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how do you keep the rest of the blade on the bench while you are bending the tang with the tool? press with your hand? ====)--------------------------------------------------------------------
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 Originally Posted by HDG Remember, if it's sticking through the guard, a hit to the insulation will register if it's popping out of the groove That's not the worse part. If the spaghetti covering gets hit then it will most likely push it back and break the wire inside.
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I've bent many FIE blades and Non-FIE blades over the years. Once, however, I tried to cant a Chinese blade and it snapped right at the tang. Clean in half. Another fencer later tried the same thing and the same thing happened to him. I guess what YeOldArmorer is saying (as well as the other experienced armorer's on this board) is that some blades just can't tolerate being set.
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I've been using the two pipe method for tang bending instead of a vice. Basically I have two metal pipes, one that fits over the blade and the other that I slip over the tang, and just slide them over and bend the tang the way I want. The BG blades I've had some tang snaps as I've been fencing sometimes months down the road but the BF ones seem to get along with it pretty well.
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Originally Posted by remise I've bent many FIE blades and Non-FIE blades over the years. Once, however, I tried to cant a Chinese blade and it snapped right at the tang. Clean in half. Another fencer later tried the same thing and the same thing happened to him. I guess what YeOldArmorer is saying (as well as the other experienced armorer's on this board) is that some blades just can't tolerate being set. This was also a very common problem with Dinamo blades (though I haven't seen is as much with them recently). The tangs weren't well annealed, and so were prone to snapping when you tried to put a set into them. It wasn't consitent, though- you'd try another one and it would set just fine.
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Originally Posted by neevel This was also a very common problem with Dinamo blades (though I haven't seen is as much with them recently). The tangs weren't well annealed, and so were prone to snapping when you tried to put a set into them. It wasn't consitent, though- you'd try another one and it would set just fine.
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