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| Megiddo sword rerun | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 30 2011, 08:56 PM (1,113 Views) | |
| SWorkman | Sep 30 2011, 08:56 PM Post #1 |
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A few years ago Neil made this nifty Canaanite sword for me. I hilted it badly with horn inlays, became frustrated, and set it aside. I think I even posted the not too good version. I recently picked it back up, polished the heck out of it, and gave it nice Turkish walnut inlays. It's a marked improvement. |
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| Yves Goris | Oct 1 2011, 10:08 AM Post #2 |
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cool thing! do you have more pics/info of this pls? specifications? |
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| SWorkman | Oct 1 2011, 01:59 PM Post #3 |
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Here is another pic of the hilt area. I would take more but it's raining torrentially here. I made a model of this and sent it to Neil. I used soft wood, pine I think, and overall did a so-so job of it not understanding the requirements. Neil was able to put together a good casting from my poor model and was very obliging about it, although I think the model was destroyed by splitting because he has to press or tap the model into tough tempered clay to get an impression, and our local pine is sort of splitty and weak in thin sections. Anyway, it is now a very light and extremely sharp little sword-so sharp that care must be used when handling it. I had wondered about these Canaanite swords because of their odd appearance and general lack of rivets. The hilt inlays seem to have been either cemented in place with asphalt (traces of which sometimes remain) or held in place by peening the flanges at the sides of the hilt over the plates, which was not done in this case. I think the original basic design was Egyptian, but the locals in the Canaanite city states made their own versions. A great little sword and a great Neil casting once I put in the effort. |
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| SWorkman | Oct 1 2011, 02:04 PM Post #4 |
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Here's the info on the original. It's #147. The casting is pretty close to the original, but the shape has changed a slight bit from my fiddling and grinding, etc. I guess I would estimate that it's 90 percent accurate, since some of the finer details require more metal working skill than I happen to possess. If Neil were to make one from a model he carved I would probably buy one just to have a more accurate version, but still and all I am pretty pleased with mine. I think a Canaanite would recognize it for sure. |
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