[Luke F]

Hi

Has anyone seen this yet or held it? i am interested in getting one, but i was just wondering on the quality of it first.

MRL Description from their site

This Dark Age sword features an individually handcarved grip like the original. Native British warriors were already accustomed to fighting with
longer swords than the Roman trooper's omnipresent Gladius, so copying the longer spath carried by the Roman Calvary was a natural development. What they didn't copy was the Roman Spath's austere hilt. Although the British blades were virtually identical proportionally to the Roman ones, the hilts tended to be carved far more decoratively. Warriors fighting on foot, from carts or horseback found it to be a perfect sword. This sword type endured in Britain until it was replaced by Saxon and Danish hilt and blade types. Made by Windlass Steelcrafts®. Includes scabbard.


Overall-38¼" * Blade-31" long, 15/8" wide, 3/16" thick * Wt.-1 lbs. 12 oz.

Original was exhumed from a Pictish grave and can be seen in the Osprey book "Pictish Warrior."





Site With The Sword

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Thanks
Luke F


*Also posted on Swordforum.com, wanted to get more opinions