I occasionally have had a windlass that I've used extensively loosened at the nut but there are a couple easy fixes to it... 1) super glue the parts to the sword. That has solved it in most cases. I recommend Super glue over epoxy because if you ever want to disassemble a sword you can dissolve super glue with acetone however most epoxies are near impossible to break down. 2) disassemble the sword in between the guard and grip also grip and pommel cut and fit a decently thick leather washer, then reassemble. The leather washer being slightly spongy in nature will add pressure between those points and help stop anything from shifting.
Since my other comment was getting a little long I'll address this here... I really like your handle modification! I imagine the deer leather is nice feeling in the hands and the risers certainly look well done!
Great review! Been thinking about picking this one from MRL. Your channel needs more attention! Hopefully you will be able to review their De Joinville if you ever get the chance!
The other plus to the handle material is unlike wood it's much less likely to crack or warp since it temperature & water resistant. There's something about traditional swords the way they feel but I'm not opposed to modern materials being used if they bring something good to the table. I mean if we want to get technical a lot of swords don't use traditional steel types we use modern steels, many Conway swords seem to have stainless steel guards that are non-magnetic but as stainless steel are much easier on maintenance cuz they're not likely to rust or discolor. I think as long as you can make a sword that looks and functions properly using modern materials it's fine.
Yes there was definitely a time period where whippy windlass blades were a thing but the original run of the Shrewsbury sword was in the mid-90s. I bought an old one four years ago at the annual museum replicas clearance sale. It had been sitting in the warehouse since the mid-90s had a little bit of pitting on the blade, some discoloration on the guard & pommel but is otherwise quite solid! Mine actually has a wood handle, unlike the current version, which I've considered reshapi g a bit as near the guard it feels just a bit thick for my hands. Mine also doesn't have an exposed pommel nut. It's still a threaded tang but for some reason the nut is countersunk into the pommel. I found no evidence that this was ever done standard on production blades. Maybe mine had been modified as a movie prop? Regardless my blade is not whippy at all it's rather stiff, it is quickly become one of my favorite swords that I own and one of my favorite test cutting swords. When the current versions were first out I got to feel one at the museum replicas Warehouse. Of course I didn't have mine with me for a side by side comparison, but from muscle memory they felt nearly identical. I think the point of balance on mine was like maybe 1/4" to 1/2" closer to the tip but not super noticable. Weight seemed very close. The period were windlass was making super whippy blades I point to as one of the times where windless was seriously screwing up their quality control! I only own one of their swords from that time. Which is a replica of the Black Knight sword from Monty Python and the holy Grail and I wouldn't keep it if it weren't a replica from that movie cuz the blade is just like a fishing pole. It sold for $250 back in the day but I found it a costume shop years ago and they quoted me the wrong price of $35; so I bought it lol But the current generation of the Shrewsbury sword I think is well worth the money. It's always puzzled me that they build it as a single handed sword when it's clearly a bastard khans-and-a-half) sword, I guess that's because they modeled it loosely on the Shrewsbury sword itself, my guess is a box the measurements before production and then we're like screw it? Personally I would have changed the name to something else and sold it as a bastard sword.
I heard someone else's review that one of the reasons that all these Shrewsbury swords appeared again and why they're at such a good price point was that they were originally made in a contract for some film that never gotten produced and so they had a ton of them left over. It would make sense, and I'm good with it lol
Thanks, decided rather than just show off my customization work I'll show folks how to do it in my new D.I.Y series, check it out if you'd like to know how to do leather re-wraps and other customizations.
I occasionally have had a windlass that I've used extensively loosened at the nut but there are a couple easy fixes to it...
1) super glue the parts to the sword.
That has solved it in most cases. I recommend Super glue over epoxy because if you ever want to disassemble a sword you can dissolve super glue with acetone however most epoxies are near impossible to break down.
2) disassemble the sword in between the guard and grip also grip and pommel cut and fit a decently thick leather washer, then reassemble.
The leather washer being slightly spongy in nature will add pressure between those points and help stop anything from shifting.
Since my other comment was getting a little long I'll address this here...
I really like your handle modification! I imagine the deer leather is nice feeling in the hands and the risers certainly look well done!
Great review! Been thinking about picking this one from MRL. Your channel needs more attention! Hopefully you will be able to review their De Joinville if you ever get the chance!
The other plus to the handle material is unlike wood it's much less likely to crack or warp since it temperature & water resistant.
There's something about traditional swords the way they feel but I'm not opposed to modern materials being used if they bring something good to the table.
I mean if we want to get technical a lot of swords don't use traditional steel types we use modern steels, many Conway swords seem to have stainless steel guards that are non-magnetic but as stainless steel are much easier on maintenance cuz they're not likely to rust or discolor.
I think as long as you can make a sword that looks and functions properly using modern materials it's fine.
Yes there was definitely a time period where whippy windlass blades were a thing but the original run of the Shrewsbury sword was in the mid-90s.
I bought an old one four years ago at the annual museum replicas clearance sale.
It had been sitting in the warehouse since the mid-90s had a little bit of pitting on the blade, some discoloration on the guard & pommel but is otherwise quite solid!
Mine actually has a wood handle, unlike the current version, which I've considered reshapi g a bit as near the guard it feels just a bit thick for my hands. Mine also doesn't have an exposed pommel nut. It's still a threaded tang but for some reason the nut is countersunk into the pommel.
I found no evidence that this was ever done standard on production blades. Maybe mine had been modified as a movie prop?
Regardless my blade is not whippy at all it's rather stiff, it is quickly become one of my favorite swords that I own and one of my favorite test cutting swords.
When the current versions were first out I got to feel one at the museum replicas Warehouse. Of course I didn't have mine with me for a side by side comparison, but from muscle memory they felt nearly identical. I think the point of balance on mine was like maybe 1/4" to 1/2" closer to the tip but not super noticable. Weight seemed very close.
The period were windlass was making super whippy blades I point to as one of the times where windless was seriously screwing up their quality control!
I only own one of their swords from that time. Which is a replica of the Black Knight sword from Monty Python and the holy Grail and I wouldn't keep it if it weren't a replica from that movie cuz the blade is just like a fishing pole.
It sold for $250 back in the day but I found it a costume shop years ago and they quoted me the wrong price of $35; so I bought it lol
But the current generation of the Shrewsbury sword I think is well worth the money. It's always puzzled me that they build it as a single handed sword when it's clearly a bastard khans-and-a-half) sword, I guess that's because they modeled it loosely on the Shrewsbury sword itself, my guess is a box the measurements before production and then we're like screw it?
Personally I would have changed the name to something else and sold it as a bastard sword.
I heard someone else's review that one of the reasons that all these Shrewsbury swords appeared again and why they're at such a good price point was that they were originally made in a contract for some film that never gotten produced and so they had a ton of them left over.
It would make sense, and I'm good with it lol
Nice re-handling of that!
Thanks, decided rather than just show off my customization work I'll show folks how to do it in my new D.I.Y series, check it out if you'd like to know how to do leather re-wraps and other customizations.
I missed this sword again
That sucks, yea haven't seen any 2nd hand either lately. If I notice one on Ebay or SBG Classifieds I'll let you know!
@@DynamoSwordChannel thanks!