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Still coming back: I think those wooden handles for the coins are usually quite oversized.
Have a look at some contemporary sources.
from approx 1800
from the 1880
Modern interpretations, Boudriot and a to me unknown rebuild
If one compares, the handle of the coin is only in between a third or even better a quarter of the diameter of the pommelion
Also the "drop"-form on the handle is not very pronounced in the historic sources. Much more just a straight stick.
This led me to the sizes on my 1:98 Constitution. And the handle is already oversized as for the printing to be on the safe side . Also a nice detail is the block underneath with a rope handle
That is why I usually promote the version of just a length of wire for the smaller scales and the thinnes douwel one can get for the bigger ones. The drop form can easily be fake with white glue.
XXXDAn
Have a look at some contemporary sources.
from approx 1800
from the 1880
Modern interpretations, Boudriot and a to me unknown rebuild
If one compares, the handle of the coin is only in between a third or even better a quarter of the diameter of the pommelion
Also the "drop"-form on the handle is not very pronounced in the historic sources. Much more just a straight stick.
This led me to the sizes on my 1:98 Constitution. And the handle is already oversized as for the printing to be on the safe side . Also a nice detail is the block underneath with a rope handle
That is why I usually promote the version of just a length of wire for the smaller scales and the thinnes douwel one can get for the bigger ones. The drop form can easily be fake with white glue.
XXXDAn