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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Mar 13, 2020 17:20:59 GMT
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Post by bradc on Mar 13, 2020 18:26:22 GMT
Wow. That is super cool. Pre-Bronze!
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Post by Lord Newport on Mar 13, 2020 18:29:10 GMT
Copper and arsenic was a pre bronze alloy...fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by paulmuaddib on Mar 13, 2020 19:03:38 GMT
That is so cool. Do kind of sorry for the student in a way. She made a fantastic find and might never find anything that great again. All downhill from now on, although I hope not.
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Mar 13, 2020 19:57:19 GMT
Now to find really really good pics so Neil Burrege (?) can cast them...
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Post by alexkjren on Mar 13, 2020 20:35:15 GMT
Great find! Though I think I'd classify it as a dagger not a sword.
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Post by treeslicer on Mar 13, 2020 21:28:21 GMT
Thanks for posting that!
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Post by pgandy on Mar 13, 2020 21:51:15 GMT
Thanks for the share.
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Post by RufusScorpius on Mar 13, 2020 22:51:55 GMT
Cool! An initial issue M1 Mk.I model A1 sword, combat, one each.
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Post by Curtis_Louis on Mar 13, 2020 23:28:03 GMT
Awesome story! I wonder how many more are misidentified, collecting dust in some museum storeroom?
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Post by treeslicer on Mar 14, 2020 3:39:40 GMT
Awesome story! I wonder how many more are misidentified, collecting dust in some museum storeroom? I'm wondering how many are on eBay as Victorian letteropeners or whatever.
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Mar 14, 2020 23:36:21 GMT
I wonder if aresnic bronze is poisonous? Would it poison a wound?
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Post by paulmuaddib on Mar 15, 2020 0:28:55 GMT
I wonder if aresnic bronze is poisonous? Would it poison a wound? I was wondering the same thing and even if just handling it could poison you through the skin. Of course I mean the people using them, practicing and such.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Mar 15, 2020 0:44:05 GMT
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Post by Scott on Mar 15, 2020 4:02:50 GMT
Thanks for sharing!
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Mar 15, 2020 10:49:14 GMT
I've read somewhere that there were (probably mythical) euro swords that would poison a wound, figured something like this was a source, but now I'm leaning more towards myth. As to size, for when it was made, it was probably the equivalent to a blaster rifle would be here. Not much reach, and a staff/spear/club would have reach. Still cool though
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Post by MOK on Mar 15, 2020 11:02:02 GMT
No, the amount of arsenic is far too little and far too tightly bound to the copper to have any effect on anyone struck with the weapon.
Working with arsenic to make it, though, that would have been dangerous, in a hellishly subtle long term way...
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Post by paulmuaddib on Mar 15, 2020 13:48:55 GMT
No, the amount of arsenic is far too little and far too tightly bound to the copper to have any effect on anyone struck with the weapon. Working with arsenic to make it, though, that would have been dangerous, in a hellishly subtle long term way... I hadn’t thought about the maker just the person handling it in practice. So sounds like what happened to people who worked with lead until they found out the danger. And radium (I think that’s what it is called) with watch making.
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Post by MOK on Mar 15, 2020 13:56:24 GMT
No, the amount of arsenic is far too little and far too tightly bound to the copper to have any effect on anyone struck with the weapon. Working with arsenic to make it, though, that would have been dangerous, in a hellishly subtle long term way... I hadn’t thought about the maker just the person handling it in practice. So sounds like what happened to people who worked with lead until they found out the danger. And radium (I think that’s what it is called) with watch making. Kinda, yeah - or asbestos, for that matter.
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Post by Adventurer'sBlade on Mar 15, 2020 14:03:01 GMT
That amount of arsenic isn't nearly as bad as lead medieval tableware.
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