Medieval Arming Swords

DAMAGE: Bent blade
Quantity:3

The Knight’s Sword is a great functional sword, with leather wrapped handles and a wood core, thru-peened stainless steel pommel and guard. The 9260 Spring Steel forged blade features a diamond cross section and a mirror polish finish.

This sword comes with a wood core leather wrapped scabbard with stainless steel chape for safe and secure carry.

Overall Length: 84cm
Blade Length: 68cm
Handle Length: 11cm
Guard Width: 11cm
Weight: 1048g
Blade: 9260 High Carbon Steel
Edge: Sharp
Pommel: Peened
Scabbard: Leather, Wood, Steel

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

Ribaldo is a recreation of a beautifully proportioned early 15th century Italian sword, one of over 170 bearing inscriptions from the Arsenal of Alexandria in Egypt. The original was sold by Sotheby's in 1979.  This sword is very similar to the one in the Royal Armory collection and likely forged by the same sword maker sometime before 1432. 

"Ribaldo" is the name of Italian skirmisher troops who would have used this sort of type XIX sword at early 15th century. In art the "Ribaldo" troops are often seen with light armor, a shield and a spear and with this type of arming sword.

The typology of this sword is Oakeshott XIX which was popular during the 15th century. The complex blade features a ricasso, flat hexagonal blade that change to lenticular shape at the tip. This geometry make Ribaldo a capable cut and thrust sword.

The sword has a very early example of a guard for the forefinger, which was an early step in a series of developments that would lead into increasingly complex hilts of the later 15th century and beyond. By looping the forefinger over the unsharpened ricasso, a user would be better able to align the edge when cutting and also gain a more refined control of the tip. Having the finger in front of the cross-guard would leave it vulnerable on a simple cross-hilted sword, hence the development of the protective hook.

The recreation of this sword is a collaboration between LK Chen and Matt Easton, who offer much valuable guidance and advise, as well as providing the dimensions and specifications of the original Italian sword.

Total length: 110 cm
Blade length: 93 cm
Handle length: 17 cm
Total Weight: 970g
Point of Balance (from crossbar): 20 cm
Blade thickness: 5 mm
Material: High Carbon Manganese Spring Steel 
Scabbard: Ash wood wrapped Oxblood Oiled-Waxed fine top grain leather

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

The Medieval Swords in this collection are considered suitable for active cutting and are battle ready.

Steel: Hardened 1075 spring steel
Total Length: 99cm
Blade length: 77cm
Handle length: 11cm
Width: 4.8 cm
Weight: 1.4kg
Peened Tang
Scabard: Leather wrapped wood core sheath

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

This medieval Acre Crusader Broadsword from Windlass Steelcrafts Battlecry collection is a formidable weapon of proven worth. This classic knightly sword was an idea for sword and shield or sword and buckler combat whether on foot or horseback. The Acre crusader sword is a stout and fearsome blade that takes advantage of its heft, width, and centre and gravity to deliver deadly slashing cuts and hacking blows as well as thrusts.

With a wide cross-guard of over 8" it's no sword for the soft hearted or weak-spirited. Its practical cruciform hilt with single-hand grip and disc pommel was to be the functional model for countless other sword styles to follow.

Overall Length: 100cm
Blade Length: 83cm
Blade Width: 5cm
Weight: 1530g
Grip Length: 16.5cm
Point of Balance: 15cm 
Blade: 1065 High Carbon Steel
Edge: Sharp
Pommel: Peened
Scabbard: Leather, Wood, Steel

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece

Part of the Honshu Midnight Forge Series, this Single-Hand Sword was crafted using a time-tested sword design with modern engineering, giving you perfect blade-to-hilt balancing. It has a sharp 1065 high carbon steel blade with a black finish, which extends from a polished black handguard. The wooden handle is wrapped in black leather and the hefty pommel is black steel.

The sword slides smoothly into a black leather scabbard with metal accents. Honshu continues to expand its exceptional sword line and this sleek, tactical broadsword is a must-have for your collection!

Length: 102cm
Blade Length: 77cm
Grip Length: 12cm 
Blade Width: 7.2cm
Weight: 1.8kg
Blade: 1065 high carbon steel
Edge: Sharp
Scabbard: Leather

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.