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Nationalmuseet (National Museum)
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| Submitted by | KaiHofmann |
| Added | Dec 04 2013 |
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Nationalmuseet (National Museum)
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Blingo von Trumpenstein (2013-12-04)
Beautiful pressure flaking. There are only a very few people in the world that could come close to this quality of knapping. Designed to emulate bronze daggers of the time. Possibly given wrapped leather/grass/textile/bark grips. The books to buy are a set of 4 called "Danske Oldsager" from the 1950s. Very hard to get. They have the finest photos and descriptions of the Nationalmuseet's collection and other private collectors' items. I spend a lot of time with these books. Thanks for posting these shots Kai - I know you will have had an amazing visit...
davidmorgan (2013-12-05)
Wonderful. Quite mind-blowing when you understand what's going on here. Thanks, Blingo.
Are there any similar examples of this transition from stone to bronze in Britain?
Are there any similar examples of this transition from stone to bronze in Britain?
KaiHofmann (2013-12-07)
It's an amazing museum! No entrance fee, wonderful designed and very very interesting.
Blingo von Trumpenstein (2013-12-09)
It is quite likely that the 'stitch' flaking on the handles is trying to replicate stitching in leather handles for bronze daggers...
Other examples I can think of:
Daggertime thick butted flint axes - these all start to flare at the edge (as a bronze axe does). Some are very pronounced. Really hard to knap concave curves...limited to 1800-1400BC (ish). There are a couple of flint short swords that exist. Much larger than daggers. I believe the Nationalmuseet has one. Daggertime arrowheads get very complicated when Bronze starts to arrive and they can be very similar shapes to cast bronze ones. Some of the daggertime arrowheads are the finest knapped of any I have seen. They can also be tiny (18mm is the smallest I know of). There are a few hundred years of exceptional knapping then the skill vanishes as metal tools arrive...pesky metals...my vote is with stone...
Other examples I can think of:
Daggertime thick butted flint axes - these all start to flare at the edge (as a bronze axe does). Some are very pronounced. Really hard to knap concave curves...limited to 1800-1400BC (ish). There are a couple of flint short swords that exist. Much larger than daggers. I believe the Nationalmuseet has one. Daggertime arrowheads get very complicated when Bronze starts to arrive and they can be very similar shapes to cast bronze ones. Some of the daggertime arrowheads are the finest knapped of any I have seen. They can also be tiny (18mm is the smallest I know of). There are a few hundred years of exceptional knapping then the skill vanishes as metal tools arrive...pesky metals...my vote is with stone...
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