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Post by patrick kelly on Oct 8, 2021 23:22:48 GMT
An early XIVth Century War Sword, of Oakeshotts Type XIIa, by Eric McHugh of Crown Forge. Eric did a beautiful job on this one, a classic design of the high middle ages. By the time of this designs full maturation, full all encompassing suits of mail were the state of the art in armor. Larger swords, capable of powerful shearing blows were developed as a counter measure. The swords handling is, in a word, sublime. It's a substantial piece with good presence and a lot of mass, but moves beautifully. It effortlessly transitions between guards, pivots on a dime and the blade follows the point quite well. The blade is well honed and extremely sharp. I prefer large swords with presence and mass. Eric told me, "This one's right up your alley." As expected, he's absolutely right. In short, it's the finest modern example of this type I've ever handled. Fit and finish is excellent. Not perfect, but nearly so, which is how Eric and I both prefer it. There are a few small imperfections left to denote its handmade nature. The blade is forged from 80cRV2, a German steel known for it toughness and durability that has become quite popular in sword making circles in the last few years. The guard and pommel are forged from mild steel. Bringing this one to fruition was a long and tortuous path, but it's finally here and beautiful it is. Eric and I have been friends for twenty years and I've enjoyed watching his development as a craftsman. At this point, I'd put his work up against that of any other smith with full confidence. Well done my friend.
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Post by Eric Bergeron on Oct 9, 2021 3:28:55 GMT
Amazing piece Patrick! Eric did a fantastic job with this, did you also commission a scabbard for it?
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Post by patrick kelly on Oct 9, 2021 4:41:57 GMT
Amazing piece Patrick! Eric did a fantastic job with this, did you also commission a scabbard for it? Thanks. I did, but it was a last minute addition. Rather than hold it up, Eric fit the scabbard core and sent the sword on. The scabbard will be sent when Eric completes it.
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Post by ThomasW on Oct 9, 2021 6:23:34 GMT
That's a very nice piece! Congratulations!
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Post by Lord Newport on Oct 10, 2021 2:14:39 GMT
Congrats!!! I've known Eric McHugh's work for sometime and always appreciated it. He made me a chain mail hauberk and coif years ago before I took a right turn into JSA. That is a beautiful sword and I love the way Eric resisted putting too pointed a tip on it as many do. I was really interested in knowing the dimensions of this sword and found some of them on Eric's webpage...
Early 14th Century Warsword (Oakeshott Type XIIa). The inspiration for this sword was drawn from a number of period examples.
Stats:
Overall Length: 47” (119,4 cm) Blade Length: 36 3/4 in. (93,3 cm) Blade Width. 2.185” (5,5 cm) Weight: 3 pounds 7 oz. (1558 grams) Grip: Octagonal wood core with leather cover in Abbey black Steel: 80CRV2 high carbon steel Fittings: mild steel
Patrick, do you have the distal taper measurements?!!
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Post by patrick kelly on Oct 10, 2021 15:37:51 GMT
Congrats!!! I've known Eric McHugh's work for sometime and always appreciated it. He made me a chain mail hauberk and coif years ago before I took a right turn into JSA. That is a beautiful sword and I love the way Eric resisted putting too pointed a tip on it as many do. I was really interested in knowing the dimensions of this sword and found some of them on Eric's webpage... Early 14th Century Warsword (Oakeshott Type XIIa). The inspiration for this sword was drawn from a number of period examples. Stats: Overall Length: 47” (119,4 cm) Blade Length: 36 3/4 in. (93,3 cm) Blade Width. 2.185” (5,5 cm) Weight: 3 pounds 7 oz. (1558 grams) Grip: Octagonal wood core with leather cover in Abbey black Steel: 80CRV2 high carbon steel Fittings: mild steel Patrick, do you have the distal taper measurements?!! Make the point too acute and it's not a Type XIIa, Eric knows this. :) An interesting bit about the point: although thin, it's reinforced to help preserve it's integrity. This is the second version of this sword Eric has made, those specs are from the first and vary a bit. My sword: Overall length: 46" Blade length: 36" Blade width: 2.22" Grip: oval, not octagonal According to Eric this one's just a bit lighter than the first one, my scale reads it at 3 pounds 6 ounces, POB: 4.75" COP: 24" (end of fuller) Distal taper: .242 at base, .192 at halfway point, .108 one inch from tip. The taper is pretty linear.
