles.

The tangs on the things I work on are very often bonded with rust, and then it becomes a matter of repeated heat treatments over days , or even weeks, and working the hilt back and forth under heat, Eventually they let go, but sometimes the rust is so bad it totally penetrates the tang and you need to replace that when you get it free.

I also agree that the first thing to do is to remove the sheet metal and textile from the grip (both modern and crappy looking IMNSHO ); I assume that you'll go for a decent grip braiding later on?

I don't think it will be necessary to cut the wooden grip for removing the tang though - just work patiently on it for several weeks if necessary...

Regards,
Kai