Info Favorites Register Log in
myArmoury.com Discussion Forums

Forum index Memberlist Usergroups Spotlight Topics Search
Forum Index > Historical Arms Talk > Iron age weapons Reply to topic
This is a standard topic  
Author Message
Andrew W.




Location: Devon,UK
Joined: 08 Jul 2006

Posts: 7

PostPosted: Sun 09 Jul, 2006 2:41 am    Post subject: Iron age weapons         Reply with quote

I am interested in British Iron Age weapons,primarily because of interest a few years back in re-enactment from the period.Myself being 'handy'with crafts,I have made replicas of weapons from the period.To date,a fairly accurate copy of The stanwick sword found by Sir Mortimer Wheeler.My interest now is daggers from the period,I have made one,the blade scaled from the find from Ham Hill in somerset,but with a wood and bronze handle as opposed to the original bronze and bone.I am now making another,again with a wooden handle.I have scoured the 'net' looking for any information pertaining to wooden handled weapons,and remember the artistic depictions done by the artist Angus Mc Bride,does anyone know where he got his information from,is there a source of information about this.
View user's profile Send private message
Chuck Russell




Location: WV
Joined: 17 Aug 2004
Reading list: 46 books

Posts: 936

PostPosted: Sun 09 Jul, 2006 7:27 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Nate B posts on this board offen, you should contact him. he's a good guy and knows his stuff!

also, check out this book. it needs to be on our bookself but i couldnt figure out how to add it:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0714123234/s...60?ie=UTF8
British Iron Age Swords And Scabbards (Hardcover)
by I. M. Stead, Janet Lang
View user's profile Send private message Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
Shane Allee
Industry Professional



Location: South Bend, IN
Joined: 29 Aug 2003

Posts: 506

PostPosted: Sun 09 Jul, 2006 2:42 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Mc Bride's drawings can be a bit all over the place when it comes to his Iron age stuff, so that is usually best taken with a grain of salt. The Stead book Chuck mentioned is the newest and probably about the best out there right now for British swords of the period. Piggott did some articles on the subject and a classification as well that you might look into. Seems as if a good many of the non-anthro daggers found were somewhat exotic examples with continental La tene II influence. I know that I don't remember the dagger specifically, so I'll take a look and see if I have anything on it.

Shane
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website


Display posts from previous:   
Forum Index > Historical Arms Talk > Iron age weapons
Page 1 of 1 Reply to topic
All times are GMT - 8 Hours

View previous topic :: View next topic
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum






All contents © Copyright 2003-2024 myArmoury.com — All rights reserved
Discussion forums powered by phpBB © The phpBB Group
Switch to the Basic Low-bandwidth Version of the forum