08-22-2008, 08:44 PM
I won't argue with a photographic cross-section; that would be foolish. But that refers to the Haltern blade; this other one might or might not be constructed the same way. (That could be nondestructively determined if one had access to a high-powered X-ray machine.)
(I'll grant that scientific parsimony suggests that the known ancient construction is more likely than the known modern construction, though both are equally possible; again, no argument there.) But if I were making a modern replica, I'd opt for the stronger blade.
(I'll grant that scientific parsimony suggests that the known ancient construction is more likely than the known modern construction, though both are equally possible; again, no argument there.) But if I were making a modern replica, I'd opt for the stronger blade.
Wayne Anderson/ Wander
