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Original
| Found: Sleenerzand, Drenthe
Age: Middle bronzeage Inside a burrial mound, a palstave, spiral bracelet, a group of arrowheads and two coils of gold wire were found. This is a very rich find for this period especially because of the large amount of bronze arrowheads and gold coils. It's my goal to reproduce this complete group of finds eventually. |
Mould
| Material: clay & sand
The mould is made from clay tempered with sand and baked. |
Casting result
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These arrowheads I've attempted to cast several times. Because they're so small, it makes it particularly difficult. The original arrowheads are less then 1 mm thick, which is impossible to cast. So I've decided to cast them thicker, and then thinning them by hammering. |
Finishing
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Oops!
Here's what you get when you overdo annealing: molten arrowheads! I had three of them, so now I'm down to one. |
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Which is this one. It's been thinned by hammering, but there's quite a bit work left to do. I'm already working on new moulds for casting arrowheads. So I'll just consider this "series" a practice run. |
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The arrowhead has been finished and is ready to be attached to an arrow. The point has been hammered to a thickness of around 1mm, which is close to the originals. By hammering the point has become a lot harder, and which makes it less subjective to bending on impact. |