Posts: 11 Location: Belgium
Wed 20 Mar, 2019 7:24 am
Reproduction off a arming sword
Weight 1099gr
Blade length 61,5 cm
Total length 78 cm
At the tang 3,6cm
The original is item A461 in the
Wallace Collection in London.
The reproduction is made by Klaas Kloosterhuis.
https://goo.gl/images/fSyE41
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Posts: 124 Location: Muncie, Indiana
Wed 20 Mar, 2019 2:59 pm
WOW! It's so cool to see a replica of that sword, especially with Craig's great thread. It's a sword that defies modern expectations and tastes, but there it is. Well done!
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Posts: 3,645 Location: Maitland, NSW, Australia
Wed 20 Mar, 2019 5:31 pm
Elegant and deceptively simple. Nice job.
Posts: 11 Location: Belgium
Thu 21 Mar, 2019 2:59 am
Nice that you like the piece. Craig's thread prompted me to post it.
You can find some photos from the smithy here;
https://www.facebook.com/kristian.giddelo/media_set?set=a.10218087288201996&type=1
Posts: 1,085 Location: Finland
Thu 21 Mar, 2019 7:14 am
It's great to see a reproduction of this item! I've been wanting one ever since Matt Easton and Toby Capwell's video discussing the original, years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvRixtwGy68
Posts: 626 Location: Louisiana / Nordrhein-Westholland
Fri 22 Mar, 2019 6:38 pm
Excellent, love to see some of the plainer weapons recreated.
Do you know how accurate your stats are compared to the original?
Posts: 11 Location: Belgium
Sat 23 Mar, 2019 1:13 am
| Ian Hutchison wrote: |
Excellent, love to see some of the plainer weapons recreated.
Do you know how accurate your stats are compared to the original? |
The museum piece has the following dimensions:
Length: 75.5 cm
Width: 3.1 cm
Weight: 0.93 kg
My sword is heavier, broader and longer.
The museum piece has been sharpened several times. What can be seen at the curve of the blade on the crossguard.
We do not know when this happened.
That is why I have instructed the blacksmith to make the sword as it would have come out of the forge.
Posts: 11 Location: Belgium
Wed 29 May, 2019 8:27 am
Made a scabbard for the sword. Hope you like it.
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