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Pillar of the Community
 Spain
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Very nice Bob  Superb photography you can really zoom into the examples.  Do you treat the iron pieces with anything to reduce the risk of rust? |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
7066 Posts |
Thanks, Paul. No, I'm not treating or cleaning these. Of course I've got silica gel desiccants in the display cases to help keep the humidity down. But that's all I'm doing for now.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4970 Posts |
That's a interesting little collection Bob, the "swallowtail" arrowhead is very cool.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
Thanks, Chris. Always so nice to see you posting.
Yes, that arrowhead is neat - and nasty!
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
25423 Posts |
Bob, very impressive collection! Thank you for expanding my horizons. One thing that we lose sight of in our modern world is how much effort was required to manufacture these items back then. For instance, something such as your Iron Spearhead #2 (wicked!) required many hours of skilled labor plus support staff.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
Thanks, HB. Quote:
One thing that we lose sight of in our modern world is how much effort was required to manufacture these items back then.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
9164 Posts |
Very nice collection, I always like reading your items from ancient times.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
Thanks. I appreciate the comment.
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
Excellent pieces Bob, The Oakshott collection of medieval weapons is an excellent reference.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11898 Posts |
Thanks for sharing your treasures with us. For me coin collecting is about handling artifacts from our past first hand. Learning about our physical world constraints and how we used human ingenuity to transcend them to make our lives better. Still goes on today, but it happens at the level that it happens today because we stand on the shoulders of giants. The bronze age, the iron age were all technological advancements that shaped civilizations and daily lives. Great to have someone as knowledgeable as you presenting these important examples of thoughts turned into objects that changed the course of humanity.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Moderator
United States
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Well done. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bob, it's an interesting and very nice collection. I would love to venture into collecting ancient weaponry, but I really don't have time to study it. When collecting anything, you have to do your research. I did pick up a few pieces that I thought were cool: - A Caltrop (sold as Roman, but could be Medieval). - Arrow heads, which you identified for me - thank you - ( I even printed out your post for display ) - A Roman sling-bullet - I bought that one for FORVM  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
Great stuff, TC. That caltrop is a standout - very nasty-looking.
You could always collect now, and study later! Would love to see you expand this collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah that Caltrop is brutal, the precursor to land mines. Quote:
Would love to see you expand this collection. Likewise |
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