Posts: 4,194 Location: Northern VA,USA
Sun 17 Jul, 2005 3:57 pm
| Nathan Robinson wrote: |
| I think you have bronze pieces in there, Bill, not brass... I remember oggling that catalog photo and reading that description dozens of times "back in the day" :) |
You're right, I mispoke. Mine also didn't have the polished steel elements, so I took some silver paint and dry brushed it on. The results came out quite nice. (Mine's also a custom pierced blade)
I had some pics in this thread:
http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=1563&
Posts: 1,812 Location: Washington DC metro area, USA
Sun 17 Jul, 2005 4:07 pm
| Bill Grandy wrote: |
| .... (Mine's also a custom pierced blade) |
Bill, The pierced blade is an interesting feature, which I don't recall seeing before. Was that commonly done?
Posts: 53 Location: Sweden
Mon 18 Jul, 2005 2:42 am
Wery nice looking sword there, congrats. :cool:
Worthy of a king.
Handling - I am no fencer either, but i too liked the handling when i tried a (blunt) out.
Posts: 4,194 Location: Northern VA,USA
Mon 18 Jul, 2005 3:41 pm
| Steve Grisetti wrote: |
| Bill, The pierced blade is an interesting feature, which I don't recall seeing before. Was that commonly done? |
I'm not sure quite how common it was, but there's definately several historical examples. The majority I've seen are on daggers, but some rapiers exist, such as these from the photo albums:
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Posts: 11,553 Location: San Francisco
Mon 18 Jul, 2005 3:45 pm
Yeah, pierced blades are common on Renaissance-era weapons. It's a feature I particularly love.
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