Yes - but sorry:

That´s a "company secret" (of the museum). :\ I have to respect that! (I want a future cooperation with the staff of this museum!)

The reconstruction of this sword is one of my next projects.

I have to buy the plated gold foil, the sword will be grinded and the hilt - the wooden parts - will be finished this week.

I have to use gold - it´s the only way to make a better sword then Jeroen´s one! :cool:

My "new" (refurbished second hand) hallstatt sword:

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Hilt, oiled and beeswaxed

Chape, antler-fixed (No finds of rivets in the chapes)

Decoration on the scabbard

All paintings with kaseine-colours.

That's an outstanding job Steve. It's nice to see others branching out into these less-covered areas. Very nice.

Ok, correct me if I'm mistaken, but does the workmanship in these very old blades seem to far surpass that of medievil swords? The tang flows as if one with the blade itself, not just like some necessary projection... Certainly got my attention!

Very nice, Steve. Excellent workmanship!!!

Yesterday i get my new bronze Mindelheim-sword from Neil Burridge.

Looks like a very-well-preserved original blade! :eek: Authentic alloy, clear lines, i have only to drill the holes for the rivets, to hammer the angle-nail for the pommel and to carve the hilt (wood or ivory).

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It´s a 1000gr-bronze-monster, length 83cm!

I love it!

That´s correkt - Neil work at the 1:1-reco of the Kemmathen-sword. It was with bronze pommel and hilt plates. (The original is in the Archaeologische Staatssammlung in Munich.)

A pic of my one - with customized-by-me-anglenail (heated and hammered out):

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(Probs to see the pic? Try: http://www.archaeoforum.de/viewtopic.php?t=905&start=15 )

Steve,
She's a deusey! Will you post a picture of the completed sword?

Doug G.

When i´ve finished the sword, i´ll post some pics.

Neil Burridge just send me an image of a mindelheim sword found the UK, the first one I've seen so far. It was found as part of the Llyn Fawr hoard, after which the last period of the bronze age was called (Llyn Fawr phase, 800-700BC). The sword is generally described as being iron, and the earliest occurence of iron in the UK. However, Neil noticed that the blade can never be iron, but has to be bronze. And I agree. The blade is far to crisp to be iron, and the patina is also typical for bronze. However, the hilt plates do look like they're iron! That's a pretty unique combination. So far I've seen bronze mindleheims with bronze hilt parts, iron mindelheims with bronze hilt parts and iron mindelheims with iron/bronze hilt parts. The blade looks very nice on this one, very close to the blade on the Kemmathen sword which Neil is selling.

One note: please don't redistribute the image. Neil asked for special permission for me to use it.

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it´s done (sorry, since 2006 i was a little busy):

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Hiltplates of hazlenut, glued with birchtar and riveted with bronze.

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Pommel of hazlenut too, hideglued on the hilt and fixed hot on the tang. There´s a bone disc under the bronze phalera for accurate pressure.

:D Jeroen! Jeroen!
Is that a copy of Cheiftan of Oss sword in these picture, from your photo album :D :cool:

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