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31st October 08, 12:38 PM
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Lochaber axe DIY
(this question is also posted on the S.W.E.A.R.S message board)
Does anybody know of a quick and expediant way to construct a historically accurate Lochaber axe? I am a new reenactor who is naturally short of cash so any ideas for cheap and accurate reproductions weapons is much appreciated.
Cheers
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1st November 08, 05:09 AM
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Wallace Catanach, Kiltmaker
A day without killting is like a day without sunshine.
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1st November 08, 06:02 AM
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1st November 08, 07:10 AM
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You can get the staff/haft from a number of different vendors. Its the head that's the problem. Know any artists that work in metal?
Here's one made that is reasonable:
http://www.silvermane.com/Lochaber.html
Good luck!
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1st November 08, 07:20 AM
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Finn's link above shows one for a good price. You really can't beat that.
"A true adventurer goes forth, aimless and uncalculating, to meet and greet unknown fate." ~ Domino Harvey ~
~ We Honor Our Fallen ~
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1st November 08, 07:38 AM
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Here's mine:
It's plate steel (16 ga., I think...I'll try to check that for you) cut out with a steel-cutting blade in a jig saw, finished on a grinder and with hand files, and riveted onto an 8' pine shaft, using nails for rivets peened over washers for roves. Steel's treated with sulfuric acid, then salt water, then burnished with 000 steel wool and oil. Total cost was about $15.00.
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1st November 08, 08:10 AM
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Thanks, PiobBear! I had forgotten your great work!
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1st November 08, 08:33 AM
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thats really nice work
I'm an 18th century guy born into the 20th century and have been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing"
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1st November 08, 08:58 AM
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A guy tried to sell me William Wallace's Lochabar Axe.
I looked it over, but it just seemed too new.
The guy said it had had three new shafts and two new blades, but it was William Walllace's Lochabar Axe....
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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1st November 08, 05:56 PM
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 Originally Posted by Riverkilt
A guy tried to sell me William Wallace's Lochabar Axe.
I looked it over, but it just seemed too new.
The guy said it had had three new shafts and two new blades, but it was William Walllace's Lochabar Axe....
Ron
Nice work on the lochaber.
Riverkilt, sounds like the hammer I bought in '49. . . . . never had the head or handle replaced at the same time. . . .
The pipes are calling, resistance is futile. - MacTalla Mor
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