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Rob Miller
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 Posted: Fri 02 Feb, 2007 10:28 am Post subject: Castle Keep,Celtic swords collection |
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just finished a job for a Hotel near Cambridge,a set of Celtic weaponry from Bronze age to Culloden,pic attached.i have posted further on the Castle Keep Forum,along with specs.its been an interesting project for me,giving a slight twist to some established examples.
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Russ Ellis
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| Posted: Fri 02 Feb, 2007 10:53 am Post subject: |
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Now that shows some diversity of work! Nice job Rob, I'm going to head on over to your site and check out some more pictures...
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Martin Wilkinson
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Gorgeous. Wonderful work, i really like the basket hilt and the dirk.
"A bullet you see may go anywhere, but steel's, almost bound to go somewhere."
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Patrick Kelly
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Rob,
It's great to see these completed, very nice all the way around. I'm looking forward to doing business with you down the road.
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Steve Grisetti
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Great new work, Rob! Do you intend to make any or all of the new models available for order?
"...dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly."
- Sir Toby Belch
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Rob Miller
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Hi Steve,Patrick.
thank you for your comments,it has really been an eye opener for me,there is something quite special about the Early styles,and wierd to see how it all comes full circle from the leaf blade to the dirk,which echoes the familair grip so well.
Steve,
I shall be making the Leaf and the Anthropomorphic sword part of my line i think,if there is interest.I know that they are a little off the traditional in parts,but i hope not as much as to not be a credible interpretation.
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Rob Miller
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| Posted: Wed 07 Feb, 2007 2:18 am Post subject: |
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some sized down pics of some of the work.
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Steve Grisetti
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Thanks for the added photos, Rob. I especially like the double fullered blade on the anthro hilt. The style and your craftsmanship on the hilt also look beautiful (though I'm not sure how historically accurate it is?).
"...dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly."
- Sir Toby Belch
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Rob Miller
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thanks steve,i was trying to base the design around the La Tene material that was available to me,its a nice blade i think.
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Shawn Shaw
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Is the anthromorphic hilt cast in a single piece and then fitted over the tang, or was there some other way you did it?
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Rob Miller
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| Posted: Thu 08 Feb, 2007 8:57 am Post subject: |
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i cast that with a ceramic core,the tang is peened over at the top.
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Lee O'Hagan
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| Posted: Thu 08 Feb, 2007 11:34 am Post subject: |
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Great work as always mate,
Cool to see pics of the newer stuff here,
Dont be a stranger to this area of the forum,more so as you work through stuff, 
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Steve Grisetti
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| Rob Miller wrote: | | thanks steve,i was trying to base the design around the La Tene material that was available to me,its a nice blade i think. |
I think that your hilt is crisper and more (?) stylish (?) than the historical examples that I have seen, including those in the illustration that you provided. I happen to like it very much.
"...dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly."
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Rob Miller
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Thanks Steve,and Lee,
I like to try and get a clean aesthetic on the interpretative pieces that i make,this means looking at existing styles and trying to project a 'what if' element into the mix,for instance the Leaf has very typical carving on the pommel top,whereas the guard is not typical,but not too far off i think.there are quite a few 'oddities' in the Historical sword that would take quite a leap of the imagination to get to.
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Rob Miller
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the new owner picks up the set this weekend,so i took a couple more shots of the leafblade before it goes.
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J.G. Grubbs
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| Rob Miller wrote: | | the new owner picks up the set this weekend,so i took a couple more shots of the leafblade before it goes. |
I LOVE THAT LEAF BLADE! Don't suppose you'd consider a similar project??? 
"The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour."
Samurai Proverb
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Posted: Sun 01 Apr, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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Really great looking work: On all of the swords shown in this Topic.
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Rob Miller
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| J.G. Grubbs wrote: | | Rob Miller wrote: | | the new owner picks up the set this weekend,so i took a couple more shots of the leafblade before it goes. |
I LOVE THAT LEAF BLADE! Don't suppose you'd consider a similar project??? |
absolutely James,I will be making a page up for that as soon as i can convince my Webmaster to get on the job.until then PM me for an idea on price.
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