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Marcin Sobala
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Posted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 4:36 am Post subject: Some daggers from newbie :) |
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Hello!
It's my first post here, on myArmoury, after few years of watching and reading- thanks for all that knowledge and pieces of beauty which you share!
I'd like to show you some of my works, it would be pleasure to know what do you think of them. My speciality are daggers, but I'll also show some other sharp stuff So feel free to ask and comment, I'm eager to listen!
Best regards, Marcin
Rondel dagger based on the dagger from the Royal Armouries, Leeds. Spring steel blade with steel button shaped rondels and bog oak handle. Nickel siler reinforcing band and brass wire inlay. Overal lenght 62,5cm, blade 51 cm long, 31mm wide, 5mm thick. Scabard made out of three layers of non-waxed leather with nickel silver chape. Weights 470 grams.
https://www.facebook.com/marcin.soballa
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Marcin Sobala
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Posted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 4:41 am Post subject: |
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Another rondel dagger, this time based on customer drawings. Spring steel blade with bog oak handle and bog oak plates. All fittings are silver coated brass. Wooden scabbard.
https://www.facebook.com/marcin.soballa
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Marcin Sobala
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Posted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 4:47 am Post subject: |
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Messer based on photos of Silesian artifact. Spring steel blade, steel fittings and water buffalo horn handle scales. Natural leather covered wooden scabbard. Dimensions will be added later, when I find them
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Last edited by Marcin Sobala on Sun 24 Nov, 2013 5:01 am; edited 1 time in total
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Marcin Sobala
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Posted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 4:57 am Post subject: |
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And few eating sets:
Triple eating set for a chef. High speed steel blades 2,5mm thick, with ash burl/brass/buffalo horn handles. Leather scabbard. Big knife has a blade 170 mm long and 52 wide.
A little eating set, made out mostly of snippets Tool steel blade, bone/horn, bronze and red tinted birch.
Simple eating set. Tool steel, black buffalo horn and brass fittings enclosed in leather scabbard. Some says it's "girlish" ;P
Best regards, M.
https://www.facebook.com/marcin.soballa
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Bjorn Hagstrom
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Posted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 5:12 am Post subject: |
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Very, very nice!
I hope you will continue contributing. The messer was my absolute favorite of these items. Very nice work!
There is nothing quite as sad as a one man conga-line...
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Greg E
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Posted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 5:30 am Post subject: |
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Very beautiful pieces. I especially like the red tinted birch handles on one of the eating sets.
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Mark Moore
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Posted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 6:07 am Post subject: |
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Where have you been all this time? Fantastic work! Beautiful!......McM
''Life is like a box of chocolates...'' --- F. Gump
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Joe Fults
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Posted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 9:23 am Post subject: |
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I think your work looks very nice and very thoughtful. Well done!
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
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Aaron Hoard
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Posted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 9:35 am Post subject: |
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Very nice work - thanks for posting!
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Tim Lison
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Posted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 10:18 am Post subject: |
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Gorgeous! I love the long rondels and the messer. The placement of the nagel on the messer looks odd to me. I see that it was that way in the original, I wonder if the first finger was meant to go over it? Interesting...
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Michal Plezia
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Posted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 10:54 am Post subject: |
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Hello Marcin. I'm glad to see you here
www.elchon.com
Polish Guild of Knifemakers
The sword is a weapon for killing, the art of the sword is the art of killing. No matter what fancy words you use or what titles you put to
it that is the only truth.
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Ian Hutchison
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Posted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 11:30 am Post subject: |
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Welcome Marcin,
Really nice work. I especially like the first rondel and the eating sets, looks like nice attention to detail and standard of finish.
'We are told that the pen is mightier than the sword, but I know which of these weapons I would choose.' - Adrian Carton de Wiart
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Marcin Sobala
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Posted: Mon 25 Nov, 2013 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Hello!
Thanks for such a warm welcome, guys!
@ Mark- I've been in my cave, learning, forging and grinding
@ Tim- unfortunately I don't know any details about that messer, but I agree that the nagel placed like this is rarely seen. Below there are some photos of messer of similar period and territory, with "nagel" on the handle, not on the guard, too.
And some photos- this time, besides more daggers, I would like to show you some of my toys I realize that many of you have much superior workshops, but those few little things are with me for short time and I'm still very happy to finaly own them
Small lathe, old soviet style :P Date of production around 1960, weights 300 kilos. Unfortunately her abielieties hasn't been tested yet
Belt grinder with vavariable frequency drive.
Heat treatment oven with digital temperature control.
And a some stuff: messer, eaitng set and sword scabbard with fittings.
Eating set, tool steel blade, bog oak handle with brass fittings ab brass & silver inlays.
Messer based on Silsesian excavations, spring steel blade, bog oak handle adorned with sterling silver pinwork and wooden scabbard with nickel silver chape.
Thanks for visiting!
https://www.facebook.com/marcin.soballa
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Mark Moore
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Posted: Mon 25 Nov, 2013 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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Jealous as hell............Way jealous. You just stay in your cave......and keep on creating these works of art! Beautiful!!!........McM
''Life is like a box of chocolates...'' --- F. Gump
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Constantin von Bernuth
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Posted: Thu 12 Dec, 2013 11:47 am Post subject: |
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Stunning work, Marcin, absolutely beautiful!
I love how you just show up out of nowhere with your amazing pieces...
"I can resist everything - except temptation" (Oscar Wilde)
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