Stew
Well-Known Member
Over on British Blades we're having a dagger KITH. After Owen Bush's hammer-in I was inspired by Jake Powning's talk on knotwork and when I got home I pulled my copy of George Bain's book out of the loft and I've decided that I would like to incorporate some sort of knotwork carving on the dagger.
However, I'm struggling with working out what is an acceptable design and wondered if you guys could point me to some suitable examples.
I could design and make something by myself quite easily but I don't want it to be a real bastardised dagger with elements from hugely differing periods and places. (ie using guards or not) I appreciate that I'm a Brit alive in 2011 so it's never going to be the same but I would like it to at least have a basic similarity!
I'm flexible to a time period and place. Viking, celtic, etc. The main thing is that I actually get a connection with the piece as many pictures I've looked at have left me a bit uninspired. Also, it needs to be something I could do some knotwork on.
Does anyone have any genuine pictures of period pieces or know where I can go to see some please? Using Google Images doesn't inspire too much faith as I suspect there's a huge commercial element to the pieces.
However, I'm struggling with working out what is an acceptable design and wondered if you guys could point me to some suitable examples.
I could design and make something by myself quite easily but I don't want it to be a real bastardised dagger with elements from hugely differing periods and places. (ie using guards or not) I appreciate that I'm a Brit alive in 2011 so it's never going to be the same but I would like it to at least have a basic similarity!
I'm flexible to a time period and place. Viking, celtic, etc. The main thing is that I actually get a connection with the piece as many pictures I've looked at have left me a bit uninspired. Also, it needs to be something I could do some knotwork on.
Does anyone have any genuine pictures of period pieces or know where I can go to see some please? Using Google Images doesn't inspire too much faith as I suspect there's a huge commercial element to the pieces.