Here is my entry into bronze age world, Neil Burridge Mycenaean type F sword. Awesome little sword, light and lightning fast, sharp and beautiful:

Always happy to see a new Burridge piece. This is a really neat style, one I'd like to have some day. Congratulations on one of the oldest swords in the world! Will you finish the hilting?

A friend of mine who is a knife maker will hilt it.

Hi forum mates
I have had this sword for a while now and I just got around to posting.
The sword was a gift from my wife for a 60 birthday present and I was not expecting it. A very big surprise!
The sword is from 9th century Dublin, Ireland - Viking era.
Some stats:
Overall length - 92 cm
Blade length - 73 cm
Guard length - 11 cm
Grip length - 9.2 cm
Hilt length - 19 cm
Hilt: Petersen / Oakeshott type D
Blade construction:
Two layers of pattern welding. The front side uses four rods, forming a twisted & straight pattern structure. The opposite side is constructed from two twisted rods. The edges are constructed from hand-smelted welded steel. The blade has many hardening marks.
Hilt & Pommel construction:
The guard & pommel are constructed from hollow cast bronze with silver & copper inlay, silver rings, & silver & copper twisted wire.
Grip construction:
Nutwood

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Jerry Monaghan wrote:

The sword was a gift from my wife for a 60 birthday present and I was not expecting it. A very big surprise!

Woah, nice sword

Congratulation Jerry! That is a truly remarkable gift and wife for getting this for you.

It has been a long time since I was able to post something of my own here instead of just commenting on all of the great pieces that have been posted here since then.

I have not received it yet, it will hopefully be shipped from New York tomorrow and I will have this beauty in my grubby mitts by next week.

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Scott, who's the maker of that one?

My last sharp would be a Christian Fletcher Shieldmaiden with a dark walnut brown leather grip and a matching scabbard http://www.christianfletcher.com/swords/heroi...eldmaiden/ I also just received an Albion Meyer with an oxblood leather grip.

Here are some shots of a Viking two hander(I know - total fantasy) I purchased the bare blade years ago from John Lundemo at Odinblades years ago and never cared for the hilt that I came up with. Josh Davis at Davis reproductions agreed to tackle the project. The pictures show the waxes that Josh carved that will be cast in bronze.
I am extremely excited - Josh is also working up a wood cored scabbard and carrying system.

I seem to be having issues getting the pictures up ... I will attempt to rectify this evening.

here is something from Darkwood Armory - one of their Ring Hilt With Shell hilt rapiers. I had them put on one of their Sidesword blades 36 inches by .125 wide. It is not a light sword, but then most originals were substantial pieces.

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I really wasn't planning on buying another sword for a while. A long while. But I saw this rapier on A&A's muster page and, while I had no plans to buy it at the time, found myself frequently going back to check if it was still available. There are apparently only so many times one can talk oneself out of something. My last rapier was also an A&A muster find, so this seems to be developing into a habit with me. Bad Sam! No biscuit!

The sword is absolutely stunning. When I held it for the first time, I actually whispered a line from Princess Bride to myself; "I've never seen its equal." A&A's stats are:

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Overall Length: 45.8"; Blade Length: 37.9"; Blade Width: 1.1"; Grip Length: 3.2"; Balance Point: 3" in front of guard; Weight: 2.71 lbs (1232 gr)

The feel of the sword is definitely on the substantial side, making it perfect for rapier fencing in the Italian style. I do not believe it would have any difficulty in "finding the sword" and the blade width and sharpness of the edge make me think it could give quite a decent cut; not quite, but almost into sidesword territory. Aesthetically, the sword displays lovely file work on the guard and the most exquisite wire wrap I've ever seen them do.

I am immensely pleased with this purchase. Now I need to look into commissioning a scabbard of equal magnificence.

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Here's one of both of my muster rapiers. [ Download ]

Manning Imperial Basic Messer. 6mm spine distally tapered, 22" blade. The basic furniture was to keep costs down as I wanted this as a bush blade to take into the outdoors. They also do a higher grade version with fullered blade and nagel etc

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This is the most recent sword I've added to the collection, another bronze sword made by Neil Burridge. Always looking to buy more of his work!:

(top blade in the first pic)

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Cool - Neil does great work.

Pavel Moc "Howe" tournament sword; but will also make good appearance with my RenFaire outfit as a big fat Witcher...;-)
Very agile sword despie its considerable size, great fit&finish!

Sorry guys, i just had my 50th and work with computers for over 20 years now, but i give up on trying to post pictures here... hope the links will do...

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Cold Steel "German Longsword" from the new 2016 collection: Now this by far one of the best sub 500,- USD production swords i ever had in my hands; it outclasses my last sad VA acquisition easily. Fit&finish, the blade, the scabbard...excellent craftmanship. OK, the official retail price is ridiculous...but for around 300,- bucks at knifecenter.com it was a steal. Cost were finally 550,- Euros here in Germany eith shipping and customs taxes/fess, but here its listed for 729,- Euro...still a good grab! Will do some cutting soon...

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