1788 light cavalry sabre

Miguel · 19th November 2015, 04:50 PM

Hi Ken,
Thanks for your comments, I would like to see how you went about refurbishing your sword hilt but don't put yourself to any trouble as in view of your comment re the grip, together with the comments from Jim, I will leave well alone in case I mess it up.
Thank you.
Miguel

Ken Maddock · 19th November 2015, 09:15 PM

Hi Miguel
No problem at all to give my procedure,
Unfortunately I am unable to find pictures of the process I took a long time ago
I did put the information on sword forum international
If I am ok to put hyperlinks to other forums I would appreciate it if you can confirm this or not
On the refurb quandary, I feel a lot of quiet heavy cleaning is carried out by some members on this forum, something I do only as a last resort
But to each their own I suppose, the thing is once you start then you have to finish and if the job goes bad you have a bitter pill to swallow.
I have only replaced when there was nothing there of the original handle.
Now on my sword that there is history of previous bad repair I am more stuck on what to do,
If this repair was carried out 100 years ago should I be the one to un do this work?.
Hard to know
Regards
Ken

fernando · 19th November 2015, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Maddock

... If I am ok to put hyperlinks to other forums I would appreciate it if you can confirm this or not...

No restrictions from this side, Ken

Ken Maddock · 19th November 2015, 11:13 PM

Hyper link of my repair
Hope it works
Ken

http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?109737-1796-LC-with-no-handle-(but-now-it-does)&highlight=

not sure why hyper link now working but put above into google and you will get to my post on handle making

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Hotspur · 20th November 2015, 07:41 PM

http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?109737

Miguel · 23rd November 2015, 07:54 PM

Hi Ken, am sorry for the delay in reply but the answer is no problem, however I could not get into the link you posted but Hotspur kindly provided the correct one. As I said when I first quoted I think you did a splendid job, even more so now I've seen your procedure. Thank you for taking the time, Well done.

Hotspur, thanks for supplying the correct link showing Tim's work.

Miguel

19th November 2015, 11:13 PM	#4
Ken Maddock Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Ireland Posts: 104	Hyper link of my repair Hope it works Ken http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?109737-1796-LC-with-no-handle-(but-now-it-does)&highlight= not sure why hyper link now working but put above into google and you will get to my post on handle making - Last edited by fernando; 20th November 2015 at 03:44 PM. Reason: Tried to fix it, but didn't work

19th November 2015, 04:50 PM	#1
Miguel Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 584	Hi Ken, Thanks for your comments, I would like to see how you went about refurbishing your sword hilt but don't put yourself to any trouble as in view of your comment re the grip, together with the comments from Jim, I will leave well alone in case I mess it up. Thank you. Miguel

19th November 2015, 09:15 PM	#2
Ken Maddock Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Ireland Posts: 104	Hi Miguel No problem at all to give my procedure, Unfortunately I am unable to find pictures of the process I took a long time ago I did put the information on sword forum international If I am ok to put hyperlinks to other forums I would appreciate it if you can confirm this or not On the refurb quandary, I feel a lot of quiet heavy cleaning is carried out by some members on this forum, something I do only as a last resort But to each their own I suppose, the thing is once you start then you have to finish and if the job goes bad you have a bitter pill to swallow. I have only replaced when there was nothing there of the original handle. Now on my sword that there is history of previous bad repair I am more stuck on what to do, If this repair was carried out 100 years ago should I be the one to un do this work?. Hard to know Regards Ken

20th November 2015, 07:41 PM	#5
Hotspur Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Nipmuc USA Posts: 523	http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?109737

23rd November 2015, 07:54 PM	#6
Miguel Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 584	Hi Ken, am sorry for the delay in reply but the answer is no problem, however I could not get into the link you posted but Hotspur kindly provided the correct one. As I said when I first quoted I think you did a splendid job, even more so now I've seen your procedure. Thank you for taking the time, Well done. Hotspur, thanks for supplying the correct link showing Tim's work. Miguel