Guard and pommel attatchments

[Lt.Col.Vortex]

I've been reading a lot of recent on securing handles and scales to tangs and the various steps to ensure a good, long lasting adhering of handle to tang. But what about guards or pommels?? How are they held in place??

I'd assume the pommel is screwed on ( threaded inside and the tang threaded outside) but what other methods are used to secure other handle accoutrements?

 

[Darrin Sanders]

Yes, you can thread the tang and screw on a pommel cap/nut or you can also let the tang protrude through the pommel and pein it on. You can also do a frame handle but they usually involve a pommel nut also. You can also simply drill through both the handle and tang and pin it on.

 

[Bo T]

A pommel can also be peened (riveted) on or pinned. You can also glue or solder it on. There are probably some who have welded one on before cutting and placing the scales. The guard can be affixed the same way. I think the most common way is to pin it and glue it. Although one could weld one on before heat treating the blade.

 

[Lt.Col.Vortex]

i didn't want to say anything too soon, but I was hoping you could glue these parts on. I am impressed reading some of these epoxy stays and was hoping that guards and other suck attachments could be glued in place. I dont mind riveting them on, but I was hoping for an alternate route.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Guards are often just press fit into place. A seal of JBWeld or low temp silver bearing solder is all that is applied. The handle is usually pinned or bolted in place, using epoxy. The pommel is screwed, peened, or pinned in place, using epoxy to make the joint a good seal. Using glue alone to attach a pommel will not be suitable.

There are so many tricks and methods as to how to attach a pommel, it would take a book, but looking at some older threads and tutorials will give you many ways.

 

[SBuzek]

Adhesive alone will not hold bolsters or pommels,they must be pinned or threaded.Just as adhesive will not hold handle scales by itself.Needs pins to off set shear force.
Stan