Gladius Handle Help...

[Magnus]

Take your drill bits and hold them against the tang of your sword. Use the one that is about the same thickness, but slightly smaller. Once you've drilled it out, the tang obviously won't fit. So, to make it work, you'll need to file the drilled holes to accept the tang. You can also wrap some sand paper around something that will fit down the hole.

The handle is held on via friction/compression between the pommel and handguard. The handguard rests against the blade. The handle rests against the handguard. The pommel rests against the handle tightly once the tang is peened over a washer on the end of the pommel (or it's a threaded tang and you use a nut of some kind).

Hope that helps!