And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, August 1, 2025
Three ceremonial arrowheads, Bohemian, c. 1437–39. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Got an anvil. Working on building a forge. I am a carpenter. I could make something beautiful to put it on but a first day woodworker can't expect to do 5 stage moldings or cabinet crown. Maybe I should have said YET at the end
My Dad always told me if you're going to do something do it right. Those spearheads set the bar beyond my ability
ReplyDeleteIf you think it's impossible it probably is.
DeleteThe reverse is also true.
Got an anvil. Working on building a forge. I am a carpenter. I could make something beautiful to put it on but a first day woodworker can't expect to do 5 stage moldings or cabinet crown. Maybe I should have said YET at the end
DeleteCould you replicate that amazing work. GS. Or putting forth any effort to try. I am. Try to learn something new every day at 52 years young
DeleteGS is also saying that it if you think it is possible, it probably is.
DeleteThose are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteNot arrowheads, spear heads. Otherwise really tiny work that couldn't be seen when carried by fancy guard troops.
ReplyDeleteGoogle Images identifies them as ceremonial arrowheads housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as the article title states.
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How big is "extremely large"?
DeleteOriginally mounted on wooden shafts, these extremely large arrowheads probably served as symbols of rank or batons of command.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/35794
Now we know where to get them when needed
ReplyDeleteGerber makes one I have. Nice but not too nice to practice and learn how to use. I made one for my walking staff out of a tempered block lentil
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