HistoryArtifacts
Just a community for everyone to share artifacts, reconstructions, or replicas for the historically-inclined to admire!
Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.
OTHER COMMS IN THE HISTORYVERSE:
- !historymusic@quokk.au
- !historygallery@quokk.au
- !historymemes@piefed.social
- !historyruins@piefed.social
- !historyart@piefed.social
- !historyartifacts@piefed.social
- !historyphotos@piefed.social
Very neat.
For the design, did the tang screw into the pommel? Its my understanding that typical European design would have the tang hammered into the pommel/hilt, but it doesn't look like that happened here (pommel too finely crafted + that gap in the hilt).
Speaking of those gaps in the hilt, I want to imagine those were for catching an opponents sword. Can anyone speak to those gaps having a function?