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Product description
This beautiful single-handed sword is a reproduction of a remarkably well-preserved 14th-century original. Classified as a Type XIV in Oakeshott's typology, you can see it on display at the Metropolitan Museum ('Met'), Gallery 373, New York.
The replica features a full tang blade forged from carbon steel, hardened and tempered to a Rockwell hardness of approx. 48-50 HRC. The steel cross guard has bent ends, and the leather-wrapped wooden grip is capped with a sturdy disc-shaped copper pommel (or wheel pommel) bearing the Latin inscription Sunt hic etiam sua praecuna laudi — a quotation from Vergil's Aeneid (book 1, line 461) that translates to Here too, virtue has its due reward. The gorgeous scabbard has a wooden core covered in leather and comes complete with a carrying belt wound around it.
With blunt 2 mm thick edges and a rounded tip, this late medieval arming sword is ideal for combat reenactment, stage fighting, or sparring.
