falcata hafting

[M. Demetrius]

It looks too rugged for common deer antler.

Aristocratic or Royal deer? :lol:

(don't kill me)

[Caius Titius Verus]

Sorry for the delay guys! Here are some pics (finally), though it is hard to get a real impression of the thing on these...
My camera is acting really strange it looks like it uses up batteries every 2 seconds or so

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr50 ... 000729.jpg
http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr50 ... 000728.jpg



Thank you for the information José! yes on the pictures it does look like antler, it has such deep 'lines' in it??

Best regards and thanks!
Verus

[Virilis]

Thanks for the pics, Tom! It looks very sturdy and thinking about the sharpness of things Mark Morrow makes, OUCH hock: !! May I ask if it was very expensive & are you planning to hilt it soon?

[Caius Titius Verus]

Yes I'll be hilting it soon I hope:-) (just looking for the right materials...) Ive been really busy making first century roman shields for nearly our entire group past summer so everything went slower than I had planned for :-) )

No it wasn't that expensive considering Mark made it to my specifications(think around 240 euro shipping to Belgium included).

Best regards,
Tom

[Untilatie]

Good work, it really looks great!

But don't forget the edge of the back, the immense majority of falcata has it, like this:



(I found the photo in the net, with no sign of authory)

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Really!!!? This is great information! I didn't know they had double edge at the front! So they're not single edged swords,but 3/4 edged swords!
I wonder if the same happens with greek examples...
Tom,this is a really good price!
Khairete
Giannis

[Caius Titius Verus]

Yes I must say Mark is an EXCELLENT bladesmith! He gives you really what you want and every blade (be it roman, celtic,...or greek) is great (and this at a great price for a hand forged blade as Giannis already stated)

Wow thanks José I did not know this!!! It wasnt clearly visible on the example I gave Mark... It will be only a small adjustment to the blade so its well worth the pain of doing it :-) ) . Makes the thing all the more lethal ;-) )

Best regards and thanks again,
Verus

[Untilatie]

It doesn't matter!

[hoplite14gr]

West Greek colonist hoplites might have used the 274 edged version.
They do not let you touch things in the museums here so we might not know if the 3/4 edged method traveled eastwards.

From the bronze age we know olive wood for hafting
Goat horns also. Spelndit goat horn handles for knifes are made by the mountain sheperds with the best coming from Crete but it is a dying art.
Kind regards