Gribeauval
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Has anyone produced spears and sword blades to replace broken ones? With all the sets out there now, it would seem like a reasonable development in the hobby. Especially steel sword blades.
Replacement spears and steel swords? (1 Viewer)
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Obee
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What I do when I need replacement blades is make my own!
I use wire, flatten it by hammering on an anvil, then filing the point and then drilling into the hand and glueing the blade into the hilt.
For spears I only hammer one end of the wire, if it only a small tip, otherwise I use some flat lead to make the shape of the spearhead, file the edges to sharpen it, and fit it to a piece of wire ....easy
John
I use wire, flatten it by hammering on an anvil, then filing the point and then drilling into the hand and glueing the blade into the hilt.
For spears I only hammer one end of the wire, if it only a small tip, otherwise I use some flat lead to make the shape of the spearhead, file the edges to sharpen it, and fit it to a piece of wire ....easy
John
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In this tread I recently posted, note that the Carabineer Officer was missing his sabre blade, and you can see the blade I fabricated for him in the next picture:
Hope that helps,
John
Junk...NO WAY !!
Recently I came across some model figures that were 'surplus to requirements' and so got hold of them and have brought them up to standard to be exhibited. There was large lot, but these Napoleonic figures took my fancy. First was a 3 man vignette by Andrea depicting a French pair, Grenadier...
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Hope that helps,
John