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Sean Flynt
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 Posted: Mon 28 Sep, 2009 8:48 am Post subject: Type XVIIIc Project Help |
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I'm starting an XVIIIc project and I need your help. Earlier threads on this subject failed to turn up much info but I'll post my own appeal. I know the Met example and I've seen Peter Johnsson's breathtaking interpretations of the type. Does anybody know of any example of an XVIIIc with the horizontally recurved, ribbon-like cross that Oakeshott believed was typical? I'll take any reference--museums, graves, artwork, etc. Peter's sketch for Albion shows a cross of this type, but that's the only depiction I can find.
I'm going to comb my own sources, but perhaps some of you have stumbled across one of these in some small regional museum. Please share!
-Sean
Author of the Little Hammer novel
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Sean Flynt
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Julien M
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Hi Sean,
Not sure what you mean exactly by an "horizontally recurved, ribbon-like cross" but there is a beautifull type XVIIIc at the Royal Armouries in leeds that is very similar to the one Peter Johnson made. Notice the sandwitch grip, similar to the ones found on many messers, but very unusual on a bastard sword like this one.
Cheers,
Julien
bastard sword, possibly german, late XIV century
It bears arabic inscriptions that indicates it was kept in the armouries in Alexandria
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Sean Flynt
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Michael G.
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There's one at the Philadelphia Museum of Art that looks similar to the Leeds one (and the one at the Met, and the one by Peter Johnsson).
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/perman...mulR=30564
Seems to be a fairly common style. I kind of like it more than the S-shaped cross personally.
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Paul Watson
Location: Upper Hutt, New Zealand Joined: 08 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Wed 30 Sep, 2009 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Michael G. wrote: | There's one at the Philadelphia Museum of Art that looks similar to the Leeds one (and the one at the Met, and the one by Peter Johnsson).
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/perman...mulR=30564
Seems to be a fairly common style. I kind of like it more than the S-shaped cross personally. |
Awesome sword apart form the fact it apparently weighs 13.49 kgs. It would certainly stun you, if only your attacker could swing it with some level of accuracy.
I also notice the blade is quite short for an XVIIIc, being not quite 81cm long. Must have a very thick spine at that weight. 
I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, but that which it protects. (Faramir, The Two Towers)
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Michael G.
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| Posted: Wed 30 Sep, 2009 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Paul Watson wrote: |
Awesome sword apart form the fact it apparently weighs 13.49 kgs. It would certainly stun you, if only your attacker could swing it with some level of accuracy.
I also notice the blade is quite short for an XVIIIc, being not quite 81cm long. Must have a very thick spine at that weight. |
It's made of pure neutronium. I saw another sword on their site with a listed weight of over 13 kgs. I'm guessing someone messed up their decimal points: "There are 100 grams in a kilogram...right?"
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Chris Artman
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Peter's 'Master's of Fire' piece is just pure perfection....
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Julien M
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| Sean Flynt wrote: | | And it's thought to be late 15th c? I thought all of the Alexandria swords were earlier than that.... |
Hi Sean,
Late 14th century. I included the museum plaque.
Cheers,
J
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Chad Arnow
myArmoury Team
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| Julien M wrote: | Hi Sean,
Not sure what you mean exactly by an "horizontally recurved, ribbon-like cross" but there is a beautifull type XVIIIc at the Royal Armouries in leeds that is very similar to the one Peter Johnson made. Notice the sandwitch grip, similar to the ones found on many messers, but very unusual on a bastard sword like this one.
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A number of the Alexandria swords have these slapped-on looking sandwich grips, I believe.
ChadA
http://chadarnow.com/
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Nat Lamb
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Not enough XVIIc blades around, so I heartily aprove of this project (not that I didn't aprove of others btw, they have all been very cool, but this one looks like it will be very very cool)
Someone wanna post a linkt to the Masters of fire XVIIIc blade?
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Julien M
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| Chad Arnow wrote: | | A number of the Alexandria swords have these slapped-on looking sandwich grips, I believe. |
Hi Chad,
I'd love to get more information about this matter. Can you quote any sources?
Cheers,
J
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Chad Arnow
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| Julien M wrote: | Hi Chad,
I'd love to get more information about this matter. Can you quote any sources?
Cheers,
J |
There are a few journal articles about the Alexandria swords, and some can be seen in auction catalogues and other publications on arms and armour.
I don't have time right now to type up a longer list, though. 
ChadA
http://chadarnow.com/
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Sean Flynt
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Sean Flynt
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JE Sarge
Industry Professional
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I cry tears of joy everytime I see the Master's of Fire sword. That is my favorite sword of all time.
Good luck with the project, Sean. I am certian you will do quite well as you always do!
J.E. Sarge
Crusader Monk Sword Scabbards and Customizations
www.crusadermonk.com
"But lack of documentation, especially for such early times, is not to be considered as evidence of non-existance." - Ewart Oakeshott
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Paul Watson
Location: Upper Hutt, New Zealand Joined: 08 Feb 2006
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| JE Sarge wrote: | I cry tears of joy everytime I see the Master's of Fire sword. That is my favorite sword of all time.
Good luck with the project, Sean. I am certian you will do quite well as you always do! |
There are more than a few of us in that boat.
I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, but that which it protects. (Faramir, The Two Towers)
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Blaz Berlec
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I'd say this is fairly typical, although the blade isn't seen:
Kreuzigung Christi
Dieses Bild: 003748
Kunstwerk: Temperamalerei-Holz ; Einrichtung sakral ; Flügelaltar ; Tirol(?) ; Mt:27:033-036 , Mk:15:022-041 , Lk:23:033-049 , Jo:19:016-030
Dokumentation: 1490 ; 1500 ; Sand in Taufers ; Italien ; Südtirol ; Filialkirche St. Walburg
Anmerkungen: Sand in Taufers, St. Walburg ; Weingartner Josef: Die Kunstdenkmäler Südtirols, Bd. I Bozen, Innsbruck 1973, S. 377
Extant 15th Century German Gothic Armour
Extant 15th century Milanese armour
Arming doublet of the 15th century
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Danny Grigg
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| Julien M wrote: | | Sean Flynt wrote: | | And it's thought to be late 15th c? I thought all of the Alexandria swords were earlier than that.... |
Hi Sean,
Late 14th century. I included the museum plaque.
Cheers,
J
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Julien, do you know the object / museum catalogue number for that sword? IX. ??? or ?
I had a quick look at the catalogue pages on the Royal Armouries website and couldn't find it.
Thanks.
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