Prototypes

Here's the last of a series of prototypes I've been working on. They're 100% authentic as far as I can tell. There's 3-4 more decorative items to add and I've finally found out a recipe for Aztec paint so the experimenting is over, the next one I make will be the real thing.

Edited by Paul

Wow! 

You can kill a bunch of enemies with those "swords".

Pinewoods sounds ok. It's cheap, easy to carve and their was loads of it around tenochtitlan. The carvings are just stuff I found in codices and the meaning is they were the easiest to carve. Aztecs made their paint from cactus juice. good luck.

Thye're made from Obsidian. It was one of a number of materials used.

I've tried to get a decent close up image of some blades but my digital camera's really cheap. One day I'll get my SLR and have the pics digitised. Till then the best pic I can sjow you is a sacrificial dagger I made a while ago.

 

This is a microblade made from the stuff.

 

And here's how it starts.

Hey Paul, I got you the ixtle and the mecate.
Send me a PM to discuss the details.
Regards

hey paul i finally got started on my maquahuitl, either your a great wood worker or the size of the wood that you started with was almost the size of the maquahuitl cuz its taken me about 15hrs to shape the upper part with the blades and i'm still not done with the handle. or maybe its because i have a bad chisel. ne ways i wanted to ask you another question about how wide  the area with the blades is mine is about 1.5- 2inches. the whole thing is about 30 inches long and it weighs about 6lb's rite now i still have to shave off some more from the handle but i'm thinking its gonna weigh about 3.5-4lb's at the end. i'll take some pictures and post them soon, so that you can see for urself. but its starting look good. oh yeah and about how wide should the groove be for the blades?
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check it out paul i'm not done with it yet i still need some finishing touches but i think i'm done with all the carving and stuff, now i got to knap the blades which i think is going to be difficult but its a process. heres a picuture of one side i'm kinda in a rush but i'll post the other side later.
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that side is a quetzalcoatl that i found in a book its from a temple in tula i think and on the other side i got like a pyramide design going up and down i wanted to ask you if you sanded yours?
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Wicked awesome Paul! I read about your katana/macuahuitl tests - nice stuff, ever see how they do against kevlar? Another thought I had while reading the old posts, how about putting the obsidian/flint in a steel sword?

Wow! They look great, can i have one?