01-31-2008, 07:27 PM
3) Bone inserts:
Working bone stinks! :? At a certain point I started using the bench grinder...DON'T DO THIS! The house and myself smelled for days.
I find the sterilized bone available in the pet shop best to use. It is the same bone you can use for the grip of a gladius. This time however I needed to saw it to pieces. But first I had to file it to get an even surface big enough for what I needed. Even then I made the inserts in two pieces.
Best is to make it a little bigger then needed, you can always file excess away.
The thickness overall is 2 a 3 mm, but I added 1 mm because the tang stops at the pommel part and you need extra bone there.
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/21/ ... IM2392.JPG
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/21/ ... IM2391.JPG
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/21/ ... IM2394.JPG
That's it for today.
Working bone stinks! :? At a certain point I started using the bench grinder...DON'T DO THIS! The house and myself smelled for days.
I find the sterilized bone available in the pet shop best to use. It is the same bone you can use for the grip of a gladius. This time however I needed to saw it to pieces. But first I had to file it to get an even surface big enough for what I needed. Even then I made the inserts in two pieces.
Best is to make it a little bigger then needed, you can always file excess away.
The thickness overall is 2 a 3 mm, but I added 1 mm because the tang stops at the pommel part and you need extra bone there.
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/21/ ... IM2392.JPG
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/21/ ... IM2391.JPG
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/21/ ... IM2394.JPG
That's it for today.
Quintilianus/Jurgen Schultz
Member of Legio XI Claudia Pia Fidelis
AUDI ET ALTERAM PASTEM
Member of Legio XI Claudia Pia Fidelis
AUDI ET ALTERAM PASTEM
