03-17-2009, 03:15 PM
Marco,
The sword you have posted up a picture of is very similar to the well known sword from Hod Hill which is presently in the British Museum. Do you have anymore information on it?
As for bones, my grip is made from a calf's metatarsal, and the gaurd is made from an adult cow's metatarsal. The pommel is made from a section of an adult cow's femur and the caps which form the top and bottom of the pommel are made from peices of a cow's shank bone, this being the only bone which has reasonably flat sections which are thick enough, which makes it a very popular bone with professional bone carvers. I also made the plugs for the ends of the guard from pieces of shank bone.
As an alternative, to the straight guard that I have made, you could go for a circular guard as featured on both the Mainz and Dorchester bone handle assemblages. A circular guard should be made from a femur, but should be the part of the femur which flares out slightly, rather than the parallel section slightly higher up the bone which is suitable for the pommel. You would need to make caps for it like the ones necessary for the pommel. A number of circular bone caps of this sort are known.
Crispvs
Oh, and by the way, I am not a professional in this either.
The sword you have posted up a picture of is very similar to the well known sword from Hod Hill which is presently in the British Museum. Do you have anymore information on it?
As for bones, my grip is made from a calf's metatarsal, and the gaurd is made from an adult cow's metatarsal. The pommel is made from a section of an adult cow's femur and the caps which form the top and bottom of the pommel are made from peices of a cow's shank bone, this being the only bone which has reasonably flat sections which are thick enough, which makes it a very popular bone with professional bone carvers. I also made the plugs for the ends of the guard from pieces of shank bone.
As an alternative, to the straight guard that I have made, you could go for a circular guard as featured on both the Mainz and Dorchester bone handle assemblages. A circular guard should be made from a femur, but should be the part of the femur which flares out slightly, rather than the parallel section slightly higher up the bone which is suitable for the pommel. You would need to make caps for it like the ones necessary for the pommel. A number of circular bone caps of this sort are known.
Crispvs
Oh, and by the way, I am not a professional in this either.
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