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Mateusz S.
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 Posted: Fri 22 Jan, 2016 8:49 am Post subject: Reconstruction of Alexandria sword |
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Hello,
Now, I make reconstruction of Alexandria sword from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).
Today I made engraved on the blade.
I plan to make 2 marks too. I mean cross on the one side and "m" one the second side of the blade.
When I do it, I will send the blade to hardening.
http://sulowskiswords.com
https://www.facebook.com/sulowskiswords
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Gregory J. Liebau
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| Posted: Fri 22 Jan, 2016 9:53 am Post subject: |
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I'm rather confused... Does the original sword have hilt plates riveted to the tang? Looking forward to your progress, Mateusz!
-Gregory
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Mateusz S.
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| Posted: Fri 22 Jan, 2016 10:22 am Post subject: |
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| Gregory J. Liebau wrote: | I'm rather confused... Does the original sword have hilt plates riveted to the tang? Looking forward to your progress, Mateusz!
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I think there are 2 rivets on the hilt.
I plan to make grip covered in leather and a little wider tang, because it is a big risk of break in this point.
Probably original sword has not been used. And we dont"t know how strong is this very narrow tang 
http://sulowskiswords.com
https://www.facebook.com/sulowskiswords
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Paul Watson
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| Posted: Fri 22 Jan, 2016 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Gregory J. Liebau wrote: | I'm rather confused... Does the original sword have hilt plates riveted to the tang? Looking forward to your progress, Mateusz!
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I have a vague recollection of an expert saying the scales on the hilt were clearly not original.
I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, but that which it protects. (Faramir, The Two Towers)
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Neil Melville
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| Posted: Sat 23 Jan, 2016 10:29 am Post subject: |
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Gregory J. Liebau wrote:
I'm rather confused... Does the original sword have hilt plates riveted to the tang?
I have noticed that a great many of the swords that were deposited in the Alexandria arsenal and were later transferred to Istanbul by the Ottomans, at some stage had new grips, a strip on each side of the tang, riveted to the tang. Whether they had lost their original grips or the new owners did not like them I don't know. But this is a common feature.
Neil
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Mateusz S.
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Mateusz S.
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This is a standard topic
