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Sa'ar Nudel
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 Posted: Mon 30 Mar, 2009 4:25 am Post subject: Crusader sword |
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I had the opportunity to handle this sword in person. Though appears to the eye as in "relic condition" it is very much alive, the blade can be flexed to 30-40 degrees and it springs back to true.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=9393
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Curator of Beit Ussishkin, regional nature & history museum, Upper Galilee.
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Ian Hutchison
Location: Louisiana / Nordrhein-Westholland Joined: 27 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Mon 30 Mar, 2009 7:37 am Post subject: Re: Crusader sword |
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| Sa'ar Nudel wrote: | I had the opportunity to handle this sword in person. Though appears to the eye as in "relic condition" it is very much alive, the blade can be flexed to 30-40 degrees and it springs back to true.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=9393 |
Very nice. I'm suprised reading the linked thread to see that not many have been found in the area.
'We are told that the pen is mightier than the sword, but I know which of these weapons I would choose.' - Adrian Carton de Wiart
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Sa'ar Nudel
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| Posted: Mon 30 Mar, 2009 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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Indeed, only a handfull. Arrowheads aside, found by thousands.
Curator of Beit Ussishkin, regional nature & history museum, Upper Galilee.
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