Does the original have an iron inlay in the blade fuller? It seems to be that way from the photo.
Excellent - thank you Tim. I have Hilda Ellis Davidson's book but it's back in England, and it's been a while since I read it. I really must secure a copy of Ian Pierce's 'Swords of the Viking Age' though. If my limited knowledge serves, type Q swords emerged in the latter part of the Viking age; but I'd be very interested to know how common they were, and where they tended to pop up geographically.
| Tim Lison wrote: |
| The Lough Gur sword is one of two examples of a type Q viking sword documented in "Swords of the Viking Age" by Ian Pierce. It is also briefly mentioned in "The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England" by Hilda Ellis Davidson. I'm attaching two other photos that were taken by a myArmoury member(Jeroen Zuiderwijk? Thanks for the photos!)at the museum where the swords are located(It's in the UK). I sent these photos to Mark to help him make this sword. (Again thanks Jeroen!)
-Tim |
Congratulations on owning this sword and having it made. I can see now that this is a distinct type of pommel meant to be a single unit and it looks very attractive this way.
In my comments earlier I only noticed that a two part pommel would also work visually and might be also an attractive alternate design, but seeing the original on which the custom sword is based on, I can now better understand the choice: A type of pommel that has it's own appeal.
Again, very nice and the design collaboration with Mark seems a very positive experience.
As I said before, this is a very underrepresented catagory of sword. The only other sword of this type I have seen made by a modern smith is Dennis Boas' L6 cutter from Kevin Cashen. I'm not sure if it's based on a specific sword but it has a similar hilt design.
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| Does the original have an iron inlay in the blade fuller? It seems to be that way from the photo. |
Steve- The original does have iron inlay on both sides.
Edit- I found the pics of the inlay, well one side at least.
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| James A. Vargscarr wrote: |
| Excellent - thank you Tim. I have Hilda Ellis Davidson's book but it's back in England, and it's been a while since I read it. I really must secure a copy of Ian Pierce's 'Swords of the Viking Age' though. If my limited knowledge serves, type Q swords emerged in the latter part of the Viking age; but I'd be very interested to know how common they were, and where they tended to pop up geographically. |
James- Petersen lists 122 type Q viking swords spanning from the beginning of the 10th century through the first quarter of the 11th.
I usually don't like blackened fittings, but those just go beautifully with the buffalo grip. Very nice!
Thanks to all for the wonderful comments about this piece! It was great working with Tim on this project.
Best,
Matt
Best,
Matt
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