Thought I'd share a recent refurbishment I did for a dealer in town. He handed me a blade with crosspiece and a very poor handle. It was very loose and incomplete and instead of the birdshead pommel and screw it had a nut welded to the tang and a plastic knob forced on. I stripped it completely and had to grind the nut away leaving a short square tang stub to attach the new pommel to. Here's pics and I'll take you through. The basic blade before. I didn't take pics of it when I first brought it home, should have...
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