Casting a Handgonne at the Historical Market Mahlberg
Casting a Handgonne at the Historical Market Mahlberg
On July 21. and 22.the town of Mahlberg celebrates its 800th anniversary. These festivities are accompanied by a historical market, which is held there with large programme
For this event I have prepared a small casting demonstration. Mahlberg will become a mini-Büchsenhausen, i.e. I will show how to make a Tannenberg handgonne with late medieval means only. No compromises made.
Next to this I will show the making and moulding of the Nürnberger Tand (Nuremberg dinanderie), such as candle holders or even a handheld fire-extinguisher: the Handfeuerspritze. The image below shows such a fire extinguisher from 1540. It is close the one I am making. which is shown in the link to the Germanische Nationalmuseum Nürnberg.