Making of weapons - Blucina sword

Final photos you can see in section weapons: Germanic gold hilt spatha (117) with pattern-welded blade and text "Sword from Blucina".

In the year 1953 was found by dr. Karel Tihelka in Blucina near Brno (Czech republic) a tomb of a unknown germanic king from the end of 5th. century AC, it was one from the greates archeogical record from the migration period in the Europe. In this tomb was found long spatha sword, short sax, many jewelleries, a bow with arrowes and glass bottles. This record is now in Moravian regional museum in Brno.

situation

situation in the tomb by J. Tejral

king

the reconstruction of the look of Blucina king by Pavel Dvorský

studying

the studying of the original sword in Moravian regional museum in autmn 2004

damast rods

damast rods before the welding

the blade

the blade before the welding of edges

the blade

the blade after the welding of edges

the tang

the tang is welded from soft iron

the scabbard

the making of the scabbard fitting

garnet eye

the grinding of the garnet eye for dragon head

parts of hilt

parts of hilt from plates with wood core before the peening

detail of the tang

peening of the tang

discussion above finished sword

discussion above finished sword - author and excollegue of dr. Karel Tihelka, Ruzena Bartova (*1913)

Author thanks to staff of the Moravian regional museum in Brno for their help, the most to Mr. PhDr. L. Galuska, CSc.