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Post by kemp on Jan 20, 2019 1:04:34 GMT -5
Chainsaws. Apologies, I could not resist.  |
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Post by kemp on Jul 6, 2019 20:39:03 GMT -5
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Post by darthgall on Aug 25, 2019 10:00:00 GMT -5
Incoming dumb question... I know very little about swords/knives/blades/metallurgy... only have the vaguest sense of what knife blade shapes are called what, so purely out of ignorance, I'm gonna toss this dumb one out there: One of my favorite comics is Hellboy and its various spinoffs, and part of the mythology is Hyperborea and they did magic and created monsters, etc., in the ancient distant past, which set up a lot of todays monsters, etc. So there's a few magic Hyperborean swords floating around, and they look like this: www.multiversitycomics.com/wp-content/themes/mvc/images/timthumb.php?src=http://multiversitystatic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2013/03/Hyperborean-Sword.jpg&q=95&w=588&zc=1&a=twww.multiversitycomics.com/wp-content/themes/mvc/images/timthumb.php?src=http://multiversitystatic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2013/03/Hyperborean-Sword-in-The-Abyss-of-Time.jpg&q=95&w=588&zc=1&a=tClearly there's no such thing as Hyperboreans, but there's so many weird knife/sword shapes out there, Kukris and Kriss blades come to mind... any sort of historic precedent for a blade with a split tip? What's it for? (In comic it's just to make it look cool/distinctive, but in real life?) OK, flame away. Mick. |
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Post by kemp on Aug 25, 2019 10:27:45 GMT -5
I remember seeing something like it somewhere, seems like one of the African designs, only vaguely like the first sword/dagger from top.  |
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Post by kemp on Aug 25, 2019 10:35:07 GMT -5
Some African Club swords have a similar look, and I think there is an image of one with something with a split tip look.  |
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Post by kemp on Aug 25, 2019 10:43:07 GMT -5
Indian Sapola, but definitely not that truncated split tip.  Still think that certain African club sword designs might be the closest thing. |
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Post by darthgall on Aug 25, 2019 11:09:21 GMT -5
I remember seeing something like it somewhere, seems like one of the African designs, only vaguely like the first sword/dagger from top. Kemp, I knew you'd come through; thanks brother, that top one is super cool! |
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Post by kemp on Aug 26, 2019 8:44:48 GMT -5
I remember seeing something like it somewhere, seems like one of the African designs, only vaguely like the first sword/dagger from top. Kemp, I knew you'd come through; thanks brother, that top one is super cool! No problemo. |
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Post by kemp on Jan 19, 2020 9:42:43 GMT -5
I once read somewhere in Icon that FF meshed up different cultures and weapons to create his own heroic fantasy look, kind of became a template of sorts for other artists from the 1960’s onwards. Look at Death Dealer and you can pick out western and eastern elements  Death dealer’s sword sported a curved style blade in the eastern fashion. Notice the sword’s handle is reminiscent of some of the shashka, and kilij worn by Turks and Cosaacks.  A 1938 Russian Cossack Shashka saber. ![]() ![]() |
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Post by kemp on Jan 19, 2020 9:51:05 GMT -5
This is also true when we consider the Ottoman yataghan  |
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Post by kemp on Jan 20, 2020 7:54:35 GMT -5
Death Dealer's axe is also worth noting, perhaps even more so since it's Death Dealer's primary weapon.  I have thought about the war axe, scoured European and Near Eastern examples, but have found out that the nearest real world equivalents originated in Afghanistan. Check antique Afghan Pashtun Axe.  |
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Post by kemp on Jan 20, 2020 8:02:03 GMT -5
 Afghanistan war axes from 1840 to 1855.  Afghan Pashtun axe |
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Post by kemp on Apr 28, 2020 4:19:24 GMT -5
Forging a Zombie Apocalypse Sword From a Leaf Spring
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Post by trescuinge on May 2, 2020 16:16:09 GMT -5
A scholarly paper by the Bronze Age Combat Project: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10816-020-09451-0They tested replica bronze swords and compared the wear marks to examples of ancient weapons. The section on diagnostic combat marks is especially interesting. Now I want a bronze sword. |
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Post by charleshelm on May 8, 2020 12:33:19 GMT -5
A scholarly paper by the Bronze Age Combat Project: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10816-020-09451-0They tested replica bronze swords and compared the wear marks to examples of ancient weapons. The section on diagnostic combat marks is especially interesting. Now I want a bronze sword. Just read that today and came back to see if it was the same article. There's one or two making bronze weapons but it seems to be a limited field. |
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