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Leo Todeschini
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 Posted: Wed 06 Nov, 2013 10:48 am Post subject: Honey Lane seax reproduction |
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Hi All,
A client asked me to make a reproduction of one of the Honey Lane seaxs and this is the result.
The Honey Lane seaxs are a series of excavated blades found during building works in London in housed in the British Musem. One of these is 'the one with the bent tang', that has caused much speculation as to whether it was made like this or damaged. It is now generally assumed to have been damaged.
My client asked for a reasonably high status knife with an 8" blade and we decided to inlay as per the original in silver and copper and so made the blade to suit with a wrought iron back and a shear steel edge. The blade was of course made by Owen Bush and the rest is by myself.
The handle is of course more speculative and has been built as a stack of elk antler, ebony, bronze and box wood. Clearly ebony is not of European origin, but with the extensive trading links this is entirely plausible. Either way it has also been made long, which again goes along with current thinking.
The scabbard uses elements from a couple of scabbards from Coppergate in York.
I hope you like it and of course any questions are very welcome.
Tod
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Fabrice Cognot
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Mark Griffin
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Ohhh good grief! Yummy. Its like a krispy creme donut 12 pack in historical cutlery form.
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Kai Lawson
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Gorgeous blade, gorgeous grip, phenomenal scabbard. Love that color!
"And they crossed swords."
--William Goldman, alias S. Morgenstern
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Martin Kealey
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| Posted: Wed 06 Nov, 2013 6:32 pm Post subject: saex |
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Tod:
You've conditioned me like Pavlov's dog. The quality of your work is so astounding, I start to salivate when I just see your name on a post, knowing that there are beautiful images to follow.
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Tim Lison
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Just plain AWESOME! I love the blade. The inlay is great! Sheath is great! It's all GREAT! Well done.
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Owen Bush
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looking good Tod.
I like how you have followed the back line into the handle.
forging soul into steel .
www.owenbush.co.uk the home of bushfire forge school of smithing .
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Daniel Wallace
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i just posted up else-where here in the forum how much i like copper inlay - and to me the best combination is copper and steel.
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Paul Mortimer
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Lovely work Tod.
Paul
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Robin Smith
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| Posted: Thu 07 Nov, 2013 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Nice nice nice... Love the inlay
A furore Normannorum libera nos, Domine
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G Ezell
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Love the inlay, and the sheath looks great too. The metal fittings on the sheath are quite intriguing, actually... are they based on an existing example?
" I have found that it is very often the case that if you state some absolute rule of history, there will be an example, however extremely unusual, to break it."
Gabriel Lebec
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Leo Todeschini
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Jeremy V. Krause
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Oh, to see this piece in person would be superb.
Congratulations to Tod and Owen
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This is a standard topic