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Old 26th October 2022, 07:09 PM   #1
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Default Sword of Portuguese King Dom Dinis (1279-1325)

See here the delicate operation of removing the sword of King Dom Dinis from his 1325 tomb for study.

https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/cultura/...umulo_v1442084



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Old 26th October 2022, 07:43 PM   #2
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Fantastic! Thanks for sharing, Fernando!
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Old 26th October 2022, 08:40 PM   #3
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Neat! That is very well preserved... You can still make out much of the colors the pommel and grip would've been originally.
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Old 27th October 2022, 06:03 PM   #4
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That's a really interesting video, thanks a lot
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Old 27th October 2022, 06:15 PM   #5
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Old 28th October 2022, 08:29 PM   #6
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Interesting. It looks like something we would likely misidentify as "fantasy". Hopefully we can see the blade later.
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