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MAQUAHUITL (Aztec Sword)
Sep 8^th, 2010 at 9:38pm

not long ago Aztec (Caleb) and i went in together and purchased some obsidian blades from our friend Jim Winn (Paleoknapperjim on Paleoplanet) for the express purpose of making some authentic maquahuitl. lucky for us he just happened to have a box laying around. Caleb's blades are still in transit, so i'm jumping the gun a little here, but i just couldn't resist! 34 1/2'' long, 6'' at the widest, and around 1'' thick. made from 'redheart', a tree native to central and southern Mexico. smoked obsidian blades set with PPG. i'm planning on wrapping the handle with hand twisted rafia, but i thought i'd show it as is first.

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Re: MAQUAHUITL (Aztec Sword)
Reply #1 - Sep 8^th, 2010 at 9:51pm

Very nice! I have got to make one of those, after I do a couple of ax handles fo a friend. And, after I do a Mississippian style club. And after I do some bone hair pins for a friend of a friend and some bone needles for sombody else. Then theres that "W" word that keeps taking all my time...sometimes there aren't enough hours in the day. Anyways, that is some great work and I wouldn't hide any of that pretty wood. Bill

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aztec Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 858 Gender:	Re: MAQUAHUITL (Aztec Sword) Reply #2 - Sep 8^th, 2010 at 10:20pm beautiful! that is extremly nice man
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: MAQUAHUITL (Aztec Sword) Reply #3 - Sep 8^th, 2010 at 11:10pm Nice, that gives me the chills just looking at it. I sure am glad I wasn't born into that culture.
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Reply #4 - Sep 8^th, 2010 at 11:49pm

Nice, a different shape than the other ones I've seen people make. The raffia would be a nice touch! If I were you though I would try and get a hold of some sort of fur that you could make into imitation jaguar and incorporate that into the handle, that would be AWESOME! And it's probably not authentic but what if you put an obsidian knife blade in the pommel for a ripper?

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Lycurgus Senior Member Offline [ch924][ch927][ch923 ][ch937][ch925] [ch923][ch913][ch914 ][ch917] Posts: 445 Coventry, England Gender:	Re: MAQUAHUITL (Aztec Sword) Reply #5 - Sep 9^th, 2010 at 2:14am That is both Nice and Nasty at the same time
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aztec Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 858 Gender:	Re: MAQUAHUITL (Aztec Sword) Reply #6 - Sep 9^th, 2010 at 6:35pm my blades got here today man they do look great..just gotta get some nice wood for the stocks now
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BrianGrubbs Funditor Offline Joined May 6th, 2008 Posts: 559 Alabama Gender:	Re: MAQUAHUITL (Aztec Sword) Reply #7 - Sep 9^th, 2010 at 8:31pm That thing looks crazy good. Can't wait to see the finished product. Brian
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Dan Interfector Viris Spurii SlingingGuide Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3974 Gender:	Re: MAQUAHUITL (Aztec Sword) Reply #8 - Sep 12^th, 2010 at 2:49pm And it doubles as a paddle !
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Rockman Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1267 Lima, Peru Gender:	Re: MAQUAHUITL (Aztec Sword) Reply #9 - Sep 12^th, 2010 at 4:00pm I assume the obsidian edges are easily exchangable.
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Paleoarts Interfector Viris Spurii Offline it don't mean a thing if you aint got that sling! Posts: 1993 oceanside, CA Gender:	Re: MAQUAHUITL (Aztec Sword) Reply #10 - Sep 12^th, 2010 at 5:00pm sure are, Rockman. just heat up the pitch and replace.
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aztec Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 858 Gender:	Re: MAQUAHUITL (Aztec Sword) Reply #11 - Sep 13^th, 2010 at 8:14pm well i broke all my blades up today. and your method worked great. i plan on making 2 big swords, one with black obsidian the other with smokey obsidian and another smaller one for myself with the left over mismatched blades
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Paleoarts Interfector Viris Spurii Offline it don't mean a thing if you aint got that sling! Posts: 1993 oceanside, CA Gender:	Re: MAQUAHUITL (Aztec Sword) Reply #12 - Sep 13^th, 2010 at 8:59pm can't wait to see them, man!
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Paleoarts Interfector Viris Spurii Offline it don't mean a thing if you aint got that sling! Posts: 1993 oceanside, CA Gender:	Re: MAQUAHUITL (Aztec Sword) Reply #13 - Dec 5^th, 2010 at 8:29pm i guess this qualifies as a maquahuitl, though i'm just calling it a war club. the wood is purpleheart and the blades are alligator gar scales.
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aztec Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 858 Gender:	Re: MAQUAHUITL (Aztec Sword) Reply #14 - Dec 5^th, 2010 at 8:34pm badass
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