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Post by mountainsylph on Apr 20, 2022 11:35:17 GMT
Has anyone ever handled this thing before? What would you say it is like compared to per say Chris Levatino or Neil's swords in terms of durability and function?
Neil won't ship to my country so trying to find who the best sellers would be if you want functional bronze swords.
Would be ok with modern aluminium bronze too.
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Post by naue on Apr 22, 2022 2:55:34 GMT
I haven't held any bronze swords by either Deepeeka or Neil Burridge, but just looking a the specifications it seems like Deepeeka's swords are overly heavy, sometimes twice as heavy as the originals if we take the weights of Neil's pieces. I've heard some Deepeeka bronze swords actually bend from just their own weight, but I cannot confirm that at all.
I've seen the name Chris Levantino before, but I don't know how accurate his pieces are.
For a potential competitor to Neil, I've heard good things about Orjan Engedal, a trained archaeologist who also makes accurate replicas of bronze swords:
For a much less expensive option I've also been looking at this maker here:
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Post by snubnoze on Apr 24, 2022 17:12:42 GMT
I reached out to Neil recently as well, unfortunately not shipping out of the UK.
I wouldn't trust Depeeka to make something authentic, I may look at Orjan - or just put my bronze desires on hold as their are other swords I want.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Apr 24, 2022 17:20:27 GMT
A good bronze sword must be hammer hardened, that's important, at least the edges. I assume Deepeeka doesn't do it.
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Post by Kane Shen on Apr 24, 2022 17:29:24 GMT
Deepeeka bronze swords are crazy heavy, some are more than twice as heavy as the originals. Ørjan Engedal makes excellent bronze swords, as well as daggers, axe heads, and spear heads. His swords mostly weigh between 1-2 lbs--mostly on par with originals. He focuses mostly on Nordic finds, though, occasionally making Greek and Egyptian ones. His swords run between $800-1500, but other weapons like daggers and axes are very affordable. www.warriorbronze.com/Bronze%20Age%20Sword%20-%20Collection.html
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Post by joeb on May 2, 2022 3:31:57 GMT
I have bronze swords from everyone mentioned and as far as quality and price goes you can't beat bronzeagefoundry.com as long as you can add your own wood parts. I have two nice bronze swords from a Ukrainian maker, but that's probably a tough call at the moment as they have other things to worry about. Ørjan Engedal is really good and getting better, and of course Neil is still the top dog...I live in the US and he never had a problem shipping to me? You might try looking at Etsy as there seems to be new bronze artists popping up there all the time. If you really want a sword from Neil Burridge, and who doesn't, you can have him ship it to someone in the UK and then have him forward it to you.
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Post by mountainsylph on May 23, 2022 3:28:26 GMT
I reached out to Neil recently as well, unfortunately not shipping out of the UK. I wouldn't trust Depeeka to make something authentic, I may look at Orjan - or just put my bronze desires on hold as their are other swords I want. Did he say the reason as to why? Asked him and got no reply I think. He said 'only bare casts'.
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Post by mountainsylph on May 23, 2022 3:55:10 GMT
I haven't held any bronze swords by either Deepeeka or Neil Burridge, but just looking a the specifications it seems like Deepeeka's swords are overly heavy, sometimes twice as heavy as the originals if we take the weights of Neil's pieces. I've heard some Deepeeka bronze swords actually bend from just their own weight, but I cannot confirm that at all.
I've seen the name Chris Levantino before, but I don't know how accurate his pieces are.
For a potential competitor to Neil, I've heard good things about Orjan Engedal, a trained archaeologist who also makes accurate replicas of bronze swords:
For a much less expensive option I've also been looking at this maker here: Are there any services in the U.K who could probably put handles on and sharpen bronze age foundry's swords before shipping them to you if you're overseas?
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Post by naue on May 30, 2022 15:47:36 GMT
I haven't held any bronze swords by either Deepeeka or Neil Burridge, but just looking a the specifications it seems like Deepeeka's swords are overly heavy, sometimes twice as heavy as the originals if we take the weights of Neil's pieces. I've heard some Deepeeka bronze swords actually bend from just their own weight, but I cannot confirm that at all.
I've seen the name Chris Levantino before, but I don't know how accurate his pieces are.
For a potential competitor to Neil, I've heard good things about Orjan Engedal, a trained archaeologist who also makes accurate replicas of bronze swords:
For a much less expensive option I've also been looking at this maker here: Are there any services in the U.K who could probably put handles on and sharpen bronze age foundry's swords before shipping them to you if you're overseas? In the UK, I'm afraid I don't. It's probably easiest to either do it yourself or find a friend who can, especially since instructions are provided when you buy the cast.
Sorry I couldn't be more help there.
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