Is it me, or does the Beowulf sword in the link below look like the more appropriate, wider fuller? Did they change the protype? :wtf:

http://www.reliks.com/merchant.ihtml?pid=2545

As much as I hate to admit it, this sword has my interest piqued as I absolutely love swords from the migration era. In spite of my more educated sensibilities saying "fah!" I may pick up one of these. I might just wait until it's on close-out and snap one up to use as a antiquing project. I've been wanting to try that for quite some tine and this looks like a sword that can only benefit from the process.

I know I blasted this all over other forums, but when you are proud of your own creation, you gotta show it. Myself and one of the armourers for the movie designed the armour used by Gerard Butler. I had it made about 3 years ago. Here is a shot of it.

No, I don't think even the innerbailey was mentioned in the credits. We designed it for me as a custom order, but the armourer kept all intellectual rights.

I was just checking Kult of Athena's webpage today and noticed that they had the Beowulf sword in stock.
On another note, Windlass definately changed the fuller from the narrow one of the prototype to a more appropriate wider one.

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Just some clarifications about the Beowulf Sword from the "Beowulf & Grendel" film:

In the on-screen credits at the end of the film there is an acknowledgement that Beowulf's sword was inspired by a design by J. T. Palliko. That sounds "authorized" to me. Palliko's original has a pattern-welded ("Damascus") blade.

The swords used in the film were made by Valentine Armouries (which is now selling the swords it made for the film). One of these has a pattern-welded blade while the other does not.

The reproduction Beowulf sword is made by Windlass Steelcrafts, and resembles the original Palliko sword more than the movie swords did! I own one of these swords. It has a carbon-steel, not a pattern-welded, blade, but the fuller is wide, unlike the promotional photograph shown on almost every dealer's website (Kult of Athena being the exception, with photographs of swords from their own inventory). The "ivory" pieces are probably plastic, but they look and feel like ivory or bone. I wouldn't expect real ivory in an under-$400 sword, and painted wood would NOT have looked better! My only reservation about this sword was the phony-looking "antique" finish of the brass parts. Why would everything else on a sword look brand new, while the brass is black? Fortunately, that's easily remedied with brass polish or a fuller's cloth, which highlights nicely the raised portions of the interlace pattern on the pommel and guards. By the way, each of these interlace patterns (6 in all) is different from all the rest, as they were on Palliko's original.

I am VERY pleased with this sword, which, like the film, is beautifully-made.

Damon Hickey, Wooster, OH

I'd be very interested to hear from someone who can confrm if the white hilt components are either plastic or bone. I have a project in mind for this sword but only if those components are made from natural materials.

Has anyone else bought this sword and is willing to give us their opinion of it? The price has gone down a bit. http://kultofathena.com/product~item~500960.htm