In the spirit of the other threads of this type, show us your Great Swords (a period term relating to large swords). By Great Swords, I mean the big, broad cutters that work best with two hands. In the Oakeshott world, these would be the Type XIIa and XIII/XIIIa and related forms.

Even if someone has posted pics of a model you own, please feel free to post your own so we have multiple views to peruse. :)

To start, here are two that are/were in my collection:

Albion Baron:

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Del Tin 2142

Yay! I like the long blades!

A Windlass with a homemade pommel ring and a Windlass crossguard-

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Windlass blade with Celtic Knot Forge furniture-

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DelTin with Iron Wolf Forge furniture-

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I did all the grips.

Did I mention I like them in the Irish style? :D

Murphy :cool:

The Baron is truely a great sword aside from the fact that it's a Great Sword.
Here's a brown hilt (in case you don't have black shoes to coordinate with your own). Sword ownership is all about accessorizing.

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My stock photos of my two ATrim swords. Ye olde XIIIa "no name classic" and an eight inch grip on the AT1319 XIIa platform. Head to head with an Albion Baron, the 1319 performs much the same way on mats while being lighter at just 3lbs. The old XIIIa was never a slouch either and lighter still at about 2lbs 12oz. While I have not been cutting much in the past several years, it was the XIIIa with which I was able to cut unpegged mat stumps. I am sure a lot is familiarity over time.

Disregard the Del Tin hovering near but that will show the scale well, as the Del Tin is 51" overall.

Maybe more pictures one day.

Cheers

GC

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1319 showing condensation fresh from a snow bank rifle case delivery

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My Gen2 12th century sword (got bent and I got refunded):

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My DT2142 in three forms, original, modified, modified further and modified even more ;):

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And finally my Hanwei Great Sword of War, peened:

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An Espada Eslavona:
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This is my biggest sword. I made alle the parts of the handle myself, and it was my first experiment in such a regard. It came out a bit clunky as I tried to put the balance further towards the handle. Also the design is a bit unauthentic, i found the shape in a book, which I later found out did not have the historic basis i thought. However it has since sort of grown on me so I haven't had the heart to dismantle it..

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Rob Miller:
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Jeffrey Robinson:
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John Lundemo:
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William,
I'd call your Earl a longsword, and she's a beauty. I guess we need a thread for longswords. :)

Great swords are generally earlier, and generally cutters of Types XIIa and XIII/XIIIa.

Thanks for the reply, Michel. It's a lovely sword. Thank you for sharing!

William: that great sword with a brazil nut pommel by Rob Miller is very well executed, very nice. Eventually, I'll need such a type in my collection.

Gregory: my pleasure, glad you like the sword.

I only have 3 sharps in my collection so far; as I have been focusing on getting HEMA gear for the last year; but I do have a great sword among them.

It's an Angus Trim XIIa.1

Scabbard and grip done by myself.

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This is one of my favorite classes of swords and there are alot of gorgeous examples here. Here are a few of mine to add to the display.

Since the type is a little fluid, I'll start with ones that have the words "great sword" in their model name.
Albion Crecy GS
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An older DT and of course the HT GSOW
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Then move to a few that are on the edge for length or width but still within the zone of great swords IMO.
Lundemo Sword of Hope
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Customized DT
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And maybe a tad short, but a great shearing cutter nonetheless....
Atrim MM
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Been away for awhile and thought I would add my one greatsword. It is an Atrim 4123 Type XIIIa cutlered by Christian Fletcher. Not bad for the first sword I ever got. My others are all single handers.

Forgot to add that everyones swords look great! Though I have to admit that Marc's "Laird" is breathtaking. I simply love it and it really makes me want to have John make me a ring hilt of some kind sooner then later.

Here is my Del Tin 5143 type XIIIA warsword. with scabbard made by Crusader Monk

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