01-19-2012, 02:51 AM
Quote: It is certianly the first TRUE Corinthian produced in the exact same way as the ancient Greeks in over 2,400 years.
What? Are they making a semi-cast from a handmade wax model and then work it over? Do they melt the bronze in a reconstructed melting oven with self-made charcoal, etc... ?
I read a few things on the homepage, claiming things which are are not exactly up to date with the academic discourse. E.g. the description of "pattern-welding" is IMO nonsense. What is to be seen on the originals is forging iron, which has, when corroded, a surface similar to flaky pastry. Also the comments about the different thicknesses of these helmets are not really correct methinks. Compare the detailed metallurgical analysis of greek helmets in:
H. Born, Die Helme des Hephaistos. Handwerk und Technik griechischer Bronzen in Olympia. München 2009.
Christian K.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.