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Total length: 55" (139.7 cm)
Blade length: 41" (104 cm)
Blade width: 2.1875” (5.56 cm)
CoB: 4.5" (11.43 cm)
CoP: 25" (63.5 cm)
Weight: 5lb 7 oz. (2.47 kg)
Weight (w/o demi-scabbard): 5lb 5oz. (2.41 kg)


Best,

Howy

Very nice looking sword... although I cant help but keep being reminded of Wallace's 'claymore' from braveheart thanks to the leather wrapped ricasso and SOMEWHAT similar crossguard.

Very nice, Howy. This is the sword I've been waiting to see. I also agree....very BraveHeart-ish. I love it. Are there any pics of an original? I swear I saw one several years ago, but it's now lost somewhere in web history. Fantastic!!!....I wish I had more hands so I could give you three thumbs up!!..........McM

This one turned out fantastic. I love that it comes with the wood core "demi-scabbard". Looks like I'll have to save up my money.

Very nice! I wonder if the "demi-scabbard" just slides right off or is it somehow attached? Is its purpose just for transporting across the shoulder and would be removed during use, or is it meant to remain in place during a fight? I always assumed it was all leather and essentially permanent, but this feels like perhaps not...

Looks great.

I would like to see some pictures without it. I have seen almost identical Swiss two handers, but this leather/wood demi scabbard really makes it look braveheart-ish. :) Anyway, I like it very much, of course. :D

It's always good to see photos of new Albions. I hope that you will soon update your website (also Albion Europe's) to reflect the Tyrolean's and Principe's change in status.

Can the other XVIIIc, the Alexandria be far behind?

Very nice looking sword. I would have assumed that the demi-scabbard might have been a short scabbard that covered the blade from the tip up to the leather-covered ricasso. Why else would all of the pictures show it with the ricasso covered. Would not a removable ricasso cover have a propensity to remove itself when the sword was swung with a purpose? I may very well be wrong however. Perhaps Mr. Waddell can enlighten us as to the nature of the demi-scabbard.

Move aside, ladies and gents-- Big Daddy is in the house!

Looks great! I was actually expecting something plainer, but this doesn't strike me as much of a "downgrade" from the Maximillian at all-- just different, and maybe just a touch simpler.

Imposing, yet still an "elegant" weapon. I love it!

Hi all, and thank you for your thoughts and questions.

The leather covered base of this sword is an unusual feature. It is something that is depicted in art, showing landsknechts carrying the two hander over the shoulder with a blade that has its forte covered in leather.

There survives many examples of two handers with leather covered ricassos but these have all parrying hooks. From the art work it seems that a leather cover could also be added to the base of a blade that is lacking parrying hooks and possibly also lacking a ricasso.

This leather sleeve or demi scabbard is therefore speculative. We know something like this was seen in the period, but we cannot be 100% sure what it was. Therefore we have opted to offer it with the sword, but the Tyrolean can also be ordered without it. I believe it can also be ordered with the demi scabbard not permanently fixed to the blade.

There is indeed a third design based on this same blade: a large type XIIIa of 13th or early 14th century style.
-A sword for all those large and strong templars out there.
... And of course there is geometry involved.
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A clear depiction of a sword lacking parrying hooks, with a leather cover over the forte.

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A possible case of the same design, although it is possible that there are small parrying hooks hidden behind his shoulder and neck.

Thank you for the clarification Peter.

I was unfamiliar with the concept of a demi-scabbard and had always thought that the covered portion at the top of the blade was a leather covered ricasso. It is an interesting idea and one can certainly see the application.

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:-)

Sorry.
Peter

Oh how very Braveheart :cool: I love it. Well done Albion.

You can find more pictures of the Tyrolean on the Albion Europe facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151600530511776.1073741837.336997521775&type=1

...including pictures with and with-out the demi-scabbard.

High def pictures courtesy of Albion Europe:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/albioneurope/sets/72157635661333833/

Thanks for taking the time to photograph these swords properly.