Bronze Age socketed axe head mould

Tim Simmons · 7th May 2024, 08:21 PM

That is quite fantastic. As a sculptor with access to diamond power tools , tungsten tipped chisels for work on hard stones. One might well marvel at the finished cast bronze axe but the chap that spent the time making the mould is the master craftsman { I can say that as it would have been a man at that time }. Do you know what stone the mould is made from? Cornish soap stone? which would be easy to work but not to detract from the masters skill. Or a hard stone like granite which really would be quite marvellous work grinding with other stones. I am in awe of the hard stone carvings of the pre-Colombian Americas. Information of the stone and where it was sourced would be nice to know.

7th May 2024, 08:21 PM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,844	That is quite fantastic. As a sculptor with access to diamond power tools , tungsten tipped chisels for work on hard stones. One might well marvel at the finished cast bronze axe but the chap that spent the time making the mould is the master craftsman { I can say that as it would have been a man at that time }. Do you know what stone the mould is made from? Cornish soap stone? which would be easy to work but not to detract from the masters skill. Or a hard stone like granite which really would be quite marvellous work grinding with other stones. I am in awe of the hard stone carvings of the pre-Colombian Americas. Information of the stone and where it was sourced would be nice to know.