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saxon gold sword pommel
hi, was surfing the net last night for metal inlay pics and found a website with pictures of metal detected relics in england. i sent the link to JL. this morning i found another picture which looks like a complete pommel. anyone up to making one?
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Well, not in gold! that's far to rich for me. Or for anyone likely buy one of my blades for the foreseeable future
However, In have been planning to add lost-wax cast bronze fittings to some of my stuff. And a sword or two is still of in the wings. So I figure I'll send a link to this off to my wife (she is the artist that does the wax carving in our artistic partnership.) I think she would enjoy something like that. Now if only you had the matching cross-guard. Could you send me the link for the metal detector finds as well? __________________ Scott B. Jaqua http://www.hagersonforge.com http://hagerson.livejournal.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The most important right of all, is that of Free Speech. With out that, all your other rights will soon be taken away. So, I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend until death, your right to say it! |
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I bet that's some kind of mechanical gilding over iron...
I have an engraving of that somewhere... |
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the earlier photo does appear to have iron on 4 spots that i see,but i think it looks more like a piece of chased sheet gold over a base of iron. here is the photo of a found piece and link to website.
http://www.colchestertreasurehunting...golddagger.htm |
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Yes... "damascened," in the parlance of the historian.
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That penny sure is an odd companion.
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Maybe the detectorist doesn't work for scale.....(hey! Smitty how about a rim shot?) __________________ Scott B. Jaqua http://www.hagersonforge.com http://hagerson.livejournal.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The most important right of all, is that of Free Speech. With out that, all your other rights will soon be taken away. So, I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend until death, your right to say it! |
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Penny for your thoughts...
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Cool find Shak!
__________________ "Many are chosen, but few are Pict" "The doer alone, learneth" NT Neo-Devo |
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I used to have reference book someone scanned in for me that was in Sweedish, but it got erased/lost and I can't remember who I got it from, or what the title was. It had lots of pics of blades, fittings, partial scabbards and all sorts of neat stuff! |
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I'll put my money on an organic core.....
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Could be...
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I was just watching Hidden Treasure on one of the History channels, last night. The show was about an Iron Age British sword hilt that a detectorist found. Much like the examples on this thread. In fact the hilt he found was more complete then the one found with the Sutton Ho sword.
I think the treasure act is a benefit to both metal detectorists and historians. It is certainly expanding our knowledge of Iron Age swords. __________________ Scott B. Jaqua http://www.hagersonforge.com http://hagerson.livejournal.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The most important right of all, is that of Free Speech. With out that, all your other rights will soon be taken away. So, I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend until death, your right to say it! |
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