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10-31-2008, 01:38 PM
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(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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11-01-2008, 06:09 AM
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Sorry, I don't.
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11-01-2008, 08:10 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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11-01-2008, 08:20 AM
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Finn's link above shows one for a good price. You really can't beat that.
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11-01-2008, 08:38 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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11-01-2008, 09:10 AM
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Thanks, PiobBear! I had forgotten your great work!
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11-01-2008, 09:33 AM
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thats really nice work 
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11-01-2008, 09:58 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
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11-01-2008, 06:56 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. . . .
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