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Wondering the best course of action here. A welder I was referred to said he could build weld it and shape to fit. Wanted to find out what people that had made/repaired blades thought.
I don't want to grind the whole tang down to fit since it wouldn't fit in the case the way it is supposed and it just wouldn't look right.
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There are some talented people out there. I have to say I have gotten some crazy things built by welder, but nothing that small. I bet it could be done. I’d say if that welder thinks be can build it up and shape it, he probably can.
Yeah, he may be able to do a nice job. I don't know much about welding. It was so small I thought it might need something like laser Welding to make it look good. Again, I don't know much about welding. I wish I could get my brother to teach me a little when I'm visiting sometime.Quote:
Originally Posted by RezDog
You could also do a covered tang type deal with pins through the cover and tang for strength and stability.
Given that it should be a relatively low stress area, you could probably even solder it and use a heat sink on the blade end of the tang, which is definitely easier, probably lower temperature than welding, and reversible if it doesn't work.
There is a post on a German forum, Koraat describes how he fixxed a W&B Ottoman with a broken tang.
Covered tang? Do you mean having a pin running from inside the tang into the attached piece?Quote:
Originally Posted by holli4pirating
Link to the thread? Hopefully Google translate would be sufficient to understand, or he took a lot of pictures.Quote:
Originally Posted by schwabenchris
Schwabenchris sent me a link to the thread. They silver soldered a broken tang back together. It looked really good. I wish I had the piece that broke off of my razor to do that.
Find a donor, i will see what I have in the scrap pile.
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Originally Posted by JP5
Get some piece of carbon steel and start filing? I guess it does not have to be hardened just to keep the blade in the holding system ;)
Something like this https://shavelibrary.com/w/Thiers_Is...ed_tang%22_5/8 but with two pins through both the tang and the cover so that you won't get any rotation.Quote:
Originally Posted by JP5
There is another way covered tangs were done way back. The blade had a stub of a tang and the tang was one piece of ivory carved to look like a tang. It was fastened to the stub of the tang by inserting the stub into a mortise cut to fit in the ivory. the ivory was pinned to the stub with a rod peened flat on both side ala scales. A second hole was drilled through the ivory for the pivot point pin.
Bob
Hadn't considered taking removing metal from another blade. I may see what I have here. Most of my loose blade were given to other members or donated for wind chime material.Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottGoodman
I think we want to replicate the broken piece so the blade will click-into the tang on the proprietary scales?
Yes. Someone with TIG can buzz a piece in there. Hand-fitment from there.
I wonder if that’s the ottoman owned by our man phrank now?Quote:
Originally Posted by schwabenchris
What are the chances of two surviving ottomans both having silver soldered tang repairs..
I shaved with that beauty too.
:tu
I seem to have a Wade and Butcher with a silver-soldered tail from somewhere.
