Restoration of a Kilij
 

Eons ago, Artzi posted this thread:
http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001866.html
The text is still around, but the pictures are lost.
Any chance of putting them back . Kind of .. permanently? :-)

Hi Ariel
I came in support about your request :D

waiting for a yatagan with some damages on hilt :o (pic's a.s.a. received)
at least, as far as I forsee to pass by Damascus this year
I know there a "magician" ... Remon :cool:
but, more valuable when we might do our refurbishing by ourself :p

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Dom

Now you have a cross guard
 

I too would like to view this thread...I went searching through restoration threads after Michael posted the twistcore Moro Kris and found there are quite a few restoration threads that were never followed through or old images and links were missing or broken...

Now that you have a cross guard Ariel, I look forward to what you are going to reveal in time ;-)

Gav

Kilij restoration
 

Hi all. It took me some time to dig in our photos archive to find it but here it is:

We had in our inventory a good Ottoman Kilij sword with very nice pattern welded blade.

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/21/000421.jpg

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/22/000422.jpg

Unfortunately the horn grips suffered considerable damage. The horn distorted and the grips badly cracked.

At the request of the buyer we took the challenge of restoring the grip, documenting every step of the work so hopefully others could benefit and be helped with it. It is fully described in the series of photos below.


http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/23/000423.jpg

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/24/000424.jpg

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/25/000425.jpg

[img]http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/26/000426.jpg[/img

More steps
 

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/27/000427.jpg

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/28/000428.jpg

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/29/000429.jpg

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/30/000430.jpg

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/31/000431.jpg

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/32/000432.jpg

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/33/000433.jpg

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and more
 

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/34/000434.jpg

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/35/000435.jpg

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/36/000436.jpg

http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/extra/37/000437.jpg

Many thanks!
I am sure it will be a treasured guide for a lot of people here.
Moderators, can it become a "sticky"?

I second the motion Moderators
 

I second the sticky request moderators, though rather than this Kilij specific thread being the sticky, can there be a general restoration guide thread created where all images and links can be shared.

Gav

Thank you very much indeed ... toda rama :p
fantastic cooperation, really appreciated :D

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Dom

Artzi, I have a question: picture #14 says : "crossguard was secured in place".
How was it done? Leather thong and epoxy between the crossguard and the blade, epoxy between the crossguard and the cheeks or some other way?