Greek Xiphos BRONZE

[svensson]

Wanna watch a guy cast a bronze xiphos?

Sure ya do!

This is just some of reenactor-isms I use in gaming... the practical side of showing the amount of work it takes to get lump-of-ore into REALLY-pretty-and-sharp-lump-of-ore.

 

[davecake]

I have tried casting something like a bronze xiphos. It is harder than it looks. 

[Shiningbrow]

Pretty!!

Is there a good reason why he would have used the copper from a generator, rather than copper piping from plumbing?

[David Scott]

56 minutes ago, Shiningbrow said:

Pretty!!

Is there a good reason why he would have used the copper from a generator, rather than copper piping from plumbing?

I suspect it's east of use - chopping up wire is much easier compared to piping (in my experience). I also wonder about purity: piping is usually 99% copper, compared to wire which is 99.95% or higher.

[Shiningbrow]

31 minutes ago, David Scott said:

I suspect it's east of use - chopping up wire is much easier compared to piping (in my experience). I also wonder about purity: piping is usually 99% copper, compared to wire which is 99.95% or higher.

Thx. I was thinking the first, but i certainly didn't know the second. Does chopping it up make that much difference?

[David Scott]

42 minutes ago, Shiningbrow said:

Thx. I was thinking the first, but i certainly didn't know the second. Does chopping it up make that much difference?

You've got to fit it into the crucible, the same weight of copper pipe will require more space.