Courses 2011
Butser Ancient Farm
Butser Ancient Farm
Chalton Lane
Chalton
Waterlooville
Hants
PO8 0BG
Web Site http://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk telephone 02392 598838 HALLSTATT C BRONZE SWORD WORKSHOP August 20st 2011
Spend the day working on your own Hallstatt sword 28 inches long. (Classic Gundlingen Type) This sword represents the final development in bronze swords in Britain. J D Cowen describes it with "flowing lines of considerable elegance". Their are two schools of thought as to the origin of these long slender blades that are unlike any earlier swords. They may have developed from European Urnfield type blades having similar handles, or alternatively they could have developed from the Ewart park sword with the need for a longer sword that could be used from horse back. The different pommel tangs and rivet patterns show that several types of this sword were produced in Britain. In Europe some of the swords have been found in the richest of graves, scabbards tipped with fabulous bronze winged chapes, handles of carved ivory with amber inlays or gold inlayed pommels.
In this workshop you will clean and finish your blade and forge the edges on it and look at different handle and scabbard types with information provided.
Cost £165
Stover Country ParkStover,
Newton Abbot,
Devon
TQ12 6QG
Web Site devon.gov.uk/stover_country_park.htm telephone 01626 835236 Alex Hannis BRONZE AGE BUSH CRAFT KNIFE Dates to be confirmed
10:00am till 5:00pm
The Perang originates from the jungles of Indonesia and it must be one of the most practical designs for a bush craft knife. This perfectly balanced softly curving blade with square end is an ideal choice to show how good ancient bronze tools really were. Today most modern bronzes are soft and designed for casting and not for tensile strength, but 3000 years ago Bronze Age metal workers produced very functional tools. This workshop links Bronze Age metal technology and centuries-old tool design. Tool length 15.5 inches
Old Chapel Farm
Tylwch
Llanidloes
Powys
SY18 6JR
Web Site http://www.oldchapelfarm.org telephone 01686 413857
DECORATED EARLY BRONZE AXE WORKSHOP 9th - 10th July
This workshop will explore the manufacture of axes from the time of Stonehenge. You will work on your own axe, cleaning, hardening and decorating whilst exploring the smelting of copper and tin ores .
You will also explore the advantages of tin bronzes over arsenic coppers and the difficulties early metal workers had to overcome using clay, charcoal, sticks and stones to cast an axe.
Cost £120
Public Demonstrations
