How it's made.
Legacy Arms / Generation 2 Crusader / Templar sword.
Recently, i purchased a new Legacy Arms / Generation 2 Crusader sword as a project piece. I wanted to take the sword apart and redo/reshape some of the components. I chose the G2 crusader because it had the size i was looking for and for years i read the company promo material that read something like this: " G 2 crusader sword features a sharpened carbon steel blade with full length tang peened on to the pommel for strength." I thought this would be a tough, low budget sword with a traditional peened pommel. Well, as i found out after taking the hilt apart, this isn't exactly the case. The sword does have a full tang (3/4" wide at the shoulder, 3/4" wide at the end), and it also has a 2 " threaded rod WELDED to the end. The pommel is threaded as well and it screws in place. The hole on top of the pommel is than filled in with some mild steel which is heated and hammered flat to keep the pommel from unscrewing and becoming loose. This isn't exactly what i think of when i think of a sword with a "peened tang". The top spacer is threaded as well, it helps to keep the handle in place, the handle is made of some kind of old, weak wood, that cracked way to easily when i took it off, and the bottom spacer is held in place with JB Weld. For some time now, people have wondered about the beefy handles on G2 swords, they seem to be too "fat", well, they have to be, the tang does not taper at all and the handle needs to be wide to cover it, so that's why the handles on these swords look the way they do. Overall, i don't think this is a bad sword, for the price, it's a great beater or project option. I just thought people might get a kick out of seeing how this particular model is really made. I am also pretty sure that all G2 swords that have a steel spacer under the pommel are assembled the same way.
Cheers,
Chris.
Cheers,
Chris.