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Morgan Bridi
Location: Morgantown, WV Joined: 01 Apr 2006
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 Posted: Tue 30 May, 2006 8:58 pm Post subject: Historically appropriate falchion pommels. |
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Hello all! I've lurked around here for a while, registered, but only now have a question I feel is worth asking. I picked up a Del Tin falchion blade from Atlanta Cutlery back when they had that sale, and now that I'm home for the summer I have access to the tools I need to hilt the thing.
I've got a nice block of steel ready to be ground into shape to make a pommel, but I'm not sure what form would be most appropriate for a falchion of the mid-15th century. I'm shooting for something in the style of southern or central Europe, Italian possibly.
A disc pommel would suffice, but would a scent-stopper or even a fishtail be appropriate? I think that would add some visual appeal to the finished product, if it's within the realm of plausibility.
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Wolfgang Armbruster
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I guess scent stoppers were quite common, but I've never seen a Falchion with a gothic fishtail pommel.
Original piece and the recreation by Peter Johnsson
Text: | Quote: | | Falchion, circa 1500 AD. Shot of the original in the Deutsches Klingenmuseum, Solingen, together with Peter’s reproduction. |
( http://bjorn.foxtail.nu/hand_eng.htm )
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