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19th April 2007, 12:32 AM | #1 |
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Something for some of you to drool over.
Wish it were mine.......
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19th April 2007, 02:32 AM | #2 |
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Really nice twistcore!
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19th April 2007, 04:39 AM | #3 |
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Sutton Hoo Moro Sword
Bought this sword about six months ago. The pattern is almost exactly that of the Sutton Hoo burial sword. It's interesting that two cultures 1500 years and halfway around the world could come up with identical blade patterning................Dave.
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19th April 2007, 07:23 AM | #4 |
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I am drooling, thanks for sharing.
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19th April 2007, 02:30 PM | #5 |
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very nice piece of work there
David,
Do you have images of the reverse side? Nice find there.....you have a good eye. Ric |
19th April 2007, 05:31 PM | #6 | |
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Dave, that is awesome, you are the Indiana Jones of Moro swords. Can you give us any more information on it? Do you have any ideas as two province and/or age? Did it come from somewhere in the US or elsewhere? It be intresting to see if these twist cores can be traced to an area or even a smith. Given the difficulty of doing the pattern welding I don't think there where many smiths doing it. |
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19th April 2007, 05:35 PM | #7 |
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It looks like 7-9 bar composite twist. 7 bar twist with two outer bars for the edge. Reminds me of the Turkish ribbon pattern seen on some yataghans
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19th April 2007, 06:54 PM | #8 |
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I see the twists but what are the straight lines? Were the twisted bars intermittently twisted, so there would be say 5-7 twists an untwisted portion and then more twists? I have not seen that before. Very nice.
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