Has anyone ever reproduced the sword from the Musée de l'Armée with the accession number J4?
This sword is mentioned on page 230 of Oakeshott's Records and in more detail on 142 in Peirce's Swords of the Viking Age

It is a type X dating probably to the early 12th century. The blade is especially broad for it's length, which makes the grip seem almost short, I find the overall effect rather striking. The grip itself is wood, wrapped in silver wire, with silver bands/ferrules and each end. Oakeshott says that despite it's size (and weight), it is well balanced.
Peirce has the more accurate dimensions I believe:
OAL: 85cm
BL: 72cm
LOC:19.9cm
LOG: 8cm

The blade width is about 3 inches at the hilt. Oakeshott gives the weight as about 3 3/4lbs, he says the blade is very thin and well balanced.

Does anyone know if a reproduction of this sword has ever been made? I am very tempted myself to find someone who would be willing to make a copy.

I've attached some pictures that Manouchehr Korasani was kind enough to upload to myArmoury from his visit to the Musée de l'Armée. There are more detailed photographs in Peirce's book, but I'm sure they are copyrighted.

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I've always loved that sword and hope you do get it made and post lots of pics!

This is the first I've seen of this sword. Damn, what a blade!...............McM

It is on my wishlist, but I have not seen a reproduction of it.

I think Michael Pikula did one that was similar to this a few years back. Though I don't think it was an exact reproduction.

Holy moly!

I will order this sword from my friend soon, it seems so cool.

Yes, I've seen pictures of that sword and it appears in SWORDS OF THE VIKING AGE by Ian Peirce. I've always wondered how it wound feel and handle it's so very different than any other swords of that time that I know about.

I also can't help but wonder how it came to be. Did some swordsman ask a smith to make a sword to a sketch of a model or bib a smith"invent" this sword himself? This, of course, is an almost impossible question to answer but is the one I always wonder about when I see this sword.

I doubt that this sword would have enough general market appeal to ever be mass produced but I have to admit I would be very curious to get the feel of a replica if one was ever available.

My hunch is that it was the early equivalent of a parade sword. That is, it was a sword for display, and not actual use.... This is just my own personal speculation, mostly based on the oddness of the blade and the silver wire wrap and silver ferrules.

No way of knowing, just my theory...

Perhaps a re-hilted, older blade?

I can't imagine that there would be much mass market appeal for such a piece but it would be interesting to know how a reproduction handled. I also wonder about it being a presentation or bearng sword. Typically those are a bit more impressive in terms of visual impact.

I believe this sword handles well. It's short and wide blade combined with shortness and dramatic distal taper might very well make it very fast...
And I doubt it is 3.75lb. Oakeshott gave the wrong dimensions, perhaps wrong weight too...

This sword in the Arma Bohemia catalog looks like it might have been inspired by the same sword. Or maybe by Oakeshott's oversized rendition (I don't know le Duc's book cited below):

http://www.armabohemia.cz/imgnew/epees/epees/mec6_v.jpg

Description:

copy of a broad 1-hand sword,
France, 2nd half XII th century.
length: 95 cm, blade very broad (8cm), sharp
described in Viollet le Duc´s ENCYCLOPÉDIE MÉDIÉVALE

smaller version
length: 90 cm, blade broad 5cm.