Ibor Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 And here is an attempt to reconstruct saex of Leiden.Iron plus bone wild plus copper rivets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 amazing. you are a true craftsman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Any reason for the rivet design change? Very nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 *Extremely* true to what the original would have been back then. VERY IMPRESSED! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibor Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 Thanks Gentlemen.Daswulf original is ... probably one of riveted iron rivet and some kind of glue-binder.I did two and copper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 The neotribal metalsmiths experimented a lot using pitch (often mixed with powdered herbivore dung---PHD) as a "natural glue and filler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Thanks Ibor, I was just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Turtle Forge Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Very cool! Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POZ Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Nice to see a reproduction of a mainland seax rather than the typical broken back seaxs that you see so often, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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