This good value two-handed sword is a beautiful example of a long sword of the European late Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Although not a one-to-one replica of an original historical piece, it shows some of the typical characteristics of the two-handed arming swords wielded by 15th century Gothic knights in full suit of armour.
This type of ring hilt longsword is differentiated from others of the same period by its side rings placed on either side of the crossguard (which eventually led to more complex hilt designs developing). On the medieval battlefields and tournaments, such rings provided much greater protection to the hands without adding much to the weapon’s overall weight.
The long, broad, double-edged blade of the medieval sword we offer here tapers only slightly towards the point. It is forged out of EN45 spring steel and has multiple fullers on each side (one main fuller framed by two short ones – a feature common to many Oakeshott Type XX swords). The edges are not sharpened, and the blade's full tang is screwed to the pommel.
The cruciform hilt sports a generously sized, inverted scent stopper pommel and an approx. 19 cm long, slightly downwardly curved crossguard with D-shaped parrying rings, all made of steel. The handle is composed of a wooden core with leather-and-steel overlay: While the first half adjacent to the guard is bound in black leather, the rest of the grip is wrapped with twisted steel wire.
This late medieval two-handed knightly sword comes complete with a black wood-and-leather scabbard with steel throat, chape, middle band and articulated suspension rings.
This sword is designed as a collector's or decoration/display piece and, besides its quality as a collectible, is also perfectly suited as a prop, e.g. to complete your costume.
Details:
- Material: EN45 spring steel blade (high carbon steel, not stainless), steel guard and pommel, wooden handle covered with leather and steel wire
- Overall length: approx. 116 cm
- Blade length: approx. 90 cm
- Hilt length: approx. 26 cm (grip approx. 18 cm)
- Max. blade width: approx. 4.5 cm
- Blade thickness: approx. 4 mm (cutting edges approx. 1 mm)
- Point of balance: approx. 12 cm from the guard
- Incl. wooden scabbard with genuine leather cover and steel fittings
- Weight without scabbard: approx. 1.65 kg
- Weight with scabbard: approx. 2.23 kg
Specs may slightly vary from piece to piece.
The steel used here is not rust-proof and might show slight surface tarnishing in places. We recommend you to maintain the blade on a regular basis, for example using Ballistol Universal Oil, which is ideally suited for steel care.
Please note:
We do not sell this product to customers under the age of 18. Please provide your birth date when ordering. We'll also need a copy of your ID-card or passport by email, scan, fax or mail.
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Better in person.
Beatifull to look at, ballanced similair to a rapier, and they just went out of there way with the details on this thing. This longsword is clearly made for the armored knight to fight other knights. The pommel is massif and bassicly shaped like a mace, plus the steel wire around the handel gives a the appearence like the handel is almost part of the pommel which is a example of the detail on this thing. Then there is the blade which is not wide at all, but thick with a really well done distail tapper and fullers to help balance the sword. The scabbert plain and simple but sturdy and of good kwalitie and there is nothing wrong with that. Here is the best part the crossguerd is a absoluut unit that would protect your hand against nearly anything, the rings on the guerds are reletivly thin in comparesen, but that's a good thing cause that guerd is bassicly a dubble headed warhammer. If I had to nitpick anything I would say that maby I would have liked the crossguerd to be just a little bit longer on both sides cause that way the pommel might look a little less massive. Deffinitly worth it's money even if they wouldn't throw in a scabbert, and the pictures do a absoluut godawfull job at showing this piece. 10/10!