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Eric R
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 Posted: Sun 12 Aug, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject: Attaching flanges on a mace? |
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Hello,
How did they used to attach the flanges on maces in Europe? Did they cut slots? Did they use rivets?
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Bruno Giordan
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| Posted: Sun 12 Aug, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: Attaching flanges on a mace? |
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| Eric R wrote: | Hello,
How did they used to attach the flanges on maces in Europe? Did they cut slots? Did they use rivets? |
I would say forge welded, maybe through slots.
the two rebnaissance one I could see were atatched flawlessly, almost misteriously, so I assume a perfect forge weld.
BTW, they were very light, two wonderfully carved hollow tubes with exquisitly executed flanges.
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Alex Oster
Location: Washington and Yokohama Joined: 01 Mar 2004
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Could they be cast? Maybe then ground to finish? Just a passing thought.
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Craig Johnson
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| Posted: Sun 12 Aug, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject: Maces |
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Evenin folks
The mace flanges are usually keyed into a slot and sometmes copper brazed into place. Those that seem to be intregal to the shaft would have to have been forged or stock removal and neither is a particularly effiecent construction method. The small style of early mace head are forged but these consist of a limited number of spikes or slim flages that would have been cut or forged from a block.
The gothic style of flanged mace is almost always separate flanges added to a core shaft.
Best
Craig
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Michael Ekelmann
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Weren't some of the earlier maces found, circa 9-12th century, cast bronze? Though, IIRC, most of those were spiked or knobbed, rather than flanged. How would s smith go about forgewelding something like a mace?
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Dan Howard
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Some flanged maces seem to have been made by "stock removal" The flanges aren't added, the hollows are cut away.
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This is a standard topic