The words of the title came up on a conversation not long ago, and though I didn't take it that way, I suspect it was intended as an insult....... I think i'll "own' that.......

With the "historically inspired' line, as well as being inspired by certain historical swords or features of antiques, I'm going to make the AT that comes of it, as a lively example of 'type".......

During this last week, the Thanksgiving week, I kind of stayed away from the computer and did a bit of "decompression", but also seemed to find that spark of creativity that had eluded me the last year or so..... wonderful what stress reduction will do.....

I'm going to share a few photos of swords that were programmed and machined during the "decompression" week. Don't know when they'll be finished, as there's a lot of stuff in front of them, but.....

This first one is a light type XIV, inspired by the photo in "Records", XIV.3. Lots of profile taper, should be a real lively sword.....

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The photos are as rough machined....... the previous one was to hopefully give an idea of the profile taper on the sword.....

The following one, is inspired bye XIV.3 in "Records". That is, the blade {double fullered}, and the guard..... I have no intention of doing an N pommel.

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I think that "Museum Replicas" did an interpretation of XIII.1 {"Records"} once........

I'm not doing an interpretation as such. However, this sword, with its triple fullers, noticeable profile taper {though subtle} and long handle definitely resonates with me. So, I've used it as inspiration for the following, though I must admit that there's a bit more profile taper in my piece {inspired by XIIIa.11} than XIII.1 has.......

The finished sword will have a blade of nearly 31 inch length, with a 7 inch inch handle between pommel and guard. The expectation is that this hand and a half sword will be exceptionally agile........

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I'm a fan of multi-fullered blades so these are exciting to see, Gus, I'm glad the muse is coming back to you.

Thank you for pandering to the folks who love lively swords. I'm looking forward to seeing the fruits of your current efforts. :)

I found the piece that inspired the photo'd sword here a very interesting piece. Its a type XIII in Oakeshott's "Chivalry" {plate 11 C}, and is also here on the myArmoury article on XIII's by Chad Arnow. I think its in "Records" as a XIIIa, which kind of shows how some of these swords are "tweeners".......

This one struck me because of the mid-length blade {33 inches}, the long tang/ handle {looks like it could be an 8 inch handle}, and the subtle flared shoulders........

So, that's what we're going to have here...... a type XIII, with a 33 inch blade, 8 inch handle, a bit of a downturned guard, and subtly flared shoulders........ The photo is to attempt to show the flared shoulder........

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In a book I got from Bjorn Helquist and Peter Johnsson about 6 years ago, there's a sword that I think of as a type XII. Nothing subtle about the flared shoulders here, and the fuller tapers obviously with the taper of the edges........ this inspired me to do the same. The flared shoulder is pretty obvious, and the fuller tapers with the edge {though the photo probably won't show the tapered fuller, as its close to the shoulder of the blade........

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for convenience its: Middelalderens Tveæggede Sværd (the double edged sword in the middle ages[/]) - its not swedish but rather Danish (very similar really) and was published by "Tøjhusmuseet" in Copenhagen


[i]Edit: i see i shouldnt have gone for a drink in mid-typing since you guys are way too fast for that
if anybody needs the book, i can see if i can get a hold of a copy, might be hard as it is from 1954 but should be possible, and send it to whomever needs it

danish, but i guess that wont help you much, does it...
send it over,I'll translate it for you:)

I see alexander types faster than me:)
you might be able to order it from here: http://www.antikvar.dk/pilegaard/53-11.html
its number 1101.
they ask you to order by email on top of the page, as they dont update this page every day, it might be out..
500 dkk is a little less than us$100

I did not want to comment about or question the unusual dimensions (long grip compared to tang) of the sword earlier, but am now eager since given the historical explanation.

What general type of sword is this suspected of being (hand and a half war sword?, Rough period and suspected usage?)

I am guessing it will have the mass typical of longer 36" length generic longswords, but be competitively fast, while also very strong in all planes of contact. I am pretty intrigued!

Hey Gus, do you have any new photos of these swords, especially the type XIII?

New Photos are up..........

http://www.christianfletcher.com/Christian_Fl...words.html

These look great. Especially so for the price. I am still eager to hear of your plans regarding peening.

The lighting and photo quality don't seem to do the double fullered model justice. The tripplel fullered one came out much better looking, at least in web site appearance.