Katzbalger found at excavation and restored.

asomotif · 23rd June 2013, 08:44 PM

Unbelievable, this relic turned into a sword again

fernando · 24th June 2013, 10:37 AM

Fascinating

VANDOO · 26th June 2013, 07:36 PM

AMAZING RESTORATION! I KNOW VERY LITTLE IN THIS FIELD BUT WILL MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS TO LOOK INTO. THE TOOLS MAY INDICATE THE TRADE OF THE OWNER OF THE SWORD OR BE TOOLS FOR SERVICING SOME DEVICE HE WAS IN CHARGE OF. YOU MAY GET QUITE A LOT OF INFORMATION IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THESE TOOLS AND THEIR USES PERHAPS IN A MEDEVIL TOOL FORUM. THERE SHOULD BE SOME GOOD INFORMATION FORTHCOMING ON THE SWORD AS THERE ARE MANY KNOWLEGABLE MEMBERS HERE. GOOD LUCK

Iain · 29th June 2013, 09:49 AM

Just a little bump for the thread as I think the restoration is fairly amazing - I can't recall seeing an example that looked that far 'gone' being brought back to anything like that condition. I'm rather curious how they did it!

fernando · 29th June 2013, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iain

... I can't recall seeing an example that looked that far 'gone' being brought back to anything like that condition...

Amen

CutlassCollector · 29th June 2013, 01:02 PM

Yes, I was thinking the same - it's hard to imagine that end result on the blade without some addition of new material but perhaps that's the difference between restoration and conservation.
It's certainly an amazing transformation and it would be interesting to know a little of the techniques involved. CC

E Farrell · 2nd July 2013, 11:16 PM

I thought I had seen something similar:

McNab, C. (Editor) (2010). Swords: A Visual History. London, Dorling Kindersley Limited.

Horrid book if you're looking for information, but not a bad place to find examples. Pages 150-154 are useful to you. I'll upload reduced images on here per forum rules, and imgur link to the full res versions of the scans. Apologies for doing it in parts; my scanner isn't large enough to do the entire two page spreads.

Both are German, dated 1662. A bit late for your date range, but the associated toolkit looks very, very similar. Perhaps an earlier occurrence of the same purpose?

Imgur links (should be sufficiently high-res to read what text there is):
http://i.imgur.com/Ha0i5Sz.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/FhSf3cR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3FTI5Ib.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SYJ91cP.jpg

2nd July 2013, 11:16 PM	#7
E Farrell Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 22	I thought I had seen something similar: McNab, C. (Editor) (2010). Swords: A Visual History. London, Dorling Kindersley Limited. Horrid book if you're looking for information, but not a bad place to find examples. Pages 150-154 are useful to you. I'll upload reduced images on here per forum rules, and imgur link to the full res versions of the scans. Apologies for doing it in parts; my scanner isn't large enough to do the entire two page spreads. Both are German, dated 1662. A bit late for your date range, but the associated toolkit looks very, very similar. Perhaps an earlier occurrence of the same purpose? Imgur links (should be sufficiently high-res to read what text there is): http://i.imgur.com/Ha0i5Sz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/FhSf3cR.jpg http://i.imgur.com/3FTI5Ib.jpg http://i.imgur.com/SYJ91cP.jpg Attached Images

23rd June 2013, 08:44 PM	#1
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,228	Unbelievable, this relic turned into a sword again

24th June 2013, 10:37 AM	#2
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Fascinating

26th June 2013, 07:36 PM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	AMAZING RESTORATION! I KNOW VERY LITTLE IN THIS FIELD BUT WILL MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS TO LOOK INTO. THE TOOLS MAY INDICATE THE TRADE OF THE OWNER OF THE SWORD OR BE TOOLS FOR SERVICING SOME DEVICE HE WAS IN CHARGE OF. YOU MAY GET QUITE A LOT OF INFORMATION IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THESE TOOLS AND THEIR USES PERHAPS IN A MEDEVIL TOOL FORUM. THERE SHOULD BE SOME GOOD INFORMATION FORTHCOMING ON THE SWORD AS THERE ARE MANY KNOWLEGABLE MEMBERS HERE. GOOD LUCK

29th June 2013, 09:49 AM	#4
Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,708	Just a little bump for the thread as I think the restoration is fairly amazing - I can't recall seeing an example that looked that far 'gone' being brought back to anything like that condition. I'm rather curious how they did it!

29th June 2013, 01:02 PM	#6
CutlassCollector Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Scotland Posts: 343	Yes, I was thinking the same - it's hard to imagine that end result on the blade without some addition of new material but perhaps that's the difference between restoration and conservation. It's certainly an amazing transformation and it would be interesting to know a little of the techniques involved. CC