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Bronze age unfinished swords!| Jeroen Zuiderwijk |
Posted: Oct 28 2009, 07:20 PM
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Check these out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjcobain/3732163956/sizes/o/ Three swords found at Ballycrochan (Ireland presumably). Two are unfinished castings! |
  
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| Matthew Amt |
Posted: Oct 28 2009, 09:37 PM
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Ha, you guys were clowning around at that last casting workshop in Ireland, weren't you? Come on, fess up! The other side of the tang is inscribed "Gotcha! JZ". Bwa ha ha!
All seriousness aside, those are too cool! They look just like the ones lying buried, forlorn, and neglected on my workbench! Matthew |
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| Jeroen Zuiderwijk |
Posted: Oct 30 2009, 02:08 PM
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Probably someone buying swords, and never got around to finish them all in his lifetime either  It's great to see that they are exactly the same as the ones Neil cast in clay m |
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| Eric L. |
Posted: Oct 31 2009, 05:37 PM
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Into the Pot... Group: Members Posts: 61 Member No.: 142 Joined: 24-January 07 |
It is amazing just how similar Neil's versions look compared to the originals. Very awesome.
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| Jeroen Zuiderwijk |
Posted: Nov 1 2009, 12:08 AM
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Yeah, just compare it to this clay cast sword by Neil: http://1501bc.com/files/Img_0019.jpg The only difference is that on the original, the feeding cup was removed. Otherwise they're pretty much identical (aside from a few tiny differences in shape due to not being the exact same sword of course). |
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