Who has the most vaulted cross?

[Woolgar]

Following on from Ron's thread I would be interested to see just how vaulted crosses can get!

I have a couple of mildly vaulted EK1's but nothing to shout about so here is a KVK I found on the web to start things off

Nick

[Douglas 5]

That one is heavily - hand " bent or simulated vaulting " .
Because of the swords between the arms - real vaulting is almost not possible - very minimal . KvK with out swords vault like a regular EK would .
I have seen some horrible hand vaulting .... but the factory dual axis vaulting is a nice piece of workmanship ... which I would rather see posted here ... your call .

Douglas

[sanya13]

Hí Nick Douglas is right not original vaulted

(But it looks good)

[Douglas 5]

The metal itself can take the bending ... but not the paint .

Douglas

[Douglas 5]

No matter how hard one tries ... the arm just bends at the narrow spot first . The inside corners pull away from the core .

Douglas

[Douglas 5]

Should also mention that a lot of heavy hand vaulted have frames have splitting .

Factory vaulted crosses require a bit of extra work to be done properly with even curving of all parts .
Have one that shows this quit well .

Douglas

[plaut]

Douglas - I'm fallen on love with your Juncker

[Douglas 5]

Certainly others will have a lot more - who actually collect EK1s .
The 3 I have .

Douglas

[plaut]

here are most vaulted I have

[Woolgar]

Very nice vaults Michal

Nick

[fabri-online]

Here it is Nick

[Woolgar]

Wow Fabri! Surely can't get more vaulted than that !!!

Nick

[Volksgrenadier 44]

What a beautiful set Fabri!

Ross

[richthofen_117]

This is mine:

[Flemisch lion]

Kvk1

Here my KVK1 L11...

Br
Jan