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Albion Armorers

Agincourt Sword

Baron Sword

Brescia Spadona

Caithness Sword

Castellan Sword

Celtic La Tene Type II Sword

Chieftain Sword

Clontarf Viking Sword

Conan the Barbarian Atlantean Sword

Count and Steward Swords

Crécy Sword

Doge Sword

Duke Sword

Earl Sword

Gaddhjalt Sword

Gallowglass Sword

Hersir Viking Sword

Jarl Viking Sword

Kingmaker Sword

Knight Sword

Laird Sword

Landgraf and Sempach Swords

Liechtenauer Sword

Mercenary and Constable Swords

Meyer Sword

Migration Type D Sword

Munich Sword

Norman Sword

Poitiers Sword

Prince and Squire Swords

Reeve Sword

Regent Sword

Ritter Sword

Senlac Sword

Sherriff Sword

Solingen Sword

Sovereign Sword

Squire Line 13th Century Great Sword

Squire Line 13th Century Knightly Sword

Squire Line 15th Century Bastard Sword

Sword of St. Maurice of Turin

Talhoffer Sword

Templar Sword

Thegn Sword

Tritonia Sword

Triumvirate of First Generation Gladii

Viceroy Sword

Yeoman Sword

Angus Trim Swords

AT1433 Type XVIa Warsword

AT1563 Lady Restita

AT1592 Danish Two-Hander

Christian Fletcher AT1520

Christian Fletcher AT1593

Christian Fletcher Ranger Sword

Christian Fletcher Redeemer

Christian Fletcher Side Sword

Christian Fletcher Type XVIIIa Sword

DD1404 "Moonbrand"

Single-handed Falchion

Arma Bohemia

Ballock Dagger

Rondel Dagger

Sgian Achles

Armour Class

Cup and Ring Basket-hilt

Mortuary Hilt Sword

Arms & Armor

Aunlaz Dagger

Bavarian Rapier

Black Prince Sword

Bohemian Broadsword

Cavalier Rapier

Custom Danish Two-Hander

Custom English Loop-hilt Smallsword

Custom Large Rondel Dagger

Custom Oakeshott Type XX Sword

Custom Rondel Dagger

Custom Stibbert Museum Rapier

Custom Swiss Dagger

Duke of Urbino

Dürer Bastard Sword

Edward III Sword

Edward III Sword: Another look

English Buckler

English Longsword

Fechtbuch Sword

Fechterspiel Sword

French Medieval Sword

German Bastard Sword

German Bastard Sword: Another look

Arms & Armor (continued)

