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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The Aussie Bush
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Here are the views obtained with rotation of the long axis of the sword. They show that tang width at various points along the hilt shows slight narrowing with progressive rotation from horizontal (0º) to vertical (90º), but not enough to suggest that this is a flat tang. The flattening is somewhat accentuated by the sword coming off the table as it was rotated, because of the effect of the gangya. Allowing for some parallax by referencing the width of the tang to the width of the cylindrical hilt at the same point, indicated little difference in width of the tang in each projection. This suggests a round tang IMHO.
Images have been rotated for ease of viewing the changes associated with rotation of the sword. 0º rotation (horizontal) 30º rotation 60º rotation 90º rotation (vertical) Last edited by Ian; 22nd April 2024 at 08:48 PM. |
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