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David Huggins
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 Posted: Thu 13 Dec, 2012 3:25 am Post subject: Valsgarde 7 spatha I and scabbard. |
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Well it was sometime in coming from the placing of the initial commission but this was to be expected as Patrick has a long waiting list but finally in the summer the completed sword and scabbard arrived. Patrick has placed some images of the sword on his site here.
http://www.templ.net/english/weapons-antiquit...152-spatha
I must admit I am very pleased with the completed sword and scabbard.
regards
Dave
and he who stands and sheds blood with us, shall be as a brother.
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Matthew Bunker
Location: Somerset UK Joined: 02 Apr 2009
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He missed a bit....
Amazing work. I hope you'll be very happy together.
"If a Greek can do it, two Englishman certainly can !"
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Carl W.
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That's just ridiculous. Wow. Congratulations!!!
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Jean-Carle Hudon
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Stunning piece (s) of work ! This really elevates the repro market to another level.
All for now, got to get out and buy a few more lottery tickets...
Bon coeur et bon bras
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Andy Ternay
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Absolutely beautiful; both the sword and the scabbard! May I ask what kind of wood the grip is made from?
Last edited by Andy Ternay on Sat 15 Dec, 2012 5:45 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Robin Smith
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I am soooo incredibly jealous right now. Stunningly beautiful work!
I have a project in the works at the moment, but I think after that the next thing I will be interested in is a ring-sword. In the mean time though I will drool over this. Absolutely wonderful piece... Very cool!
A furore Normannorum libera nos, Domine
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John Wills
Location: Northamptonshire UK Joined: 20 Jun 2012
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Excellent work, look forward to seeing it in the flesh sometime.
grim gušplega, ęr we gofol syllon!
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Johan Gemvik
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David, the sword is simply perfect!
Patrick is a master swordmaker and artist all in one. The lines, the proportions, he has such an amazing eye for detail.
I was leafing through his sword photos on his website to show my also historically inerested friends. It's so beautiful, it makesyou dream of having a sword like that. And now you do. One day I will too.
"The Dwarf sees farther than the Giant when he has the giant's shoulder to mount on" -Coleridge
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Stefan Hanson
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Dave, I almost cried when seeing this sword. Barta is a magician and you are a lucky bastard ;-) In fact when it comes to these swords and scabbards i cannot even choose which is the most beautiful...BOTH I guess !
btw with your vast archive... Which vendel period sword would you consider is the finest of them all ?
what a christmas gift
Stefan
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David Huggins
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| Posted: Mon 17 Dec, 2012 12:21 am Post subject: Valsgarde 7 spatha and scabbard |
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Thanks guys for the comments and I'm sure Patrick will be equally grateful for your appreciation. It's a hard question you ask Stefan, I choose the Valsgarde7 spatha and scabbard mainly because its a part of an ongoing long term project but also because out of the two swords in the inhumation it has the most complete scabbard and because it is a ring pommel spatha. I would say I like all of the Vendel-Valsgarde swords but perhaps another stand out fav would be the Vendel I spatha because of the fantastic applied art.
The recreated spatha here is: overall length 897mm, blade length 736mm, blade width 49mm max, point of balance 100mm before the lower guard, weight 1480g. All bronze parts of the sword are gilted. The blade is with herring-bone pattern, with hardened steel edges. The guards are from two gilted hollow pieces (with wood core) and iron part inlayed by silver wire in the middle. The handle is from ebony wood. Metal parts of the handle and the pommel are engraved, on the face part of the pommel is a cloisonné work with 13 garnets from Tanzania, inlays 1,5mm thick. The engraved scabbard is made from nut wood covered by red cow leather.
best
Dave
and he who stands and sheds blood with us, shall be as a brother.
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Kai Lawson
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Wowwwww. That looks great. Did you choose ebony for the grip, or did Mr. Barta? Would horn or stained wood have been favored historically?
Also, do you have it (at hand)? Will you share how it feels in-hand?
"And they crossed swords."
--William Goldman, alias S. Morgenstern
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David Huggins
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| Posted: Wed 19 Dec, 2012 12:33 am Post subject: Valsgarde 7 spatha and scabbard |
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Hi
The choice of ebony was Mr Barta's although I did not specify the type of wood to be used I would perhaps have preferred a native species but still it suits me fine.
Unfortunately I have no photos of the spatha in my hand, suffice to say though it is extremely comfortable and light in my hand.
best
Dave
and he who stands and sheds blood with us, shall be as a brother.
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Wilhelm S.
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Its gorgeous my friend. Congratulations.
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Kevin Lehr
Location: Alexandria, Virginia, USA Joined: 17 Jan 2015
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Very nice work!
The leather tooling does not match that on the original:
http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/valsgarde.html
But it's a good attempt.
This is one instance that seems to prove that leather tooling WAS employed in the past, something that's very helpful in the work I'm doing. Amazing that any of this has survived the ages.
I'm jealous!
Enjoy your sword!
Kevin Lehr
Owner/General Manager
Saxon Shield and Leather
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Jerry Monaghan
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Hi David
I don't know how I missed this post but that is one stunning sword congratulations to you and Patrick.
Regards
Jerry Monaghan
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Matthew Bunker
Location: Somerset UK Joined: 02 Apr 2009
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This is one instance that seems to prove that leather tooling WAS employed in the past, something that's very helpful in the work I'm doing. Amazing that any of this has survived the ages.
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The leather is not tooled. It is very, very thin skin product (impossible to say if it was tanned or not) laid over the carved wood of the scabbard.
Leather was tooled in this period (and throughout the early medieval) but it's usually to be found on knive/seax sheaths (plenty of surviving examples) rather than sword scabbards. Scabbards were decorated either by laying the skin product over designs carved directly into the scabbard or moulded over cordwork applied to the wooden core.
"If a Greek can do it, two Englishman certainly can !"
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