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Danny Grigg
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Posted: Sat 08 Jan, 2011 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Nathan
Have you got more information about the original Dirk?
Is it in Vince's personal collection or a museum?
I look forward to seeing the replica added to your collections page with stats.
Thanks
Danny
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Nathan Robinson
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Danny Grigg
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Posted: Sat 08 Jan, 2011 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Nathan Robinson wrote: | I believe the original dirk is in the Royal Armouries, Leeds. |
Nathan
Thanks for that, found it on the Royal Armouries website:
X.285 Dirk. Scottish, about 1740
http://collections.royalarmouries.org/index.p...&pg=13
Does anyone know if its been published in any books?
Danny
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Nathan Robinson
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Danny Grigg
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Posted: Sat 08 Jan, 2011 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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Nathan
Thanks for that, I have that book. I should have looked there first.
Danny
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Henrik Bjoern Boegh
Location: Agder, Norway Joined: 03 Mar 2004
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Vince Evans wrote: | Henrik Bjoern Boegh wrote: |
I'm curious, does anyone ken if the original dirk handles were stained/dyed, like Vince does on his?
Cheers,
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When I did the Picture Trail “how to” photos about 10 years ago, for various reasons, I was using dyed maple for my dirk grips. Shortly thereafter, I switched to using walnut and briar wood for the majority of my grips.
I have an early-1800s era John MacLeod dirk that is made from a light colored wood and stained to a dark color. Most of the original Jacobite era dirks that I have seen are a dark brown or reddish brown color, many made from a burled wood. I have also seen several that had almost a reddish/orange color and some that were a light colored wood. There were a variety of woods used, some straight grain, some burled, probably whatever they had on hand. The grips have oxidized over time and I believe are a darker color now than when they were first made. |
Hi Vince,
I failed to see that there had been more posts in this thread and missed out on your post. Thank you for sharing your observations. I've seen plenty of different shades of colours on the dirks as well, and many of them seem to be misinterpreted to be bogoak. How obout the burning of the wood to enhance the patterns, do you think this was a fairly common thing to do? I think I've only seen one that I can definately say that this was done on.
When I make dirks now, I usually carve everything on the patterns, rather than burning it.
Cheers,
Henrik
Constant and true.
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