Making of weapons - Trebic sword

Final photos you can see in section weapons: Sword (183).

In 2016, a Roman ring pommel sword (end of 2nd. Cent. – half of 3rd. Cent. AD) was found near the town Trebic (Czech Republic) and handed over to the Highland Museum in Třebíč. During the initial conservation intervention in 2016, its tip was lost. In 2022, the sword was reconservated by Patrick and analyzed in the laboratories of the Archaeological Institute of the AVČR Brno. A radiographic, metallographic (Patrick) and tomographic (Jiří Hošek) examination was carried out, which revealed the pattern-welding of the sandwich construction blade and a brass inlaid mark in the shape of a laurel wreath near the handle. Patrick made a replica of this interesting sword.

detail: Sword found

detail: Sword after Patrick's restoration

detail: X-ray exploration: three bands of pattern-welding on the blade, a head rivet on the thorn, and a mysterious structure near the tang

detail: Metallographic analysis 1: Sandwich construction of the blade: dark blue blade (pearlitic – ferritic steel), light blue more carbonaceous component of pattern-welded composite (pearlitic – ferritic steel), yellow soft component of the blade (ferritic – pearlitic steel)