Gustav Vasa Rapier

Henry V Sword

Horseman's Axe

Hungarian Axe

Iberian Mace

Italian Three Ring Rapier

Javelin

Katzbalger

Knightly Riding Sword

Medieval Knife

Milanese Rapier

Nordland Axe Prototype

Rondel Dagger

Round Targe

Schloss Erbach Sword

Scholar Sword

Smallsword

Spada da Zogho Sword

Two-Ring Rapier

Warhammer

CAS Iberia/Hanwei

Antiqued Gustav Rapier and Dagger

Charlemagne Saber

Combination Rapier

Federschwert Training Sword

Gambeson and Arming Cap

Mammen Axe

Mortuary Sword

Practical Side Sword

Trident Main Gauche

William Marshal Sword

Cold Steel

Grosse Messer

Smallsword

Darkwood Armory

English Rapier

Rondel Dagger

Side Sword

Teardrop Pappenheimer Sword

Transitional Flambard Rapier

Del Tin Armi Antiche

DT2102 Viking Sword

DT2123 Sword of Saint Galgano

DT2143 Hand-and-a-Half-Sword

DT2150 Sword of Estore Visconti

DT2151 Alexandria Type XIX Sword

DT2153 15th Century Sword

DT2155 Rondel Dagger

DT2156 Rondel Dagger

DT2161 Late 16th Century Sword

DT2173 German Left-Hand Dagger

DT5120 12th Century Sword

DT5140 Hand-and-a-Half-Sword

DT5149 14th Century Sword

DT5149 Dussack

DT5152 Schiavonesca Sword

DT5173 Schiavona

DT5181 Smallsword

E.B. Erickson

"Lowland" Basket-hilt Prototype

17th Century Hanger

Eric McHugh

All-Steel Rondel Dagger

Bearded Axe

Eric McHugh Custom Halberd

Seax

Jody Samson

Boarding Cutlass

Fantasy Carolingian Broadsword

Regency Broadsword

Warlord's Sword

Lutel

15th Century Horseman's flail

Cinquedea

Custom 15th Century Longsword

Custom Proto Schiavona

Custom Spadroon

Customized Katzbalger

Late 15th Century Large Dagger

Two-Handed Saber

Miscellaneous Makers

Ancient Edge 14th Century Bastard Sword

Antoine Marçal Rondel Dagger

Armour and Castings Gothic Finger Gauntlets

Castle Keep Oakeshott Type XII Sword

Czech Arms+Armor Manufacture Falchion

Davis Reproductions Ballock Dagger

Davis Reproductions Notation Knife

Elchon's Workshop Broken Back Seax

Miscellaneous Makers (continued)

G. Gedney Godwin Smallsword

James Austin Type M Danish War Axe

Jason Dingledine Oakeshott Type XVI Sword

Jeff Helmes Type XII Korsoygaden Sword

Jiří Klepač 14th Century Hourglass Gauntlets

John Gage Cocobolo Ballock Dagger

John Gage Thuya Burl Ballock Dagger

Justin King Rondel Dagger

Last Legend Gen 2 12th Century Sword

Last Legend Gen 2 Lucerne Sword

Lewis Moore 14th Century Hourglass Gauntlets

Mad Piper Snouted Ribbon Basket-Hilt

Manning Imperial Ballock Dagger

Manning Imperial Type XXa Longsword

Medieval Reproductions Viking Helmet

Michael "Tinker" Pearce Seax

Michael Pikula Riding Sword

Middlesex Village Trading Doglock Pistol

Old Dominion Forge Clamshell Hanger

Pavel Moc "Violet 1½" Bastard Sword

Pavel Moc Italy Sword

Peter Johnsson 13th Century Type X Sword

Revival Clothing Linen Gambeson

Swordcrafts Aluminum Longsword Wasters

Viking Shield Model II Shield

Phoenix Metal Creations

Bastard Sword

Hand-and-a-Half Sword

Loop-hilt Smallsword

Pappenheimer Sword

TEMPL Historic Arms

Iron Age Celtic Sword

Sutton Hoo Sword

Tod's Stuff

All-Steel Rondel Dagger

Bog Oak Ballock Dagger

Bone-handled Baselard

Boxwood-hilted Baselard

Broken Back Seax

Bronze-hilted Rondel Dagger

Dagger of Alexander Balliol

Dragon Warhammer

English Cutler 13th Century Eating Knife

English Cutler Ballock Dagger

Inlaid Broken-Back Seax

Scottish Dirk

Single-edged Rondel Dagger

Tod's Stuff 15th Century Eating Knife

Trio of Medieval Knives

Vince Evans

"Diamond" Backsword

"Milestone" Sword

Ballock Dagger

European Hanger

Pattern-Welded Scramseax

Scottish Dirk

Scottish Dirk #2

Scottish Single-hand Sword

Vladimir Cervenka

Flambard Rapier

Petersen Type S Viking Sword

Single-Edged Viking Sword

Type 1 Schiavona

Windlass Steelcrafts

"Type IV" Sword

15th Century Longsword

Brass-hilted Rondel Dagger

Classic Cinquedea

Confederate Foot Officer's Sword

Crusader Sword

Cut and Thrust Sword and Dagger

Dutch Cutlass

English Rondel Dagger

English Tuck (Estoc)

Falcata

German Falchion

German Mace

High Middle Ages Dagger

Long-Bladed Hewing Spear

Medieval Short Sword

River Thames Mace

Scottish Backsword

Scottish Burgonet

Scottish Dagger

Sword of St. Michael

Towton Sword

Type 1 Blackened Schiavona

Type 2 Schiavona

War Sword of Albrecht II