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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Greetings folks!
By request, I am posting some pictures of one of the recent restoration projects I have done. These first 2 pictures are of the original piece with the hilt wrapped in later twisted brass wire. I took that off and discovered that there were extra holes drilled into the wood to place the ends of different strands of twisted wire. |
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Then I drew out the design on sheet silver and repoussed, cut, and stamped the top band.
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Location: Louisville, KY
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After that I then cut and hammer bent the other silver bands into shape.
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I then soldered the silver bands, placed them on the hilt, and wrapped the spaces in hemp (lacquering the hemp).
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Here are the final results:
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Kuwait
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Wow! nice work Jose :-) Do you also work on items from other cultures?
Lotfy |
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