Fixing grip wires?

[celtan]

Ouch! Naked pirates and swords seem to me an injudicious, and potentially painful combination, to put it mildly.

Thanks for the pointer, it does have lots of fractured thin wires. And rest assured, I seldom grab the saber by its grip.

Best

M

Originally Posted by freebooter

I don't have any suggestions to fully fix this but I have found over time that the wire, particuarly the fine ones do break. In one instance with success I placed the sword in a vice (gently) with the back strap facing down, proceeded to place some glue under the backstrap where the wire goes through and then pushed the broken fine wire into the groove where the glue was, held it for a couple of minutes and good as new and not seen to detract from the beauty of the piece.
The other suggestion I could make is, no matter how much you enjoy playing naked pirates in your living room, just leave the sword alone and appreciate it from afar, look but do not touch!!!

Gav