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15th August 2012, 06:34 PM
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the 2nd hilt's tang opening can't be seen from the way it's displayed at the museum. i think next time i'll bring a mirror and a flashlight, to get that angle where we can see what we need to see.
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15th August 2012, 06:37 PM
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next up are these two 'hilts', in which one has a circular hole for the tang, while the other has a rectangular hole where the tang passes.
i put quote marks on the word hilt above, because i have doubts whether these are hilts at all. but for the time being, let's go by what the museum says. |
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15th August 2012, 06:39 PM
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now this is a real nice gold hilt. and the tang hole is clearly a square.
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15th August 2012, 06:41 PM
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the tang hole in this one is unique -- it's triangular!
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15th August 2012, 06:43 PM
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this guy i totally missed when i went to the museum this morning. we will see later.
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15th August 2012, 06:46 PM
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another rectangular tang hole, and part of the tang can actually be seen on the specimen.
note: all these pics i'm posting are being cobbled from various sources, but i personally checked out the specimens at the museums, to find out the inferred tang shapes. |
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15th August 2012, 06:47 PM
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this hilt is too crumpled and damaged. thus it was impossible to find out what the tang's shape was.
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