Been making knives for a while now and figure its time to try my hand at swords. I have a customer who has a room in egyptian motif and wants a sword to put on the wall. Something around 2000 years old. Any idea where to get some picts and specks for something like this???

Larry

Hello Larry ,

I just took a chance and it seems to have paid off . Go to the " features " menue on the home page and look for " introduction to the sword " . The first picures has several that might be used as a guid to you .

2,000 years ago Egypt was part of the Roman Empire, so swords of that time would be Roman. I think you'd want something from an earlier time period in order to be more distinctive. #1 & 3 from "Introduction to the Sword" would both be good ones. #1 was a type of sword found throughout the Near East during the late Bronze Age. To be a genuine reproduction, any copy would have to be in bronze. #3 I haven't seen before, but it would be iron or mild steel so a copy could be in high carbon steel and still be considered a close reproduction.

Can anyone supply any numbers such as length, width, etc for #3?