Hello ,
dont forget to anneal the tang before you rivet it! It will make your life much easier.
Chris
dont forget to anneal the tang before you rivet it! It will make your life much easier.
Chris
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- Thread starter leon-b
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Wow, this has moved on....
I suggested using the block of wood when you rivet over the end of the tang for one reason. If you clamp the blade in a vice, it needs to be damned tight to stop any movement and hence marks on the blade. Which you can cure by clamping the blade between bits of wood or leather - but they don't always grip as much as you'd like and the blade can move in the jaws and you get a good rivetted end but a loose handle.
In using the wood, you can ensure that it is upright, and control the handle end with your left hand as you hammer with your right. Protect yourself from the edge by having the blade wrapped in many layers of tape. Don't whack it, as you can easily skew the blade sideways and bend or break the tip off, as well as being dangerous to exposed body parts. Use controlled taps with the hammer and look to see that the rivet is forming correctly (like a mushroom) and not leaning over to one side.
Ogri the trog
I suggested using the block of wood when you rivet over the end of the tang for one reason. If you clamp the blade in a vice, it needs to be damned tight to stop any movement and hence marks on the blade. Which you can cure by clamping the blade between bits of wood or leather - but they don't always grip as much as you'd like and the blade can move in the jaws and you get a good rivetted end but a loose handle.
In using the wood, you can ensure that it is upright, and control the handle end with your left hand as you hammer with your right. Protect yourself from the edge by having the blade wrapped in many layers of tape. Don't whack it, as you can easily skew the blade sideways and bend or break the tip off, as well as being dangerous to exposed body parts. Use controlled taps with the hammer and look to see that the rivet is forming correctly (like a mushroom) and not leaning over to one side.
Ogri the trog
ok ogri i will do it that way instead, someone said that i should anneal the tang before doing this what does it mean and how do i do it
do i let the handle dry and then rivet it or do i glue the handle, rivet it and then leave it to dry
leon
do i let the handle dry and then rivet it or do i glue the handle, rivet it and then leave it to dry
leon
leon,
When I first tried riveting a tang I wasn't sure how it would go and had no one to show me so I took a common nail and put it in the vice to practice on. It's a good thing too because it took a couple tries before I got the right hammer blows to make it mushroom with out bending over. Too soft and it takes forever, too hard it bends. It could even bend down inside the handle.
So, I suggest you do the same as I did when I started out and practice riveting the tip of a nail.
When I first tried riveting a tang I wasn't sure how it would go and had no one to show me so I took a common nail and put it in the vice to practice on. It's a good thing too because it took a couple tries before I got the right hammer blows to make it mushroom with out bending over. Too soft and it takes forever, too hard it bends. It could even bend down inside the handle.
So, I suggest you do the same as I did when I started out and practice riveting the tip of a nail.
May I suggest a book that may be helpful to you: Antlerknife by Ulf Avander, ISBN 91-631-5123-5. You could check it out at your local library, if they do not have it, they could get it through an inter-library loan for you.
