3rd - 4th Century stone hilted Spatha

[brennivs - tony drake]

Hi Vindex source for the jade, I picked it up from a shop in Castle Douglas I ground one side down to sit on the shoulders. It is very difficult to pick up stone items that fit the bill so it has been on the back burnner until I had all the right pieces. The ballance was just came together as I made the hilt compared to hard wood it works quite well for longer blades.
MDF you are right there is no evidence for stone gaurds, but I think I have pictures of full jade handle swords but cannot put hands on them from a Russian museum ( but knowen my luck could turn out to be bronze :lol: :lol: ) Other than the chinese use of jade handled swords/daggers jade sword pieces are knowen from the Roman period.But if anyone out threr has any pics of what could be stone gaurds please post I just used a drill at slow speed and finished the hole with files but it was a nerve racking job, I drilled 3 holes for the slot. If I feel that it will not work I will just replace the gaurd with bone or antler
Regards Brennivs