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Thanks guys for all the nice comments. I’m ready for my next project, its something that I have always wanted to make.
The maquahuitl (a name that was derived from the Nahuatl language) is a weapon shaped like a wooden sword. Its sides are embedded with prismatic blades made from obsidian, a volcanic glass stone frequently used for tool making by the Aztec and other pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures. It was similar to a large wooden club with cuts in the side to hold the sharpened obsidian.
My version of the maquahuitl is going to have metal blades instead of the volcanic glass. I want to make one that would make my warrior ancestor proud.
The maquahuitl (a name that was derived from the Nahuatl language) is a weapon shaped like a wooden sword. Its sides are embedded with prismatic blades made from obsidian, a volcanic glass stone frequently used for tool making by the Aztec and other pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures. It was similar to a large wooden club with cuts in the side to hold the sharpened obsidian.
My version of the maquahuitl is going to have metal blades instead of the volcanic glass. I want to make one that would make my warrior ancestor proud.
