Introducing the Baron on Steroids!

OL: 55" (140 cm)
BL: 41" (104 cm)
BW: 2.19" (5.56 cm)
COG: 4.25" from guard (10.8 cm)
COP: 24" from guard (70 cm)
Weight: 5 lbs 6 oz (2.4 kilos)
Grip length: 11.25" (28.6 cm)
Guard width: 10.25" (26 cm)

Price: $1,550 + shipping and handling

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Best,

Howy of Albion

I think this one is fantastic and is my personal favorite of the 3 models using that blade. I would love to see pictures of the Arch Duke next to your other Great swords (Baron, Duke...heck put the Count and Steward in there too!)

This is a great looking sword.

Is the Arch Duke based upon a specific sword or swords?

Love it.

Out of curiosity, is there a specific historical model this is based off of?

Now to start pinching some pennies...

My goodness! That is one BIG sword! Great work again from the fine folks at Albion!!!!

Thank you guys!

The Arch Duke is like many other companions in the Next Generation Line not based on one single individual sword.
Over the past few years I have made special effort to document great swords of type XIIa and XIIIa during my "pilgrimages".

These impressions and the collected body of data has been the basis for this design. While the Arch Duke can be described as a generic example of its type, its handling characteristics, its heft and dynamic properties are like that of authentic well preserved examples of the family.

It is big and massive, but has a smooth and appealing heft.
The hexagonal cross section of the blade is pretty common for the really big type XIIa and XIIIa swords of the late 13th and 14th century. Double fullers are less common but not unheard of.
Since we had a large type XIIIa blade developed for the 16th century two handers, it seemed such a waste not to offer a good high medieval Grete Twa-hand Swerd using that same blade.

Sweet, Howy! Now, what we need are some zweihanders! Also, a REAL Scottish lowlander would not get kicked out of bed by me. You can do it....you da man! :lol: :lol: :lol: ...........McM

Wonder how it would function with some of the Renaissance two-hander manuals that are floating around...

Archduke is actually one word, though (unless you mean an arch duke?)

It seems like it may be almost the biggest Albion sword....

So Sword Growth Hormone, save steroids. :p

Were ~ 14th century great XIIIa getting that big indeed?

I keep finding ~ 130 cm ones, but not quite 140, 2.5 kg beasts.

Then again, I've mostly seen polish literature on this.

Howard when is the markgraf. Type XIX. Going to be released
thats truly a work of Art

Much respect

Tim

I absolutely love the Baron, I only wished it was a bit larger and now such a thing exists! It'll be tough to choose between the Archduke and the Tyrolean when the time comes. I'm eagerly awaiting the Markgraf myself, I hope it becomes a reality soon.