Posts Tagged "spatha"


Schwert

Schwert


Posted on Aug 23, 2009

I made this sword on demand for a lady. I had to take measures to be able to work on anthropometric data. it is all silver, damascus, fossilized walrus tooth, lime wood and salmon skin after old danish/north german swords from circa 300AD/ end of roman imperium. so she(the sword) may be called a spatha. it is typically mounted after the fashion of these days with an I type hilt. the blade is a hard core of damascus with average...

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