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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3088803" data-attributes="member: 19675">I'd have more than a slight problem with that.The handle of a sword is based around the tang of the blade- essentially, its skinny butt end- around which is a layer of wood, metal, bone, ivory or other material, finally wrapped by some kind of leather, cloth or rubber for grip, occasionally with wire around that.&nbsp; All of that is topped by the pommel.You might be able to strip some of the diameter of the grip by shaving off some of the layers of bone, etc., and using less leather on the grip, but the loss of that mass would shift the sword's point of balance towards the point.Furthermore, you couldn't change the handle's length without cutting into the blade's tang (unless its a &quot;rat-tail&quot; tang).&nbsp; If you're shaving off part of the tang to make the weapon fit a smaller hand, that too would shift the point of balance further out towards the point.This will, among other things, affect the amount of hand shock you recieve when striking...Check out this article about (among other things) the effects of tangs and handle size on the operation of swords:<a href="http://www.thearma.org/spotlight/GTA/motions_and_impacts3.htm" target="_blank">http://www.thearma.org/spotlight/GTA/motions_and_impacts3.htm</a>Also check this thread out about what happens when your tang is too small for your blade:<a href="http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=43606&amp;perpage=25&amp;highlight=&amp;pagenumber=1" target="_blank">http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=43606&amp;perpage=25&amp;highlight=&amp;pagenumber=1</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 3088803, member: 19675"] I'd have more than a slight problem with that. The handle of a sword is based around the tang of the blade- essentially, its skinny butt end- around which is a layer of wood, metal, bone, ivory or other material, finally wrapped by some kind of leather, cloth or rubber for grip, occasionally with wire around that. All of that is topped by the pommel. You might be able to strip some of the diameter of the grip by shaving off some of the layers of bone, etc., and using less leather on the grip, but the loss of that mass would shift the sword's point of balance towards the point. Furthermore, you couldn't change the handle's length without cutting into the blade's tang (unless its a "rat-tail" tang). If you're shaving off part of the tang to make the weapon fit a smaller hand, that too would shift the point of balance further out towards the point. This will, among other things, affect the amount of hand shock you recieve when striking... Check out this article about (among other things) the effects of tangs and handle size on the operation of swords: [url]http://www.thearma.org/spotlight/GTA/motions_and_impacts3.htm[/url] Also check this thread out about what happens when your tang is too small for your blade: [url]http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?threadid=43606&perpage=25&highlight=&pagenumber=1[/url] [/QUOTE]

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