Hi,
I`m looking for some detail informations about sassanid swords - persian swords from 6-7th.
especially about unique pistol grip construction.
I`m recreating that sword from British Museum: www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/high...page=18963

Maybe some of you have the HQ pictures of this sword from BMuseum ?

Maybe some of you know more about construction of that kind of grip?

... or maybe some of you have already recreated sassanid sword?

Please, need some help with this interesting weapon.
Thanks.

I took a few high res photos of these swords on my last visit. I will get them uploaded tonight when I am back home.

thank you Eric - I know these examples, but the sword from BM is a little different style of grip and I want to recreate exactly like this one.

William - I think that your photos can help me - I will waiting for them.

What do the blades of these swords look like? All of the pictures I find of these weapons always have the scabbards on.

Hey,

As promised here is a shot of the silver one. I don't think I have a shot of the gold one as it was displayed a little too high for a decent shot.

Also check out this website where the blade is out of the scabbard, although it is in pretty poor condition.

http://sword-site.com/thread/288/silver-hilte...rollTo=665

thanks very much William. nice photo.
this is the one I want to recreate.
I wish to have a shots of this grip from the other sites too...
I`ll wait - maybe someone have more pictures.

An few more images.

Components of Sassanian swords from the late Sassanian era. Weapons of this type would have been typical during the early 7th century wars between the Byzantine and Sassanian empires. The weapons shown above have never been seen by Western historians nor displayed in Western museums. These appeared as a result of Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani’s 10-year study of Iranian weapons.
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Late Sassanian sword (Farrokh 2004; reprinted Hughes 2010, p.51). Entire sword from front [1] and back [2]; sword handle at front [3] and back [4]; sword mount at front [5] and back [6].
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thank you Eric, I know some of these pictures.
this is very helpful.

Have you checked out these pages via the Online Collection section of the British Museum website?

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collect...amp;page=1

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collect...amp;page=1

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collect...amp;page=1

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collect...amp;page=1

They contain more photos, dimensions and information about 4 swords.

I hope these are helpful.

Danny

I kinda want one myself now...

Let's hope that some modern company will reproduce these type of swords someday (Who knows?)
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Any idea how many edges these swords have? The pistol grip makes me think maybe one?

Hey great, this thread is back! :)

Here is a photo of the golden sword from the British Museum.
Edge wise I have no idea as the only swords of this type have always been inside their scabbard.

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It is rather hard to tell! The scabbard and grip look related to early sabres, I'd have to wonder if any of these straight swords had one edge, and then they developed a slight curve, or if single edge and curve developed together. I know Charlemagne's sword has some edge on the back, so maybe it is the latter.