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Anyone here made a replica Bronze Age artefact?

  • 01-11-2012 12:23pm
    #1
    tac foley
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    Just curious.

    A few years back I made a fullsize replica of the Dowlais sword at a weekend of bronze-working that was organised by Dave Chapman here at nearby Flag Fen in East Anglia.

    I polished it using an old method - pine resin on a sheepskin, and then the sticky sheepskin dragged through river sand of finer and finer grades as the polish took on.

    That took me three weeks of evenings.

    Facinating stuff!

    tac


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  • #2
    pueblo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭pueblo


    tac foley wrote: »
    Just curious.

    A few years back I made a fullsize replica of the Dowlais sword at a weekend of bronze-working that was organised by Dave Chapman here at nearby Flag Fen in East Anglia.

    I polished it using an old method - pine resin on a sheepskin, and then the sticky sheepskin dragged through river sand of finer and finer grades as the polish took on.

    That took me three weeks of evenings.

    Facinating stuff!

    tac


    Sounds interesting...any pics of the finished product?


  • #3
    tac foley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    pueblo wrote: »
    Sounds interesting...any pics of the finished product?


    See PM.

    Best

    tac


  • #4
    Gee Bag
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    I've wanted to do one of those courses with Dvid Chapman for ages. i just never seem to be free when they're on. There is an Irish group who do Bronze Age metallurgy stuff. Their website is pretty good.

    http://www.umha-aois.com/

    P.S. Can I see the pic of the sword as well?


  • #5
    tac foley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    My PC has a géas preventing me from posting directly from it. If you pm me I'll email you the pics and you can put them up here...

    I have two such swords - one is an unfinished but slightly cleaned-up version bought me by mrs tac as a gift, the following year she bought me the weekend to make another one. THAT is the one I completely finished with an oak grip.

    I also have a short ridged dagger, but I did not make that.


    tac


  • #6
    tac foley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    Aplogies - I meant the DowRIS sword.

    My wife is Welsh and that's MY excuse.

    See page 135 of 'Pre-Christian Ireland' by Peter Harbison for a line drawing of the sword....

    tac


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  • #7
    tac foley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    For some reason I am unable to post corrections to my text...also, I'm being told that my text is too short - the last one I posted had 231 characters....and this one is shorter, but got here.

    Hmmmmmm.

    tac


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