period or historical replicas?

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dustbust_1

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has any maker on here done any period piece or historic piece. Im not talking a modern bowie with micarta, puukko with stabilized burl handle, or mail order viking sword im talking almost like a replica of a said knife used in x time period.

Id like to see someone who has done the research, picked the type of materials used in the era and created a knife to the specs of the particular blade they are replicating.

I watched a documentary on NOVA about "ulfberht viking sword" where the guy recreated a particular sword and mimicked everything down to a T. He was a little unrealistic for the typical maker on here as he made the sword with tools found in the era. Was a VERY interesting documentary.
 
What kind of knife are you specifically interested in having made?

n2s
 
quite the opposite. Id like to make one myself and am looking for inspiration and the stories that go with it. I think the story getting to the final product is just as interesting.
 
In that case you may want to start by reverse engineering original historical examples.

n2s
 
Just watched that documentary last night and was really interesting. One easier starting point might be a Kephart knife. There seems to be much misinformation about the knife, yet available first party sources related to it.
 
I make close copies of English and French scalpers and some other 18th c. knives. Also a copy of the Musso Bowie I did from a blue-print from Joe Musso. One problem with most historical copies is finding enough accurate info on details of them in order to do them correctly. You almost have to be able to inspect the piece you want to re-produce, or have a very detailed description with specs such as the Musso blue-print. That is often not practical, possible, or can be difficult at the least. Often, knowing what not to do, or what is not accurate to the project is as important as knowing what is. Especially when forced to use conjecture in some areas. Below is the Musso knife, English scalper, and French boucheron





 
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all good input guys. LRB, very nice pieces. Looks like you have done your research and understand the process very well.
 
Im facinated by WW1 German trench knives.
I have a typical blade pre-HT ready.
But it will be strongly inspired by those knives not an exact as possible replica
 
dustbust_1 said:
I watched a documentary on NOVA about "ulfberht viking sword" where the guy recreated a particular sword and mimicked everything down to a T. He was a little unrealistic for the typical maker on here as he made the sword with tools found in the era. Was a VERY interesting documentary.
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That was Ric Furrer and Kevin Kevin Cashen (bellows guy:D) in that documentary. Both, well known makers. Kevin is very influential on these boards.

I have done replicas for historical sites... but they were mostly replicas of archeological artifacts found on digs(if you follow me). I build, age and dirty them up to look very similar to items found on site. This way, the public can handle artifacts that aren't actual "historical artifacts".
 
sunshadow that first link didn't work but the next one did. very cool. that book is on amazon. might have to make a purchase.

Rick, Those to guys were beasts they pumped air in the crucible for like 12 hours straight to get the temp high enough. there attention to detail on the sword was incredible.

thats very cool you get the opportunity to work on artifacts like that. I bet you get to see and work on some cool items.
 
dustbust_1 said:
sunshadow that first link didn't work but the next one did. very cool. that book is on amazon. might have to make a purchase.

Rick, Those to guys were beasts they pumped air in the crucible for like 12 hours straight to get the temp high enough. there attention to detail on the sword was incredible.

thats very cool you get the opportunity to work on artifacts like that. I bet you get to see and work on some cool items.
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The formatting of the URL got bolluxed up, see if this works. The Knives and Scabbards book is well worth the money if you are doing any sort of medieval re creation work

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