Posts: 1,757 Location: Storvreta, Sweden
Sat 20 Aug, 2011 1:59 am
Hi Mike and all,
It has been interesting to follow this thread, and I am happy to see that the sword is about to find a home and also that a sister will see the light of day. :-)
I am not sure if you guys at this forum know about the Ashokan Blade Smith Seminar:
http://www.ashokanknifeseminar.com/
It is held on the weekend 16th-18th September, and will draw blade smiths from around the States, Canada and Europe. I shall attend and hold two presentations on documentation of originals and design principles of the medieval sword. Along with me I shall bring a reconstruction of an original, that was found broken in the Fyris river back in the 19th C. It is another of these very broad bladed swords and would be roughly contemporary to the "Lost
Oakeshott XIII".
If you can set aside time and make the trip to Ashokan, I am certain you will not regret it. There will be opportunity to see work of some of the best blade smiths, with talks and demos on various aspects of the making of the sword.
And now I turn to you to ask a favor: Knowing that the Lost Oakeshott is on its way to a new home, It would stil be very nice if Mike could first bring it along to the Ashokan seminar. I would love to see it side by side with the Fyris River sword. They are somehow of the same spirit, and I am certain there are many other blade smiths beside me who would love to get an opportunity to see such a sword.
Jean, perhaps you would consider attending the Ashokan seminar and if so bring your lovely sword along?
Below some snapshots of the Fyris River sword, one with it alongside some "normal" swords to give you a sense of scale (even though the long slim sword is unusually long for its type):
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