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Joshua R
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 Posted: Thu 15 Apr, 2010 9:59 pm Post subject: Norwegian/Scandinavian Long-/greatswords? |
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After being indecisive about purchasing an Albion viking sword or the Gallowglass, I've decided to get a custom sword through OlliN. While I am likely to put some fantastical or anachronistic elements into the weapon, I'm not aiming to go any further off target than the (not-elven) swords from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings. (I'm thinking, specifically, of giving it a bit of a Nazgul treatment. Not necessarily pitted and corroded and ancient, so much as just evil looking.)
Anyway, I'm interested in using a distinctively Norwegian/Scandinavian longsword or greatsword as the basis for this custom sword. If anyone could point me in the right direction to do my own research (short of a trip to Europe) or simply provide me with some of their own information, it would be much appreciated!
" For Augustus, and after him Tiberius, more interested in establishing and increasing their own power than in promoting the public good, began to disarm the Roman people (in order to make them more passive under their tyranny).... "
-N. Machiavelli, The Art of War
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Luka Borscak
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Maybe you should just buy new Albion's Dane. It's a Danish two hander and looks interesting enough without going fantasy.
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Kjell Magnusson
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Joshua R
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| Luka Borscak wrote: | | Maybe you should just buy new Albion's Dane. It's a Danish two hander and looks interesting enough without going fantasy. |
I apologize for using the incorrect terminology. I meant to say that I am after information regarding swords of the type classified by Albion as hand-and-a-half swords, not a two-hander. While "The Dane" is on my To Buy list, it's not what I'm really looking for, right now. Further, I'm not looking at a custom sword because I want to own 1 of 100. 
I had seen that thread, but did not find much data that seemed relevant. I shall have to re-read it.
EDIT:
Done in pencil and scanned by a scanner via MS Paint (so the pictures suck).
Concept sword
Concept pommel
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