Finally, thanks to my very good friend and fellow forumite Detlef I was able to add this wonderful copper bladed gunong to my collection. This is only the third one of these that I have ever seen, The first one was listed on epray a few years ago and unfortunately I was out bid on it and though I hoped it was someone here on the forum who won it I have never seen it again. Unfortunately I lost the photos of it as well as quite a few others when I had the bad luck of having my computer crash without having a backup of my photos. The second was one that was won kast year by Blue Lander and can be seen here;
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...r+blade+gunong Below are a couple photos showing both before and after views of the one I now have in my collection. Other than being carried for their talismanic properties to help protect their owners from magic from those who wish to do them harm they were if used supposed to produce a wound that would not heal and eventually lead to the demise of the person stabbed with one. Though the luks look rather pointed in the photos for some reason, they are actually very round. Any comments or other information anyone would like to share on this piece would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
Robert