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E Sideris




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PostPosted: Tue 07 Dec, 2010 5:49 am    Post subject: 'Serpent in the steel' pattern-weld         Reply with quote

Does anyone have any pictures of an archaeological example of the 'serpent in the steel' pattern? Here are modern examples by Jim Hrisoulas:





If you could also give me a source for your pictures, that would be great. I'd like to use them as reference photos in my paper The Mysticism of the Sword in Germanic Myth.

Thanks for your help!

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Luka Borscak




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PostPosted: Tue 07 Dec, 2010 7:37 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Maybe this one from Finnland? I found it in the "Swords of the Viking Age" by Ian Pierce.



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PostPosted: Tue 07 Dec, 2010 7:55 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thank you Luca! That's exactly what I needed! I need to get a copy of this book.

Thanks again!

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PostPosted: Tue 07 Dec, 2010 9:35 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

E Sideris wrote:
Thank you Luca! That's exactly what I needed! I need to get a copy of this book.


It's only $39.95 in the myArmoury bookstore!

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PostPosted: Tue 07 Dec, 2010 9:50 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Scott Hrouda wrote:
E Sideris wrote:
Thank you Luca! That's exactly what I needed! I need to get a copy of this book.


It's only $39.95 in the myArmoury bookstore!


Or as cheap as $25 there, too.

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E Sideris




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PostPosted: Tue 07 Dec, 2010 1:30 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Also, if anyone is still interested, Jeff Pringle sent me this link to a picture-rich discussion on Don Fogg's Bladesmiths' Forum about the very subject at hand, with numerous comments from him and Jim Hrisoulas, two very important pattern-welders:

http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?showt...ntry115497
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PostPosted: Tue 07 Dec, 2010 2:46 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Nathan Robinson wrote:
Or as cheap as $25 there, too.

Sorry, in my excitement I didn't scroll down far enough to see the other pricing. Blush
$25 is a very good price!

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