Just wanted to show my belated self Christmas present that recently arrived. And to publicly thank Petr for all the trouble the Post Office caused by repeatedly returning it to him!

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A nice piece.

Funny, though, how you basically couldn't have one of those here in Germany due to the inlaid Swastika. Running around in public places (e.g. flaunting your gear at a presentation/fair what have you) wouldn't make you very popular.

Hi,
Thanks for the comments. I get tired of seeing the Confederate flag associated with skinheads and hate groups. Mostly those who get there history from Fox News
Robert

Wow, very nice. Lovely steel structure. Also, a swastika is a nice touch, but you might have to explain it a lot if you take it to an event... ;)

Wonderful work, I know you are very happy with it Robert.

Aren't there some historical examples of spearheads with the circle and swatstika inlay? I seem to remember coming across them somewhere but cannot place it exactly.

Such a long time to get it, but I'm sure you are proud now.

Hey guys, thanks for the comments. I have another in my collection with similar markings. This isn't the spear head that mine was inspired by, but they don't seem really rare, that is spears with markings;

In the photo:

Bronze spear head from Brandenburg including the ancient symbols of the triskelis and the triple dot

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Very nice Robert. Well done Petr.

Very nice!

Regarding how frequently you find inlayed decoration on Anglo-Saxon spears, while it is definitely well-documented, it's very rare. In the database I'm building for my PhD dissertation, I have 680 Anglo-Saxon spears from the 5-7th centuries. 3.2% of them (22/680) have some kind of inlay (often only visible when they're xrayed), but this inlay is almost always in the form of bands around the socket. There are only a handful of cases out of the 700 - I think only 3 or 4 - where you get a symbol laid into the actual blade.

Inlay like this was a very special thing.

The classic article on the topic is by Vera Evison: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0003581500048587