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Marcin Sobala
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PostPosted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 4:36 am    Post subject: Some daggers from newbie :)         Reply with quote

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 Happy 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.








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Marcin Sobala
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PostPosted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 4:41 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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.








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PostPosted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 4:47 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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 Happy









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Marcin Sobala
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PostPosted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 4:57 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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 Happy 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





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PostPosted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 5:12 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Very, very nice!
I hope you will continue contributing. The messer was my absolute favorite of these items. Very nice work!

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PostPosted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 5:30 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Very beautiful pieces. I especially like the red tinted birch handles on one of the eating sets.
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PostPosted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 6:07 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Where have you been all this time? Fantastic work! Beautiful!......McM
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PostPosted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 9:23 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I think your work looks very nice and very thoughtful. Well done!
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PostPosted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 9:35 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Very nice work - thanks for posting!
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PostPosted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 10:18 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 10:54 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hello Marcin. I'm glad to see you here Big Grin
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PostPosted: Sun 24 Nov, 2013 11:30 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Mon 25 Nov, 2013 3:42 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hello!

Thanks for such a warm welcome, guys! Happy

@ Mark- I've been in my cave, learning, forging and grinding Happy
@ 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 Happy 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 Big Grin


Small lathe, old soviet style :P Date of production around 1960, weights 300 kilos. Unfortunately her abielieties hasn't been tested yet Wink


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! Happy

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PostPosted: Mon 25 Nov, 2013 4:25 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Jealous as hell............Way jealous. You just stay in your cave......and keep on creating these works of art! Beautiful!!!........McM
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PostPosted: Thu 12 Dec, 2013 11:47 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Stunning work, Marcin, absolutely beautiful!
I love how you just show up out of nowhere with your amazing pieces...

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