Kampilan dimension help please

Rick · 24th August 2010, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freebooter

Sorry Rick, I thought you had seen it. Both I would think.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=kampilan

Gav

Now I remember !

imas, I believe the two Kamps I posted were made as combat pieces .

Rick

imas560 · 24th August 2010, 09:27 PM

I found the photo of your two kampilans thanks Rick. Very nice.

Maurice · 24th August 2010, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick

Now I remember !

How is it possible to forget that one????

Battara · 25th August 2010, 03:44 AM

Oh yeah, Freebooter, that type is on my want list (the bells....the bells..... ).....

imas560 · 5th September 2010, 03:55 AM

Well I found a post that migueldiaz contributed a collection of kampilan tips to.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=kampilan
I had identified on my kampilan trainer a new point of balance that I would like (pink paper).

I set up to drill a series of 3.5mm holes at the front end of my trainer.

But I had made no difference to the point of balance

I didn't want to go past the sundi(?) so I enlarged the drill holes to 5mm which unfortunately when looked at in close up are too big

But when viewed as a whole they are not too overbearing

The change to the point of balance is also negligible

To make a significant change to point of balance I will have to go the distal taper route as suggested by Rick. I won't make a change to my trainer but the blank I have ready for my live version will undergo a fair bit of shaping and grinding. I'll most probably shape like a elongated diamond cross section starting from in front of the crossguard as my grinding skills aren't that hot.

tom hyle · 11th February 2011, 07:32 PM

Cross-section of originals I've handled is flat with an edge bevel at the base, with an unsharp rear bevel appearing towards the tip for a smoothly humped cross-section that is thin at both edges though sharp only at the front. This is the cutting area; thin and quite flexible.
My kampilan has a 31 inch blade, and even that seems a bit on the long side, averages-wise, but these blades would originally have been made to fit the user by some sort of biometric under which a modern person of European (for instance) ancestry might should properly use a considerably larger sword.

tom hyle · 20th February 2011, 02:04 AM

30 1/2" blade balance point is 7" in front of guard

imas560 · 21st February 2011, 04:38 AM

thanks Tom

5th September 2010, 03:55 AM	#5
imas560 Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 180	Fail Well I found a post that migueldiaz contributed a collection of kampilan tips to. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=kampilan I had identified on my kampilan trainer a new point of balance that I would like (pink paper). I set up to drill a series of 3.5mm holes at the front end of my trainer. But I had made no difference to the point of balance I didn't want to go past the sundi(?) so I enlarged the drill holes to 5mm which unfortunately when looked at in close up are too big But when viewed as a whole they are not too overbearing The change to the point of balance is also negligible To make a significant change to point of balance I will have to go the distal taper route as suggested by Rick. I won't make a change to my trainer but the blank I have ready for my live version will undergo a fair bit of shaping and grinding. I'll most probably shape like a elongated diamond cross section starting from in front of the crossguard as my grinding skills aren't that hot.

24th August 2010, 09:27 PM	#2
imas560 Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 180	I found the photo of your two kampilans thanks Rick. Very nice.

25th August 2010, 03:44 AM	#4
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	Oh yeah, Freebooter, that type is on my want list (the bells....the bells..... ).....

11th February 2011, 07:32 PM	#6
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Cross-section of originals I've handled is flat with an edge bevel at the base, with an unsharp rear bevel appearing towards the tip for a smoothly humped cross-section that is thin at both edges though sharp only at the front. This is the cutting area; thin and quite flexible. My kampilan has a 31 inch blade, and even that seems a bit on the long side, averages-wise, but these blades would originally have been made to fit the user by some sort of biometric under which a modern person of European (for instance) ancestry might should properly use a considerably larger sword.

20th February 2011, 02:04 AM	#7
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	30 1/2" blade balance point is 7" in front of guard

21st February 2011, 04:38 AM	#8
imas560 Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 180	thanks Tom