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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2009 19:17:11 GMT
I have decided that Jake Powning is my absolute favourite sword smith. If I won the lottery I would commission a blade from him. They aren’t cheep but they are works of art. I visit his website every now and then to look at some sword porn and see if there is anything new. I’ve not seen this sword before so I presume it is a new sword . www.powning.com/jake/commish/swords22.shtmlThis for me is the perfect sword.
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Post by brotherbanzai on May 5, 2009 19:37:11 GMT
Yeah that's pretty sweet. Every bit of it is gorgeous. The scabbard is a bit busy for my tastes but man, what a work of art!
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2009 20:26:46 GMT
Yes, that is a very attractive package. I guess this is one of those times where, if you have to ask 'how much' you cannot afford it?
I'm not a fan of pattern-welded swords but I can't help but be amazed at how gorgeous this sword is.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2009 20:33:36 GMT
I agree, I am generally not a fan of pattern welding, particularly the cheaper examples you get on some production swords, but this is just so subtle.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2009 22:56:03 GMT
That's a new one. What a work of art!!! He is definitely one of the great ones. I wish he would post pics of all his swords. But then I think that we would all not get anything done.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2009 15:24:37 GMT
What are the rough prices? I especially liked the two handed viking sword, havn't seen any similar in the 1k or below range.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2009 15:34:28 GMT
The ballock dagger for sale is $3300, so I guess a sword is minimum $5000, probably closer to 10K...
But considering the work and detail on these swords, they're probably worth it.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2009 16:59:57 GMT
Too bad the resale value may be half that in these times; that's the only thing about being a sword collector- should you ever have to sell them, it would be rare if they went for MORE than what you purchased them for. AT least, in my limited experience.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2009 18:35:27 GMT
Well they look sempriniing awesome, most would be nicer with a decent leather handle though, despite the awesome woodwork. By the way, is the "Damascus"/decent pattern welding (I take it most cheap "Damascus" swords don't get stronger by it, but that the 1000$+ pattern wielded swords actually don't suffer any quality loss?) more historically accurate/authentic, especially for Viking/Germanic swords, than say how Albion makes them? And are smiths today able to more or less accurately copy how the early Norse forged their swords? I wager no techniques have survived, any clear knowledge of the Viking Age and earlier is pretty scarce (even the sagas are inaccurate and written by Christians centuries after the Viking Age), but can't people analyze archeological finds?
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2009 20:45:51 GMT
That's a gross generalization about Norse sagas.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2009 21:02:36 GMT
How so? To my knowledge, they were mostly written on Iceland atleast two hundred years after the events they tell of, and several hundred years after Iceland was Christened. I've atleast heard you should take the sagas with a rather large spoon of salt.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2009 22:50:52 GMT
Most of damascus swords didn't come from norse smiths, but were imported. The highest quality swords found are imported from Central Europe, frankish swords were held in the highest regard. The quality of the home made swords were fairly low due to the quality of the iron and the knowledge of the smiths. This is supported by analysis of found swords.
The sagas must be seen in their context, but remember the teller tradition stood a lot stronger than today. It's not impossible that people in the viking- and early medieval times knew their familys history 2-300 years back. To know history and your familys history was way more important than now, we hardly know our family a hundred years back. The sagas do tell more about the early medieval society and people on the time they were written than the vikings in them, but the oldest sagas seems to be more accurate than the newer. The sagas are not historical documents, but gives us a piece of the puzzle.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2009 0:26:57 GMT
I have always respected Jake Poundings great tallent as a swordsmith his blades and scabbards are works of functional art and wort every penny well a lot of pennys
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Post by hotspur on May 9, 2009 0:43:10 GMT
While some of these articles are quite old by today's standard, they share a wealth of information for those interested in early western sword development. www.vikingsword.com/Also the old e-zines from Sword Forum International (links to the left) swordforum.comKevin Cashen did a sword online as it were.. forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?t=13809www.cashenblades.com/Jake used to post quite frequently back in the early versions of boards. He is one of several that have grown somewhat expotentially while other quite less well known like Al massey continue. Jake used to collaborate with Al quite a bit. I don't have the rather humorous beaver sword picture any more but the two of them used to lark about on the boards quite a bit with fun stuff. Nor can I find of the old behemoth of a sword named Blackbird. Vince Evans still does occasional European type blades of the folded variations. www.arscives.com/vevans/www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/vevansPatrick Barta has never gotten enough air time but is one fellow that starts from scratch and does great work. www.templ.net/english/ Virtually all of them have either extensive wiat times and a couple do not do commissions anymore but rather they can be inspired by the right folk. Al Massey definitely doesn't get enough air time and has been at it a good long time. He has one mentioned just recently. forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?t=95612Jamie Lundell, Matthew Parkinson and Peter Swarz-Burt are up and coming at Falling Hammer. www.fallinghammerproductions.com/historical.htmlHeck, here they are endorsed by yet another named Ollin www.ollinsworddesign.com/osd-links.htmlThe list actually go on and on but there are several more that lurk on various boards that can do quite nice more economical swords than the real cherished art pieces but all listed have meant their wares to be quite functional. Anyway, Viking Sword was actually the first forum I visited back in 1998 and from ther to several others. The library and virtual museum sections are well worth the time to check the site out in regard to Norse swords. Cheers Hotspur; I'm sure I'm missing some that deserve mention there. Parkinson sold me a forged rose at one point and the work going on with Jamie and Peter are quite astoundingly good looking
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on May 9, 2009 1:32:50 GMT
Jake is definitely my favourite artist as well guys. I'm positive he doesn't do commissions anymore too. He make what he wants to makes, and people buy them. His swords take 3 or 4 months to make so he wouldn't want to spend that long doing something that he's not obsessed with making. As for resale, if spending $10K + on a sword I don't think you'd want to resell it, and could afford to lose a penny if you did, and also I doubt Jakes work would ever depreciate anyway, it's not like you're going to be out pruning branches with them. As for leather grips on Jakes sword, puhhleeezzee
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on May 9, 2009 1:47:00 GMT
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