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Bill Grandy
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PostPosted: Mon 18 Aug, 2008 7:37 pm    Post subject: Swords by Steffan Roth of Die Seelenschmiede         Reply with quote

This is a maker whom I've only become recently aware of:

http://www.seelenschmiede.de/

I'm particularly fond of the two 15th c. styled longswords here with rain chapes and tooled leather:



http://www.seelenschmiede.de/frameset.htm

I figured Sean will appreciate those in particular, what with his recent work on his A&A Durer. Happy

I also very much like this hunting hanger. It looks like a 17th century style (and the description says its in the baroque style, so that would make sense) :


http://www.seelenschmiede.de/frameset.htm

The maker seems to have a very nice eye for historical pieces. I only discovered the site because of these pictures from Torsten Schneyer of the group Zornhau:

http://www.historische-portraits.de/Bild1.jpg

http://www.historische-portraits.de/temp/zorn...chwert.jpg

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PostPosted: Mon 18 Aug, 2008 7:42 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Nice find Bill. These are indeed attractive pieces.
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PostPosted: Tue 19 Aug, 2008 4:56 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I had the opportunity to handle ( and cut with Happy ) some of Stephan's pieces at the international open championship last week.
They are excellent work, handle great and go through tatami like a hot knife through butter.
Unfortunately they are more than a little bit above what I can afford, but Every collector needs things to dream about... Happy

If you ever go to Germany, try attending one of Stephan's cutting seminars. He always brings some of his work along for the participants to use.
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PostPosted: Tue 19 Aug, 2008 10:15 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Interesting construction of the chappe. I wonder if that's a documented historical technique.
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PostPosted: Tue 19 Aug, 2008 4:20 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Micha Hofmann wrote:
I had the opportunity to handle ( and cut with Happy ) some of Stephan's pieces at the international open championship last week.
They are excellent work, handle great and go through tatami like a hot knife through butter.
Unfortunately they are more than a little bit above what I can afford, but Every collector needs things to dream about... Happy

If you ever go to Germany, try attending one of Stephan's cutting seminars. He always brings some of his work along for the participants to use.




Oh, it just happens that me too actually Wink

His work is very, very good. And he's a very nice person, to add to that.

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PostPosted: Tue 19 Aug, 2008 10:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Swords by Steffan Roth of Die Seelenschmiede         Reply with quote

Bill Grandy wrote:
This is a maker whom I've only become recently aware of:

http://www.seelenschmiede.de/

I'm particularly fond of the two 15th c. styled longswords here with rain chapes and tooled leather:

I figured Sean will appreciate those in particular, what with his recent work on his A&A Durer. Happy

I also very much like this hunting hanger. It looks like a 17th century style (and the description says its in the baroque style, so that would make sense) :

The maker seems to have a very nice eye for historical pieces. I only discovered the site because of these pictures from Torsten Schneyer of the group Zornhau:


15th C. German XVIIIb's are truly the stuff dreams are made of. Especially at this calibre of craftsmanship.

The lines, proportions, and details are precisely what I would expect to see from Peter Johnsson or Patrick Barta (I mean that as the highest form of compliment)!

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PostPosted: Sat 30 Aug, 2008 11:41 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Steffan's work is calling me lol! I love his longswords. The leather work I have seen of his is astounding. Does anyone else have experience with his swords?
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PostPosted: Mon 01 Sep, 2008 4:39 pm    Post subject: Swords by Stefan Roth of Die Seelenschmiede         Reply with quote

Roth is not just a blacksmith. He's also a swordsman.
After visiting his website, I found that Roth also created a knife for a museum in Liechtenstein.
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PostPosted: Mon 01 Sep, 2008 11:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Swords by Stefan Roth of Die Seelenschmiede         Reply with quote

Shahril Dzulkifli wrote:
Roth is not just a blacksmith. He's also a swordsman.
After visiting his website, I found that Roth also created a knife for a museum in Liechtenstein.


Apparently, he can also model a comission in 3D simulation...

Fascinating stuff. I will be following his work very closely...

"Rhaegar fought nobly.
Rhaegar fought valiantly.
Rhaegar fought honorably.
And Rhaegar died."

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PostPosted: Tue 02 Sep, 2008 12:23 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Oh, and he makes his own steel.
PhD in medieval archeology.
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PostPosted: Tue 02 Sep, 2008 1:20 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I recently messaged Mr. Roth about a longsword. I can't wait to see how it turns out.
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