Another jambiya in need of some TLC. WARNING: painful pictures inside

FenrisWolf · 18th February 2007, 12:31 AM

Stage 1 - Hilt has been separated from blade, break in hilt repaired with steel pin and a heavy-duty cyamoacrylic gel used to glue scales onto knife blades:

I've also worked on the socket for the blade's tang (barely 1 1/2 inches long) so that it rests more properly into the hilt.

Next is to finish cleaning the blade a thoroughly as possible without removing too much material or otherwise stressing the metal. Then it's on to the ferric chloride etch to bring up the pattern. More pix as the job progresses!

FenrisWolf · 18th February 2007, 02:13 AM

It hasn't been remounted yet, but this shows the progress on resetting the blade in the hilt. The red line shows the point where the blade enters the ivory. You can see how much more of the tang (which is welded on, BTW) projected from the hilt before I worked on it. I could get it a little deeper, but I think this is just about right.

18th February 2007, 12:31 AM	#1
FenrisWolf Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 181	Stage 1 - Hilt has been separated from blade, break in hilt repaired with steel pin and a heavy-duty cyamoacrylic gel used to glue scales onto knife blades: I've also worked on the socket for the blade's tang (barely 1 1/2 inches long) so that it rests more properly into the hilt. Next is to finish cleaning the blade a thoroughly as possible without removing too much material or otherwise stressing the metal. Then it's on to the ferric chloride etch to bring up the pattern. More pix as the job progresses!

18th February 2007, 02:13 AM	#2
FenrisWolf Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 181	It hasn't been remounted yet, but this shows the progress on resetting the blade in the hilt. The red line shows the point where the blade enters the ivory. You can see how much more of the tang (which is welded on, BTW) projected from the hilt before I worked on it. I could get it a little deeper, but I think this is just about right.