Replacement blade for Pecoraro and Radaelli Saber

Description of the Product

These fencing sabre blades have been designed as replacement parts for the Pecoraro and the Radaelli sabres, and they do not come with hilt, guard or pommel parts. The blunt sparring blade may be used to replace a severely worn sparring blade. It can of course also be used as a basis for building your own sword. After all fashioning your own guard, hilt and pommel may be more manageable to start with, than forging your own blade.

The blade is made of high carbon steel and is very flexible. The tip of the blade has a rounded button for safe thrusts. The end of the tang is threaded and the hilt is fastened with a nut. This allows the hilt of a complete sabre to be easily re-tightened or dismantled for inspection, customization and to exchange the blade if needed.

Please note that some adjustment or filing with a metal file may be required in order to fit the replacement blade onto your pre-existing sword. In quality swords the tolerances are quite small, and pieces are hand-made to fit together very precisely, so that for example the shoulder of the blade would be exactly the same size as the corresponding slot in the guard.  The smiths make each piece to be as close to identical as possible, but as they are hand-made, some variation is inevitable. These replacement blades have been left to the original size on purpose, so that the fitting will be as close and tight as possible. If they were slightly thinner or narrower, they would slide in without any bother, but the hilt construction might as a result be slightly loose and potentially rattly.

• Made as a replacement blade for the Pecoraro and the Radaelli sabres, hilt parts not included
• Total length: 105 cm
• Tang: 18 cm
• Weight 340 g
• Blade material: 9260 carbon steel
• Made by Hanwei
• Sharpness: Blunt