Malay Sundang for comment

drac2k · 7th January 2016, 12:16 PM

You were quite charitable and I would say you were the one who was very lucky! First she missed you with the knife and secondly you weren't arrested for having the audacity of moving out of the way of the knife and thus causing her bodily harm ; a clear case of modern day domestic violence.
On a side note, your manner of removing a handle seems worth a try.

kronckew · 7th January 2016, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by drac2k

...and secondly you weren't arrested for having the audacity of moving out of the way of the knife and thus causing her bodily harm ; a clear case of modern day domestic violence.
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it happened in eastern saudi arabia, so no political correctness involved. or stinky laha. they stitched her up at the company hospital & sent her home. she left a short time later. i stayed for a few more years. she did get half my assets on the way out...

my main regret now was the local antique stores didn't have any real saifs, some had the std. tarnished silver jambiayahs but no swords. some tourist shops had flashy overpriced chromed sword replicas that didn't look all that well made. i wasn't into collecting as much them then so i didn't try as hard as i could have, my contacts could easily have located one i now reflect.

drac2k · 7th January 2016, 09:17 PM

Maybe it was for the best that you didn't have any "real swords," or "knives with guards," as you previously stated ; if you had, she may have gotten a second "stab," at you. You could have been the one getting stitched up.
The glass is half full ?

Battara · 8th January 2016, 01:48 AM

To bring this back to the sundang, Kai you can heat the blade just below he hilt and that will heat the tang and get the hilt off. Use a butane torch for soft solder, that way the heat won't be hot enough to damage the steel blade.

kai · 9th January 2016, 01:05 AM

Hello Jose,

(BTW, it's Leif who is planning to work on this kris

)

I'm with you and also strongly recommend heating the base of the blade with an open flame: either a candle and lots of patience or a very gentle/flickering torch flame and being even more careful! Once the heat dissipates into the tang, it is usually fairly easy to remove the blade. Don't worry, the flame doesn't hurt the blade but try to get as little direct heat at the hilt. I usually wrap the grip with some cloth and wear gloves. Especially for the pommel this is a way more gentle approach than the cooking procedure described above! (Not needed for any SEA blade I tried to remove and I also doubt it is really called for when working things khukuri - heating Nepali blades did for me so far but my experience is admittedly very limited.)

The clamp is quite loose (looks a bit large for this kris) - once the resin softens due to the heat, it should be easy to gently bend it aside so that the blade can be removed from the hilt. When the tang starts to wiggle when gently pulling and twisting blade vs hilt, keep gently heating the blade until the tang comes off easily. If it doesn't, let it cool down and try again next day; even stubborn ones do come off after a few cycles.

Regards,
Kai

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7th January 2016, 12:16 PM	#1
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,334	You were quite charitable and I would say you were the one who was very lucky! First she missed you with the knife and secondly you weren't arrested for having the audacity of moving out of the way of the knife and thus causing her bodily harm ; a clear case of modern day domestic violence. On a side note, your manner of removing a handle seems worth a try.

7th January 2016, 09:17 PM	#3
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,334	Maybe it was for the best that you didn't have any "real swords," or "knives with guards," as you previously stated ; if you had, she may have gotten a second "stab," at you. You could have been the one getting stitched up. The glass is half full ?

8th January 2016, 01:48 AM	#4
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,416	To bring this back to the sundang, Kai you can heat the blade just below he hilt and that will heat the tang and get the hilt off. Use a butane torch for soft solder, that way the heat won't be hot enough to damage the steel blade.

9th January 2016, 01:05 AM	#5
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	Hello Jose, (BTW, it's Leif who is planning to work on this kris ) I'm with you and also strongly recommend heating the base of the blade with an open flame: either a candle and lots of patience or a very gentle/flickering torch flame and being even more careful! Once the heat dissipates into the tang, it is usually fairly easy to remove the blade. Don't worry, the flame doesn't hurt the blade but try to get as little direct heat at the hilt. I usually wrap the grip with some cloth and wear gloves. Especially for the pommel this is a way more gentle approach than the cooking procedure described above! (Not needed for any SEA blade I tried to remove and I also doubt it is really called for when working things khukuri - heating Nepali blades did for me so far but my experience is admittedly very limited.) The clamp is quite loose (looks a bit large for this kris) - once the resin softens due to the heat, it should be easy to gently bend it aside so that the blade can be removed from the hilt. When the tang starts to wiggle when gently pulling and twisting blade vs hilt, keep gently heating the blade until the tang comes off easily. If it doesn't, let it cool down and try again next day; even stubborn ones do come off after a few cycles. Regards, Kai