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<p>[QUOTE="RabidRick, post: 1992292, member: 37868"]Yeah, these days the actual carvings are made into huge plates and then rotary machine copied to smaller sizes (I forget what the actual name is for that thing). Before, it was literally carving into the hammer that they used.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had a siglos with some great detail; I'm kind of sad I sold it because I never see them that nice. They are usually worn so bad you can barely see the design. I'll find another though. Who knows? Maybe someone will have something at the Historical Bourse in SF this December.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RabidRick, post: 1992292, member: 37868"]Yeah, these days the actual carvings are made into huge plates and then rotary machine copied to smaller sizes (I forget what the actual name is for that thing). Before, it was literally carving into the hammer that they used. I had a siglos with some great detail; I'm kind of sad I sold it because I never see them that nice. They are usually worn so bad you can barely see the design. I'll find another though. Who knows? Maybe someone will have something at the Historical Bourse in SF this December.[/QUOTE]
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