Jeroen Zuiderwijk Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 The is the 4th and last of the reproductions of the giant ceremonial bronze age dirk from Ommerschands reproductions. I cast this one nearly 3 years ago, but it's been held back by many things taking more priority in life. Now this is finished and delivered, I'm free to do whatever I want again So starting new projects, or finishing shelf warmers that have been waiting for up to and over 10 years. Note: these giant dirks were never intended to be hilted or sharpened. 6 of these type were found in spread the Netherlands, France and UK. They all have the exact same alloy including impurities, indicating they were all cast from the same ingot. The story of these things things is weird enough that it's a great recipe for a movie 4 Jeroen Zuiderwijk Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/barbarianmetalworking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Awesome. My favorite story about thise is the guy who found one by literally tripping over it while walking his dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen Zuiderwijk Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Alan Longmire said: Awesome. My favorite story about thise is the guy who found one by literally tripping over it while walking his dog. I've found a fossil whale vertebra this way, but imagine pulling that out of the ground And not to forget that one was used as doorstop by a farmer for many years Edited June 2, 2022 by Jeroen Zuiderwijk Jeroen Zuiderwijk Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/barbarianmetalworking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Thomas Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Beautiful bronze work as usual Jeroen! Guy Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter-Paul Derks Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Fantastic bronze work! a real accomplishment to cast and finish one of these monster blades. I went to the exhibition with all six of these swords together and it was a magical display, I honestly think these are my favorite historical objects. http://mefecit.nl/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaron Martindale Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 (edited) Out of curiosity: what is the scale on these..? I'm not familiar and You guys are making them sound ginormous... *edit: It's absolutely Gorgeous by-the-way! Edited June 3, 2022 by Jaron Martindale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Samuel Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Looks like the one found in England is 27.9"/70.9 cm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 They are26 to 27 inches / 680-720 mm long and weigh about 5 lbs. / 2.4 Kg. BIG. This is the one found when the guy tripped over it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxborough_Dirk And this is the one I suspect Jeroen used to dimension his versions: https://www.europeanblades.com/a-----550000-bronze-sword/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaron Martindale Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 26 minutes ago, Alan Longmire said: They are26 to 27 inches / 680-720 mm long and weigh about 5 lbs. / 2.4 Kg. BIG. Holy Bajeezers! I agree, BIG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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