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Leo Todeschini
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PostPosted: Tue 25 May, 2010 11:53 am    Post subject: Type XVII from Tods Stuff         Reply with quote

Hi All,

I thought I would share this sword with you and any comments would be welcome.

This was a custom order for a Type XVII loosley based on one in The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and was for the sword and scabbard. I hilted and scabbarded the sword and the blade was by Owen Bush.

The blade is 34.5" long and about 3/8" thick at the hilt running down quickly over the first 10" or so and then a fairly steady taper to the tip. The deep fuller and the slightly hollow faces has allowed this sword to come in just under 3lb but is still stiff and will be a wicked thruster as well as a cutter.

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PostPosted: Tue 25 May, 2010 12:03 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I really like the pommel you made! The blade is nice but that pommel stands out in your pictures and impressive.
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PostPosted: Tue 25 May, 2010 12:40 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Nice work, but it does not seem to be a type XVII to me.... The grip fits the type, but the blade seems not to because of the long fuller and the cross section (I can not see any hexagonal parts).
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PostPosted: Tue 25 May, 2010 2:24 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

It's come out very nice, Tod.

But it still looks like a Type XVI to me! Big Grin
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PostPosted: Tue 25 May, 2010 2:38 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Tod,

You always hit the nail on the head. What I most enjoy about your work is that it always looks REAL. You seem to get the visual balance of weapon vs adornment dead on. I can see someone strapping this sword on and going out to fight to the death.

Great work as always.
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PostPosted: Wed 26 May, 2010 12:21 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Martin Erben Wrote
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Nice work, but it does not seem to be a type XVII to me....


A fair point and thanks for clarifying it......but I did say loosley......... perhaps the subject line was a little misleading.

Ken Speed wrote
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What I most enjoy about your work is that it always looks REAL


Thanks, I am glad you think so. It is what I strive for and really just the way I like to work, every maker has a style and the more prolific ones you learn to recognise, some very crisp, others very detailed and still others polished or artistic. I try to make my adjective 'real' and I am very pleased if others think the same - so thank you.

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PostPosted: Thu 27 May, 2010 4:51 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hmmm

At the risk of lighting the fuse on my own petard here Big Grin, and with appropriate respect to the opinions expressed in he thread. I wonder if the community is occasionally guilty of trying to fit everything into a scheme of classification as opposed to the reality where the scheme of classification derives from the historic examples, by definition an incomplete record.

I appreciate that this discussion is in relation to a modern reproduction, but it has highlighted a point that I have found myself being guilty of in discussion and presentation using such reproductions. It is very easy to compare the characteristics of the item in your hand with the Oakeshott et al classifications and point out the variances, and then by implication to apparently define the modern example as "wrong" as if the classification were some form of fixed writ.

From Oakeshott's own writings, it is clear that he intended it as a handy tool, not a master and that revsions ocurred as new findings were made or opinions changed. Nothing wrong with that, I think it's called progress.... My little hobby horse is that it derives from the extant examples and therefore that it will always be evolving rather than fixed.

I now make a conscious effort to point out there's no such thing as a complete classification and that within any category there will be variances. This does not excuse bad workmanship or offences against aesthetic feelings of course ! It simply allows room for a little freedom of interpretation by modern makers as opposed to slavish copying.

I apologise if this personal scratching of a mental "itch" has wasted your time in reading, but thankyou for reading.

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PostPosted: Thu 27 May, 2010 6:22 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Martin,
I understand your point especially as it pertains to historical swords, but I think many people feel if a modern maker decides to call their modern reproduction a Type XVII (for example) that it should conform to the Type XVII Oakeshott laid out. Happy Otherwise, just call it a late 14th century sword similar to the Sempach family of swords. "Type XVII" is certainly shorter... Happy Since a defining characteristic of Type XVII swords is the hexagonal cross-section, I think people's comments are valid.

But, as Tod said, he wasn't out to make an exact copy.

Anyway, it's a lovely piece of work, as I've come to expect from Tod. Happy

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PostPosted: Thu 27 May, 2010 6:56 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

"Ye are more unwise, said Merlin, for the scabbard is worth ten of the swords"

Well though I like the sword, I think someone should salute your work on scabbards. I've seen a few from you now, and they all look fantastic.

Cheers,

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PostPosted: Fri 28 May, 2010 4:37 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Chad Arnow wrote:
Martin,
I understand your point especially as it pertains to historical swords, but I think many people feel if a modern maker decides to call their modern reproduction a Type XVII (for example) that it should conform to the Type XVII Oakeshott laid out. Happy Otherwise, just call it a late 14th century sword similar to the Sempach family of swords. "Type XVII" is certainly shorter... Happy Since a defining characteristic of Type XVII swords is the hexagonal cross-section, I think people's comments are valid.

But, as Tod said, he wasn't out to make an exact copy.

Anyway, it's a lovely piece of work, as I've come to expect from Tod. Happy



Oh agreed Chad, My partner and I have various bits and pieces from Tod now running well into double figures and more being paid for as we speak.

I accept your contextual correction of my observations and agree that it was on that basis that the other correspondents made their own observations. I think I was on the rebound from a parallel debate in another forum where I was severely savaged as a heretic for daring to suggest that minor deviations from Oakeshott typology were acceptable in modern manufacture where they, (to precisely follow your point), were not described as being "of" the type but "based on".

Anyway, a pleasure to get back to a place where manners and reasoned debate generally prevail Big Grin

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PostPosted: Fri 28 May, 2010 10:41 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Martin Francis wrote:
Anyway, a pleasure to get back to a place where manners and reasoned debate generally prevail Big Grin


Which is exactly why I love this forum Exclamation I've found the debate on this particular thread very interesting.

While everyone agrees on the beauty and realism of Mr. Leo Todeschini's work, a healthy exchange on the particulars of a typology ensued. No one was attacking, simply expressing their opinion with relevant quotations. There are civilized refuges on the web Happy

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