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Post by Lord Newport on Oct 10, 2021 16:49:25 GMT
Congrats!!! I've known Eric McHugh's work for sometime and always appreciated it. He made me a chain mail hauberk and coif years ago before I took a right turn into JSA. That is a beautiful sword and I love the way Eric resisted putting too pointed a tip on it as many do. I was really interested in knowing the dimensions of this sword and found some of them on Eric's webpage... Early 14th Century Warsword (Oakeshott Type XIIa). The inspiration for this sword was drawn from a number of period examples. Stats: Overall Length: 47” (119,4 cm) Blade Length: 36 3/4 in. (93,3 cm) Blade Width. 2.185” (5,5 cm) Weight: 3 pounds 7 oz. (1558 grams) Grip: Octagonal wood core with leather cover in Abbey black Steel: 80CRV2 high carbon steel Fittings: mild steel Patrick, do you have the distal taper measurements?!! Make the point too acute and it's not a Type XIIa, Eric knows this. An interesting bit about the point: although thin, it's reinforced to help preserve it's integrity. This is the second version of this sword Eric has made, those specs are from the first and vary a bit. My sword: Overall length: 46" Blade length: 36" Blade width: 2.22" Grip: oval, not octagonal According to Eric this one's just a bit lighter than the first one, my scale reads it at 3 pounds 6 ounces, POB: 4.75" COP: 24" (end of fuller) Distal taper: .242 at base, .192 at halfway point, .108 one inch from tip. The taper is pretty linear. Y market. His swords show up in the second at Thanks Patrick ....It's a beautiful sword in very much typical of Eric's work. I wouldn't mind owning one of his swords myself but I'm partial to type XII's and for type XIV's but Eric requires long lead times... I'm just waiting to see one of his blades I can't live without en up in the classifieds.
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Post by patrick kelly on Oct 10, 2021 21:03:10 GMT
Make the point too acute and it's not a Type XIIa, Eric knows this. An interesting bit about the point: although thin, it's reinforced to help preserve it's integrity. This is the second version of this sword Eric has made, those specs are from the first and vary a bit. My sword: Overall length: 46" Blade length: 36" Blade width: 2.22" Grip: oval, not octagonal According to Eric this one's just a bit lighter than the first one, my scale reads it at 3 pounds 6 ounces, POB: 4.75" COP: 24" (end of fuller) Distal taper: .242 at base, .192 at halfway point, .108 one inch from tip. The taper is pretty linear. Y market. His swords show up in the second at Thanks Patrick ....It's a beautiful sword in very much typical of Eric's work. I wouldn't mind owning one of his swords myself but I'm partial to type XII's and for type XIV's but Eric requires long lead times... I'm just waiting to see one of his blades I can't live without en up in the classifieds. Anyone worth dealing with requires a long lead time these days. Unfortunate, but the way of things. This is one of the many reasons why I'll be doing very little, if any, commission work in the future. This will very likely be the last one. I contacted Brian Kunz about making a scabbard for this one and his lead time is currently three years. Brian does beautiful work, but at this point in my life I'm not waiting three years for a scabbard from anyone. From now on only completed works. I first met Eric when he was a Nazarene Minister, before he became a smith. I've bought three axes from him over the last twenty years and finally, this sword. It's been very satisfying watching him mature as an artist.
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Post by Lord Newport on Oct 11, 2021 4:48:09 GMT
Thanks Patrick ....It's a beautiful sword in very much typical of Eric's work. I wouldn't mind owning one of his swords myself but I'm partial to type XII's and for type XIV's but Eric requires long lead times... I'm just waiting to see one of his blades I can't live without en up in the classifieds. Anyone worth dealing with requires a long lead time these days. Unfortunate, but the way of things. This is one of the many reasons why I'll be doing very little, if any, commission work in the future. This will very likely be the last one. I contacted Brian Kunz about making a scabbard for this one and his lead time is currently three years. Brian does beautiful work, but at this point in my life I'm not waiting three years for a scabbard from anyone. From now on only completed works. I first met Eric when he was a Nazarene Minister, before he became a smith. I've bought three axes from him over the last twenty years and finally, this sword. It's been very satisfying watching him mature as an artist. I'm finally in production with Brian Kunz / DBK Scabbards on a custom scabbard for my Albion Tritonia...it's been 20 months but I bought a slot another SBG member had in Brian's que
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