05-27-2007, 05:34 AM
Thanks for the help Rick. Oak wouldn't have been my first choice and, I still might go with something else but, I probably won't because if I do it will bother me that I know the original was and, the one I made isn't........
All part of the fun :twisted: . Sometimes I think they did things the hard way just for fun.
Of course I have no idea what type of wood the guards where made from on this one. Oak would've been the logical choice for them.
I had never seen a Parazonium nifty
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Someone did a early Migration era spatha and, made the pommel cap from bone. I don't know what if any proof they had for this but, it looked good and, would explain why the pommel caps are missing on so many swords of this type.
You know put a sword in the ground for a thousand years plus the last thing that should perish is a bronze pommel cap but, I only know of one that has survived :?: .
Well I'm off to bed.
Take care, Dave.
All part of the fun :twisted: . Sometimes I think they did things the hard way just for fun.
Of course I have no idea what type of wood the guards where made from on this one. Oak would've been the logical choice for them.
I had never seen a Parazonium nifty
.Someone did a early Migration era spatha and, made the pommel cap from bone. I don't know what if any proof they had for this but, it looked good and, would explain why the pommel caps are missing on so many swords of this type.
You know put a sword in the ground for a thousand years plus the last thing that should perish is a bronze pommel cap but, I only know of one that has survived :?: .
Well I'm off to bed.
Take care, Dave.
Dave Akers.
