He followed my instructions with stunning exactness.
I expected to receive the sword within 3 to 4months but it took a year.
But he has answered all my emails so I never really doubted if the sword would arrive.
Anyway here is some specific:
Length of the blade: 92 cm
Width of the blade: 4,5 cm
Thickness of the blade: 0,7 cm
Length of the fuller: 52 cm
Hardness: about 52 HRC
Width of the quillon: 19 cm
Handle length (without pommel's "shaft"): 20 cm
Pommel: 10 cm high, about 5 cm in diameter.
Over all length: 122 cm
I know the pommel look a little different, anybody seen anything like this before?
Weight: about 900 gr
Center of weight: 12 cm under the quillon
The sword is light and handles very well. But please realize that I have no experience with sword so my opinion is noting to consider!
The inscription on the blade is on both sides and says ” Kyrie eleison” it’s Greek and it means ”Lord, have mercy”. (Now I realize that inscriptions in Greek is very uncommon, and maybe not historically correct, but than again, to me the greek letters have a little “Tolkish” fantasy look to them).
Over all I am happy with the sword, though today I would have wanted something more “traditional” looking. But anyway, it is a unique sword!
The sad thing is that the scabbard was damage when Polish costume opened the package, so Szczepan will fix it end send it later. The second bad thing was that the pommel was a little bent because of rough treatment during the shipping. My own conclusion is that the package could have been better.
When I told this to Szczepan he offered to pay for the shipping back to Poland to fix the sword. I really don’t no if I will do that. Since I believe I will use this sword for decoration only. And for that it more than qualifies, considering the price with scabbard is equal to a UC wall hanger replica of for example the Strider sword without scabbard!
Please comment! Is this mostly fantasy or can it fit in somewhere in history?
Greetings
Joachim Elsander
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