Worth Repairing or Not?

jagabuwana · 5th June 2023, 07:25 AM

Hello Alan, when you say that the blade fitting is painstaking, are you just thinking of carving out the inlet for the gonjo? Or are you also factoring in hollowing out the gandar?

A. G. Maisey · 5th June 2023, 01:03 PM

The gandar is pretty straightforward if you have the right tools, you need a segrek. If no segrek, you just splitn it down the sides and fit the blade that way. The painstaking part is fitting the gonjo, it is oil on the metal gently insert, scrape away the oil marks on the wood. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat interminably.

There's more to the total job than that, of course, but it is all doable with patience.

5th June 2023, 07:25 AM	#1
jagabuwana Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 277	Hello Alan, when you say that the blade fitting is painstaking, are you just thinking of carving out the inlet for the gonjo? Or are you also factoring in hollowing out the gandar?

5th June 2023, 01:03 PM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,736	The gandar is pretty straightforward if you have the right tools, you need a segrek. If no segrek, you just splitn it down the sides and fit the blade that way. The painstaking part is fitting the gonjo, it is oil on the metal gently insert, scrape away the oil marks on the wood. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat interminably. There's more to the total job than that, of course, but it is all doable with patience.