The best looking rondel dagger i have ever seen, but i want to find a better pic of it or of the original, anyone sitting on any info..?
The pic;
http://bjorn.foxtail.nu/images/wh15c.jpg

Wow, I'd take that hammer anyday! :)

I got the reply from Peter J. i was looking for, great stuff as usual!

and can we know more about what he said ;) ?

Hehe, yes ofcourse. Well we where not discussing hard historical facts only so ill try to translate the gist of it:
"I made this dagger 9-10 years ago. Its a quite exact copy of one at the Stockholm Historical Museum. The original is from around 1500. Nice and unplesant things these! Most of the originals are quite slim/nimble in its dimensions. Feels like a civilian daggers for welthy middle/upper class".

Tanks for positive comments!

The dagger Wilhelm headed this thread with was made some 9-10 years ago.
I like these small all steel daggers.
They seem to have been popular during the 15th c and early 16th c.

Some years after I made the one Wiliam commented on, I got an opportunity to document a nice and rather well preserved on at the Historical Museum in Stockholm.
I decided to make a detailed study of this one and made a copy. This is one of the few blades I´ve made that is still with me.

As there has bees some interest in daggers lately. I thought there might be an interest in seeing photos of an oiginal and a completed copy.
In this project I wanted to get not just the dimensions and shapes, but also the same surface finish I think the original had: polished but with some fine filemarks showing.

detail photos of original and copy:

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The guard is a three-lobed ballock derivate shape. Blade is three edged.

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Note filework on grip and guard. The seam of the grip was never soldered, just forged close.

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Overall a rather slim little dagger. The grip fits snugly in your hand. Tightness between pommel disc and guard helps provide a goood grip despite the narrowness of the grip.

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The guard was fileworked with rope and shell shape decorations. This puts the dagger right at the beginning of the 16th C, just within a few years of the new century.
The pommel disc is hollow, made of two pieces of plate; the flat upper part folded over

Peter,

Your work is an inspiration. :cool:

Thanks for the images. With your permission, I'd like to make prints to show the next student who asks "How can we put our hands on a blade without getting cut?" :D

Cheers!

Thanks for a great reply. The past is aliiiiiiive!

Now that is a very ornate icepick!

Brian M

Thanks Peter

Very useful pics and comments.

That's what I like in studying not-so-well conserved weapons : you can sometimes see more on them and their construction that on 'perfectly' kept models.

Fab

Thanks for providing the pictures Peter, I've REALLY got to pick up one of these rondels...

Good God that thing pretty!