Members Littlef Posted Saturday at 11:16 PM Members Report Posted Saturday at 11:16 PM (edited) So, I have a replica of a medieval handgonne. It’s basically the first iteration of a handheld firearm. The term literally means hand cannon. We were firing it using a linstock, which is a pole that holds a slow burning piece of rope. It was really windy. When we were done shooting, the match didn’t get fully extinguished. The constant 15-20mph winds stoked the match, and it sat there and smoldered against the linstock, and burned about a 30% percent the way through it. To fix it, I took my chisels, and cut the burned section out in a squared off channel. I glued in a new patch of wood, and reshaped it back to match the handle. I sanded off as much of the burned wood as I could without changing the shape of the handle, and then I put a leather wrap around it, and baseball stitched the seam. Looks good as new. Back in business. Edited Saturday at 11:19 PM by Littlef Quote
AlZilla Posted Sunday at 02:43 AM Report Posted Sunday at 02:43 AM Looks better with the repair! Quote
Members TonyV Posted Sunday at 02:53 AM Members Report Posted Sunday at 02:53 AM Leather makes everything better! Quote
Members Littlef Posted Sunday at 02:04 PM Author Members Report Posted Sunday at 02:04 PM 11 hours ago, AlZilla said: Looks better with the repair! thanks, my friend said the same thing. Happy little accidents Quote
Members Littlef Posted Sunday at 03:42 PM Author Members Report Posted Sunday at 03:42 PM 12 hours ago, TonyV said: Leather makes everything better! Absolutely! Quote
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