13th century german chopper..
Hi guys ...


I want to know something about this sword... I don't know exactly what it is.. seems like a two handed chopper to me but maybe I'm wrong.. there's no guard.. no grip...


And do you know where can I find something similar ?


http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0004/bsb0...p;seite=20


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Maybe a type of mace, instead of a sword?.............McM
Compare to this example with hand guard.
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/4373/7073/
To me it looks alot like the 'Medieval chopper' it appears several times in the Maciejowski bible.
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Here is one replica of it:
http://kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=DT5133
Mart...

your post seems the right thing... so .. have you seen in the market swords like this without hand guard?... seems like a glaive sword..
Mart Shearer wrote:
Compare to this example with hand guard.
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/4373/7073/


Aren't we dealing with about a fifty year discrepancy between these two illustrations?
Itīs basically a Falchion like chopper, iīve handled one and itīs an awesome weapon.
You donīt want to get hit by one because the damage will be enormous, even with gambeson and mail.

http://www.celticwebmerchant.com/a-29885799/f...ki-bijbel/


http://www.celticwebmerchant.com/a-29886237/f...-falchion/


http://www.celticwebmerchant.com/a-24699624/f...ki-bijbel/
Gregory J. Liebau wrote:
Mart Shearer wrote:
Compare to this example with hand guard.
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/4373/7073/


Aren't we dealing with about a fifty year discrepancy between these two illustrations?


Yes. And if you consider the Macijowski examples at c. 1250, The Willehalm at c. 1300, and the Alexander at c. 1350 we've got a full century spread.
DelTin makes a couple-
http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=...i+Falchion

http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=...d+Falchion



Stage Combat has one-

http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=...7%27+Blade


That's all available at Kult of Athena.


Murphy :cool:
There are like a million topics on that style of weapon too. Search for chopper...
Jeroen T wrote:
Itīs basically a Falchion like chopper, iīve handled one and itīs an awesome weapon.
You donīt want to get hit by one because the damage will be enormous, even with gambeson and mail.

http://www.celticwebmerchant.com/a-29885799/f...ki-bijbel/


http://www.celticwebmerchant.com/a-29886237/f...-falchion/


http://www.celticwebmerchant.com/a-24699624/f...ki-bijbel/


Neat! I've never seen those flavors of the Morgan Bible war cleavers before - it would be great if more makers were interested in producing them. I've seen the Del Tins and the Stage Combat repros before, but these look much better in terms of quality.

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