Michael sent me these pictures yesterday of the latest project he is working on for me. The idea is an early glaive from the early 14th century. Basically I told him I was looking for a big nasty cleaver on a stick with a good thrusting point. From the illustration I sent along with a size guideline he came up with this.

Jean, I see you partisan and raise you this. Think we could hold a bridge between the two of us?

Hehe. We would be a terrible twosome wouldn't we?

Michael's work is first class and he is also great to work with. His communication is first class and he listens to your ideas and then gives ideas of what is possible and will work for your piece. He is a hidden gem that is really under appreciated at the moment. So I hope to get in a couple of more projects before the wait gets to long! :eek: I have no dimensions of the piece yet so hopefully Michael will either chime in or be getting them to me as he finishes the piece up. I will also see about digging up the inspiration for this particular project.

Regards,
Scott

Wow! This one looks great! Will this be mounted with langets? I hope so!

Oooh, that's nice. Really nice. I want one of those, and I'm not even a polearm kind of guy. :surprised:

Very nice. Ironically I've been collecting images of glaives and maces for a possible reproduction of one of each. I like this one. Seems like such a good idea, big ol' blade on a stick!

Thanks for all the feedback so far! Just wanted to stop in and toss a few measurements out,

The socket is 6.75"
The blade is 18.75"
Overall it is 25.5"
And right now it comes in at 2lb. 5oz.

I am in the process of searching for dead meat to take a little bit more weight off without sacrificing strength but don't have too many more places to refine so the weight won't change too much, maybe 1oz. or so.

Glad to see you post and thank you for the measurements of this beauty. I am not to concerned about the weight of this as a little forward weight will definitely be an aid when using this as a chopping weapon from a distance. I definitely do not want an sacrifice in the strength department with this.

I once more had the pleasure of meeting with Michael in person. The result being that I now have in my possession this truly awesome glaive. Overall length is around 8 feet with a weight of right around 5 pounds. To say that Michael did an outstanding job would be an understatement in my opinion. Both the fit and finish is outstanding and it balances very nicely in the hand roughly a foot or so behind the head. With the drawing I sent Michael produced exactly the weapon I had in my minds eye. I would also suggest that anyone who is thinking about having Michael make them something do not hesitate and have him do it as quickly as possible. I already have another project in mind for Michael to make for me but that will not be until this fall unless the economy does a huge turn around.





Opinions and questions are of course welcome.

Scott

As always, beautiful work from Michael! He is a great talent and this glaive certainly affirms it! Enjoy your glaive Scott!

I really agree Tim. Michael is definitely a hidden talent as of right now. His attention to detail is simply superb as is his understanding of how to make things work. Though I hear that your next piece is going to be something a little extra special! I cannot wait to see pictures of it and hear your thoughts on it. I know I will enjoy this immensely and hope to be able to show it off one day!

Well I cannot wait to see what you have Michael working on for you! It seems the arms race continues between yourself, Jean, and I with myself falling slightly behind as my next piece will not be until late fall or even early winter of this year. :cry:

The following is for both you and Scott Tim. This is from the Gaddgedlar website which I believe is defunct now. I also have a knife by Ollin based on the middle one in the bottom right of the picture.

Nice! Have you posted the knife and I missed it? Are you going to build the whole kit?

I decided to post the pictures here since they have disappeared from my original post on this. Matt and Mark did a really good job with this one. I actually received it the day before I picked up my XIIIb from Michael on Christmas Eve so it was a really Christmas for me! I need to make a sheath of some kind for it in the near future.