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E Sideris
Location: Massachusetts, USA Joined: 08 Apr 2010
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 Posted: Tue 07 Dec, 2010 5:49 am Post subject: 'Serpent in the steel' pattern-weld |
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Does anyone have any pictures of an archaeological example of the 'serpent in the steel' pattern? Here are modern examples by Jim Hrisoulas:
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If you could also give me a source for your pictures, that would be great. I'd like to use them as reference photos in my paper The Mysticism of the Sword in Germanic Myth.
Thanks for your help!
Eli[/img]
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Luka Borscak
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Maybe this one from Finnland? I found it in the "Swords of the Viking Age" by Ian Pierce.
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E Sideris
Location: Massachusetts, USA Joined: 08 Apr 2010
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Thank you Luca! That's exactly what I needed! I need to get a copy of this book.
Thanks again!
Eli
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Scott Hrouda
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| E Sideris wrote: | | Thank you Luca! That's exactly what I needed! I need to get a copy of this book. |
It's only $39.95 in the myArmoury bookstore!
...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped. - Sir Bedevere
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Nathan Robinson
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E Sideris
Location: Massachusetts, USA Joined: 08 Apr 2010
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Also, if anyone is still interested, Jeff Pringle sent me this link to a picture-rich discussion on Don Fogg's Bladesmiths' Forum about the very subject at hand, with numerous comments from him and Jim Hrisoulas, two very important pattern-welders:
http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?showt...ntry115497
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Scott Hrouda
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| Posted: Tue 07 Dec, 2010 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Nathan Robinson wrote: | | Or as cheap as $25 there, too. |
Sorry, in my excitement I didn't scroll down far enough to see the other pricing. :blush:
$25 is a very good price!
...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped. - Sir Bedevere
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This is a standard topic