 How Sword Canes Are Made. (8247)
I’ve chosen this sword cane, because of it’s size, and you can tell how they got the 29” diamond shaped blade into the 1.2” Malacca shaft. The sterling 3”D probably tobacco container handle that is 6” long is the largest handle I have seen on the largest shaft and blade. When you look at the end of the shaft you can see two lines where the shaft was split, grooved out, and glued back together. There were many methods to make sword and gun canes. Splitting and grooving was probably the most common. If a shaft were drilled for the blade or gun barrel, it was centered on the barrel and turned to the barrel or blade. They would never turn a shaft then drill the center of the shaft. It would be impossible to keep the bit from wondering. Gun barrels are made the same way, the center hole is always first. Bamboo was an exception as it’s the easiest material to drill for a sword cane, as the only place there is wood inside is at the section lines, the rest is hollow. Hollow metal extruded shafts were also used for swords, as was gutta-percha, hard rubber that was molded hollow. I have a dog handled one, that looks like a Remington gun cane dated 1860.
Category: Gadget
Sub Category: Weapon
Listed: 2006-08-05 01:01:36
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