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Neil Burridge's Ewart Park style sword generation 3
This is the 3rd generation of Neil Burridge's Ewart Park sword, which was made for the Bronze Sword Festival.
Compared to the previous sword, some minor adjustments have been made
to further improve the sword. This sword is slightly
shorter, which brings it closer to the average range of these swords.
Although the previous sword was already a very accurate
reproduction, this one is definately my favorite. It handels beautifully,
and just looks perfect.
This sword, or a similar one can be bought here:
http://www.templeresearch.eclipse.co.uk/bronze/swords_for_sale.htm
The blade
Original
| Found: UK
Age: Late bronze age I don't know if this sword is based on one particular find. At least the hilt itself is pretty close to the sword from Waterloo Bridge. |
The blade before finishing
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Below in the photo is the sword as I got it, compared to the previous sword (above). |
Used tools to finish the blade
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To finish the blade I used a flap disc attached to a drill, a dremel with various bits and a fine grit sandpaper. |
Finished blade
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| The blade itself is finished using the flap disc. For the hilt tang I used the dremel. This took about 2 hours. Then I spend a good 4 hours with a fine grit sandpaper to remove the grinding marks. All together in only 6 hours, which is a very short time. This just shows the very high quality of the cast! | |||
The hilt
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The parts for the hilt were given at the festival as rough blanks, and are from beech wood. First I drilled the holes. To do this, I taped the first hiltplate to the sword. I then drilled two holes, inserting a rivet after each hole to keep the holes perfectly aligned. Then I drilled the remaining holes. After that I taped the next hilt plate on as well, and used the holes from the first to guide the drill. Again I used the rivets to keep the hiltplates in place. |
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Then I finished the hilt components. For most of the work I used a coarse half round file. For the pommel I also used a knife, as I had quite a bit of material to remove. After all the parts were shaped, I used a medium grit size sandpaper to smoothen the parts. |
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The wood is impregnated with line-oil. This makes the wood stronger, more durable and more resistant to dirt. The use of line-oil in the bronze age is not proven. But line-seed was grown for food and and linnen (the plant fibers), so it's not unthinkable the oil from the seeds were used on important wooden parts as sword hilts. After applying the line-oil, it will have to dry at least several days. |
Het komplete zwaard
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| Het zwaard is nu volledig afgewerkt. De handvat platen zijn er op geklonken met de bronzen klinknagels. De pommel is met behulp van huidenlijm bevestigd. | |||