08-20-2017, 01:32 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-20-2017, 02:38 AM by Dan Howard.)
There are no surviving aspis artefacts with tool marks consistent with an adze. There are no illustrations depicting an aspis being made with an adze. There are no texts mentioning an aspis being made with an adze. This method of construction is empty speculation. There is more evidence for the aspis being made on a lathe than any other method of construction. If we can't replicate the method today, it is because we have lost the skills, not because the anoients were stupid. IMO they used a lathe that spins horizontally, not the vertical ones we have today.
If you want to make one quickly today then just look up this guy.
I think this is the earliest illustration of a wood turning lathe (from Tut's tomb). It spins horizontally, not vertically. Looks like they are making some kind of cup - hollowing it out from the top down.
If you want to make one quickly today then just look up this guy.
I think this is the earliest illustration of a wood turning lathe (from Tut's tomb). It spins horizontally, not vertically. Looks like they are making some kind of cup - hollowing it out from the top down.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books