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Post by legacyofthesword on May 10, 2020 21:23:12 GMT
I own a Kingston Arms Katzbalger. www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=SM24940&name=Katzbalger It's an interesting sword: it's small, and the blade is short and not particularly wide. The hilt is heavy though, and the solid steel pommel pulls the POB back to about 2.5 inches from the cross guard. When I first held it after getting it, it felt very strange: the blade was extremely quick and nimble, but overall the sword felt rather heavy. This got me thinking if perhaps antique katzbalgers might have been constructed with hollow pommels. For what's obviously a cut focused sword, I'd assume a POB further out from the hilt would be better. Does anyone know what the average weight on original katzbalgers might have been, or if the pommels were solid or hollow? Couldn't figure it out myself with Google.
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Post by Timo Nieminen on May 10, 2020 22:50:29 GMT
They're often quite heavy. I haven't seen enough weights to have a good idea of the average or range, but here are a couple of weights:
Total: 910mm; blade: 775mm; weight: 1.47kg Total: 790mm; blade: 671mm; weight: 1.30kg
The long pommel are generally hollow and fairly thin-walled. (Original large pommels (e.g., large wheel pommels unless very thin, long messer pommels, large spherical pommels) are often hollow.)
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Post by legacyofthesword on May 11, 2020 4:20:01 GMT
They're often quite heavy. I haven't seen enough weights to have a good idea of the average or range, but here are a couple of weights: Total: 910mm; blade: 775mm; weight: 1.47kg Total: 790mm; blade: 671mm; weight: 1.30kg The long pommel are generally hollow and fairly thin-walled. (Original large pommels (e.g., large wheel pommels unless very thin, long messer pommels, large spherical pommels) are often hollow.) Thank you kindly. So, the Kingston Arms model is at least within the weight range of some of the originals. A hollow pommel would change the handling for sure. It's interesting that a lot of pommels were hollow... Were they cast, then?
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Post by Timo Nieminen on May 11, 2020 4:46:45 GMT
The long katzbalger pommels are almost always iron. So they will be forged in usually 2 pieces, and probably brazed together.
Most other katzbalger pommels are also iron. But I have seen one example of a bone pommel.
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Post by legacyofthesword on May 12, 2020 5:26:02 GMT
The long katzbalger pommels are almost always iron. So they will be forged in usually 2 pieces, and probably brazed together. Most other katzbalger pommels are also iron. But I have seen one example of a bone pommel. Thanks again, that makes a lot of sense.
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