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23rd June 2017, 05:24 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Upstate New York, USA
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Very, very nice.
Rick, I think it is aesthetics and the nature of forged iron. In contrast to the example I recently presented, this beauty shows mirrored rods forming the core with very little loss of the material (by that, I mean the periphery of the rod is responsible for this pattern.) The wide mirrored rods were also used in Migration Period and Viking Age Europe and were likely flattened before installation to achieve the width of the bands, the pattern being retained, just compressed. A great piece of smithing!
The other freshly etched kris with narrower pattern-welded bands and fullers shows a pattern from deeper in the rods, likely exposed by stock removal to form the fullers. |
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24th June 2017, 02:07 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Witness Protection Program
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wow! you've been killing it with twistcores lately, brother! nice catch on both of these!
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26th June 2017, 05:07 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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Thanks guy for the comments and compliments.
Ron, all this ebay buys are just plain luck! I just cross finger and hope for the best... so far it works! Thanks btw brother! |
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26th June 2017, 09:39 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Nicely done
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