Im considering buying a CF shieldmaiden. I didnt find information about the blade distal taper. How is it ? Does it have a moderate or strong distal taper ? Is it a rather stiff or a rather flexible blade ?

How is it compared with early medieval swords like the norman and the bayeux ? And compared with the knight ? I own an albion kmight, so im familiar with this one.

Thx !!

So Nicolas, have you bought a CF shieldmaiden now?

Only 3 days later? I doubt it. :D But Nicolas, you shouldn't be worried about distal taper and stiffness of a Shieldmaiden. It's a properly designed sword with appropriate distal taper for its type. So stiffness will also be appropriate for its design and function. I guess Knight may be a bit stiffer because it tapers a bit more, but not necessarily. Broad blades like Shieldmaiden can be quite stiff if mass distribution is done well...

Well, just because a sword is a viking age sword optimized for cutting doesn't say much about its distal taper. Plenty viking age swords had rather little distal taper and some had a lot... I guess Albion viking swords have more distal taper, like better and younger viking age swords...