Info Favorites Register Log in
myArmoury.com Discussion Forums

Forum index Memberlist Usergroups Spotlight Topics Search
Forum Index > Makers and Manufacturers Talk > 4 rondel daggers Reply to topic
This is a standard topic  
Author Message
Leo Todeschini
Industry Professional



Location: Oxford, UK
Joined: 12 Nov 2006
Likes: 1 page

Spotlight topics: 1
Posts: 1,723

Feedback score: 100%
(3 total ▮ 100% positive)
PostPosted: Fri 28 Oct, 2016 10:19 am    Post subject: 4 rondel daggers         Reply with quote

Hi All,

Here is another set of pictures I forgot to post and I hope you like them. Of course and comments, thoughts or questions, please just fire away.

Here are 4 quite different rondel daggers.

The left hand is bone and horn with a heavily reinforced single edged blade, dated around 1480.

The second from left is all steel with a triangular blade and dated around 1520.

The second from right is a heavy single edged blade, with hollow steel rondels, boxwood grip and iron studs, dated around 1400.

The right hand is a heavily spined double edged blade, with steel rondels, horn grip and spacers and bone grip spacer and dated late 15thC.

Regards

Tod



 Attachment: 124.02 KB
IMGP8756.JPG


 Attachment: 87.64 KB
IMGP8757.JPG


 Attachment: 86.56 KB
IMGP8758.JPG


 Attachment: 94.95 KB
IMGP8759.JPG


 Attachment: 121.3 KB
IMGP8760.JPG


 Attachment: 114.6 KB
IMGP8761.JPG


 Attachment: 115.59 KB
IMGP8762.JPG


 Attachment: 136.18 KB
IMGP8763.JPG


 Attachment: 110.65 KB
IMGP8764.JPG


www.todsworkshop.com
www.todcutler.com
www.instagram.com/todsworkshop
https://www.facebook.com/TodsWorkshop
www.youtube.com/user/todsstuff1
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
K. Robert




Location: Poland
Joined: 06 Aug 2016
Likes: 4 pages

Posts: 56

Feedback score: None
PostPosted: Fri 28 Oct, 2016 10:55 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Cool, but why are some of these bent?
View user's profile Send private message
Leo Todeschini
Industry Professional



Location: Oxford, UK
Joined: 12 Nov 2006
Likes: 1 page

Spotlight topics: 1
Posts: 1,723

Feedback score: 100%
(3 total ▮ 100% positive)
PostPosted: Sat 29 Oct, 2016 4:42 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

K.Robert wrote
Quote:
Cool, but why are some of these bent?


Thanks and not sure what you mean. Some are single edged and so the blade is not symmetrical, one has a reinforced tip and so the end looks slightly stepped and one is triangular and so whatever direction you look at the blade it looks off centre (nature of the style).


I hope that helps

regards


Tod

www.todsworkshop.com
www.todcutler.com
www.instagram.com/todsworkshop
https://www.facebook.com/TodsWorkshop
www.youtube.com/user/todsstuff1
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
J. Nicolaysen




Location: Wyoming
Joined: 03 Feb 2014
Likes: 32 pages

Posts: 795

Feedback score: 100%
(1 total ▮ 100% positive)
PostPosted: Sat 29 Oct, 2016 7:59 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Tod, these are absolutely great! I'd happily buy a dagger from you every year, or month, if I could. Every one you do is unique but so perfect.

I don't see these listed on your website right now, though, so I don't have any idea of the prices...

My favorites are the 1st and the 4th. Great blade shape, hilts, everything. But the steel one is really nice too! Ah well...
View user's profile Send private message
Kai Lawson





Joined: 26 Aug 2010
Likes: 7 pages

Posts: 589

Feedback score: 100%
(1 total ▮ 100% positive)
PostPosted: Sat 29 Oct, 2016 8:00 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

That first bone and horn hilt is superb!!!! It looks great! I also very much like the studded grip, with tighter spirals than I've seen before. Great line up!
"And they crossed swords."
--William Goldman, alias S. Morgenstern
View user's profile Send private message
Alex Indman




Location: NYC
Joined: 13 Sep 2012

Posts: 167

Feedback score: 100%
(3 total ▮ 100% positive)
PostPosted: Sat 29 Oct, 2016 9:26 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Great looking daggers!

Those horn and bone grips shaped as double truncated cones with a thick spacer look really unexpected on a rondel dagger, almost like some Migration era sword grips. But I like the looks.

How was the top part of the horn and bone pommel constructed? Is it glued together out of many horn segments separated by thin bone plates?

Have you tried making sheath so that they expand at the top and enclose the rondel? I gather this was a common design for rondel daggers of the late XVth century.
I tried it once and it was a huge PITA to shape the leather so, even though my rondel was just 1" in diameter. Maybe there is some trick to it...


Alex.
View user's profile Send private message
Jon Makar




Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Joined: 07 May 2012
Likes: 30 pages

Posts: 47

Feedback score: None
PostPosted: Sun 30 Oct, 2016 1:12 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hi Tod,

Thoroughly enjoy the circa 1400 rondel! The studs in the grip are a beautiful and tactile "touch"! I also enjoy the utilitarian broader, single edged rondel daggers due to their obvious versatility!

Excellent work again,

Jon Makar
View user's profile Send private message
Leo Todeschini
Industry Professional



Location: Oxford, UK
Joined: 12 Nov 2006
Likes: 1 page

Spotlight topics: 1
Posts: 1,723

Feedback score: 100%
(3 total ▮ 100% positive)
PostPosted: Mon 31 Oct, 2016 1:28 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thanks guys, a great response and very kind words.

J.Nicolaysen wrote
Quote:
I don't see these listed on your website right now, though, so I don't have any idea of the prices...


These were all around about the £400 point.

Alex Indman wrote
Quote:
Great looking daggers!

Those horn and bone grips shaped as double truncated cones with a thick spacer look really unexpected on a rondel dagger, almost like some Migration era sword grips. But I like the looks.

How was the top part of the horn and bone pommel constructed? Is it glued together out of many horn segments separated by thin bone plates?

Have you tried making sheath so that they expand at the top and enclose the rondel? I gather this was a common design for rondel daggers of the late XVth century.
I tried it once and it was a huge PITA to shape the leather so, even though my rondel was just 1" in diameter. Maybe there is some trick to it...


The top thick part of the pommel was made from one piece, then there was a layer of bone and then a last layer of horn. The ribs were put in by cutting eight grooves and bonding in bone strips into those and after the whole piece was assembled the shaping and finishing was done.

Yes i have made rondels with cups and here is one from the past http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=279...tod+rondel A rather fancy example.

Regards

Tod

www.todsworkshop.com
www.todcutler.com
www.instagram.com/todsworkshop
https://www.facebook.com/TodsWorkshop
www.youtube.com/user/todsstuff1
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Alex Indman




Location: NYC
Joined: 13 Sep 2012

Posts: 167

Feedback score: 100%
(3 total ▮ 100% positive)
PostPosted: Mon 31 Oct, 2016 11:42 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Leo Todeschini wrote:

Yes i have made rondels with cups and here is one from the past http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=279...tod+rondel A rather fancy example.

That rondel is really fancy! So the "cup" was made as a separate piece and covered by separate pieces of leather. What was the "cup" actually made of, under that thin leather?
In the picture I found in Harold Peterson's book, I am pretty sure the "cup" is stretched out of one piece of leather with the sheath/scabbard. That is how I tried to do it, not very successfully.

Alex.
View user's profile Send private message


Display posts from previous:   
Forum Index > Makers and Manufacturers Talk > 4 rondel daggers
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