Timor Sword

Maurice · 11th June 2008, 10:47 AM

Hi Bill,

To bring up an old threat.
I was looking at old threats and I found this one.
I noticed immediately those sort of "pens" in the handle (sorry Bill, I messed with your nice pic :-) to make clear what I mean).
My rugi from Alor has on two places 2 kind of pens (metal bronzecolour), like your Timor sword. The pens in the rugi are not through the handle. At the other side of the handle it is just plain.
Are those pens in your Timor sword through the handle, and are they wood or also metal? And do you know what purpose it had?

Regards,
Maurice

Bill M · 11th June 2008, 02:06 PM

Hi Maurice,

The pins in mine are wood or horn.

The hilt is two pieces and then joined together. I suppose that there is a big flat pin (we call them "biscuits" in woodworking) that originates in the smaller side and then terminates inside the larger side where the pins are inserted.

This would hold the two pieces of the hilt together. This would make sense as they might not have a piece of horn big enough to make a one piece hilt.

I have another sword from the same area that has identical pin arrangement.

The pins on both of these go all the way through.

Does that help?

Maurice · 11th June 2008, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Marsh

Does that help?

Thanks Bill.
Than there is a purpose of the pins in your two pieces. Mine will still be a mistery than I believe.
Maybe you can sent me some pics of the other sword. :-)

Kind regards,
Maurice

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Maurice Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,453	Hi Bill, To bring up an old threat. I was looking at old threats and I found this one. I noticed immediately those sort of "pens" in the handle (sorry Bill, I messed with your nice pic :-) to make clear what I mean). My rugi from Alor has on two places 2 kind of pens (metal bronzecolour), like your Timor sword. The pens in the rugi are not through the handle. At the other side of the handle it is just plain. Are those pens in your Timor sword through the handle, and are they wood or also metal? And do you know what purpose it had? Regards, Maurice Attached Images

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Bill M Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Georgia Posts: 1,599	Hi Maurice, The pins in mine are wood or horn. The hilt is two pieces and then joined together. I suppose that there is a big flat pin (we call them "biscuits" in woodworking) that originates in the smaller side and then terminates inside the larger side where the pins are inserted. This would hold the two pieces of the hilt together. This would make sense as they might not have a piece of horn big enough to make a one piece hilt. I have another sword from the same area that has identical pin arrangement. The pins on both of these go all the way through. Does that help? Last edited by Bill Marsh; 11th June 2008 at 02:51 PM.