What's a good iron age Celtic Sword? I was looking through the Del Tin pages and saw a nice Celtic Sword. I could not find many reviewed here on this site.

Patrick Barta of Templ Arms has done some outstanding work, making blades of period accurate piled welded construction. However, the price for this is high, and there is something like a three year waiting list.

Yes, I took a look at his site and they are exquisite but much to expensive for me. I will probably wait and see what comes around on the second hand market. Thanks. And the other site at iron age armory was nice. I will have to write that guy and see if he would send me an e-mail of how he made those shields. I see steel bosses for sell some time. I think I could scrounge up some good hearty oak planks and leather and maybe put on together. They were pretty awesome.

I have both the Del Tin Iron-age Celtic swords, the anthro-hilt short sword and the long sword (catalog numbers? I forget 'em...). Anyway, the "long and the short" of it, so to speak -- both are very nice swords for the money. Weights and balances are great (DT's do tend to be heavier than they need be -- but not these two, they're pretty much spot on weight-wise). They come unsharpened, fine for reenactment and display, not so great if you like to cut things on occasion. But they can be sharpened.

I have an Iron-Age Armory Spatha. It's a very very nice sword! Great detail work, great finish. Their Celtic swords look even more awesome. These guys make a great sword; I'd get one if I really wanted another Iron-age style Celtic long sword and had the bucks available!

I also have a Patrick Barta Viking sword. It's a very, very, VERY nice sword! Patrick's work with pattern-welded and layered steels is amazing -- pictures cannot do his work justice. I'd LOVE to get another one of his swords -- again, if I had the money. Plus, he has something like a 2-year wait right now, IIRC.

Really though, all these makers are good, although they each fill somewhat different niches (mainly in terms of price).