Vulpius Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 (edited) Hi All ! First post here. I am from The Netherlands. Have recently started forging as a hobby and want to specialize in Iron Age, Roman and Frankish/Saxon weaponary, presently spearheads, arrowheads and knives. This is the latest attempt, a replica of a Late Roman knife found at the Donderberg (Thunder mountain ) in Rhenen, The Netherlands. The antler grip is on request, the chances are higher the original had a wooden grip. The slight ridge between blade and grip is an original feature ! Edited January 10, 2009 by Vulpius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
element Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Looking good, its cool to see replicas of what the smiths use to make. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaming S Forge Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Welcome. That is a fine looking piece. I look forward to seeing more of your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triw Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Nice job Robert, and I also will look fore ward to more of your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Welcome aboard Robert, glad to have you. What are the dimensions of the knife? Nicely done. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulpius Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 Thanks guys! The blade is 6 # or 15 cm as in the original. The handle is 25 mm (bit less then an inch) across at the blade. I believe they call a point like this a clip point, it was also in the original, of course. I am presently doing some seax blades, those are a bit later (600 - 800 ad) then this piece. Most seax "replica's" one see's are firments of the imagination, so I want to do some historicly correct ones. Found a book with a lot of Frankish grave finds, am working from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhunter Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 thats nice I like historical repos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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