[TheForge] Schmiede Schmidberger forges new armor

[Bruce .]

Good question.  That hex handle seems unsuitable for any sort of
support, like a hardie hole or stake plate, so I'm speculating that it
is a hand-held tool.  That does look like a swivel, midway up, but
possibly there's a stud on the hex portion so the handle screws in --
though either way it seems awfully complicated.

The uppermost portion -- the trapezoidal chuck of steel -- looks
rather like a stake -- functioning, perhaps, like a bodywork dolly.
OTOH, the double support under the stake might also be functional.

Anyone speak good enough German to inquire directly?
http://www.schmiede-schmidberger.at/schmidberger/kontakt.php

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer
<artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
> Thanks Bruce;
> In the 4th shop pic down, there is a rack of tongs, and mid way down the row is an odd tool with a hex handle,
> perhaps a swivel joint to a split bar terminating in a flatter like D shaped mass.
> whazzit?
>
> On Jan 23, 2013, at 2:01 AM, Bruce . wrote:
>
> Scroll down to the photos:
>
> http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/22/16641319-beefing-up-security-blacksmiths-forge-new-suit-of-armor-for-bulkier-vatican-guards?lite
>
> --
> Bruce
> NJ


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Bruce
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