hi all,
i joined the forum as i need someone to tell me what the design differences were between the 12/13th century medieval swords (crusades) and the 15th century swords (war of the roses). especially the pommels.
im in a 15th century re-enactment group (even though this is out of my era of expertise!) and the group are extremely strict about authentisity of weapons and clothes etc.
except the swords we use look like ones ive seen in a book about crusader knights. The pommels on are swords are round but not flat the handles black with a cross nguard that makes the sword look alot like a crucifix.
i hope theres someone here who can help.
all the best
x x x

First of all ! welcome onboard this forum ;-)

Thera are some great articles on this site, that might help you.

First there are this one on Ewart Oakeshott sword typology.

http://www.myArmoury.com/feature_oakeshott.html

Second there are The Spotlight series that's goes in detail on the specific types of swords

http://www.myArmoury.com/feature_spotx.html

You can probaly find more interesting reading here, aswell as the rest of the Spotlight series:

http://www.myArmoury.com/features.html

Chers Klaus