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Post by Maynar on Jan 4, 2011 0:01:39 GMT
Been looking at getting one, but the weight (3 lbs 7 oz) is giving me pause. For a single-hand, it might be on the heavy side for me: www.kultofathena.com/product.asp ... tham+Sword If anyone can comment as to the handling, balance etc I would be grateful. Thanks! |
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Post by Reflingar on Jan 4, 2011 0:30:59 GMT
The ricasso is not quite right, sadly...but, for the price, it still is a not too bad looking sword IMO...the point of balance seems to be way down the blade... Here is a review: sbgswordforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=swordreviews&action=display&thread=16225(On a sidenote, I'll be getting one shortly, need the blade for a project...I hope the engraving is not too hard to sand out...I'll probably mount the fittings on something else...a H/T EMSH or viking bare blade?) |
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Post by Lunaman on Jan 4, 2011 2:27:05 GMT
I would LOVE to see those fittings on a H/T viking blade.
The original sword is such an outstanding and beautiful piece that it seems almost criminal to see that hideous ricasso block on this version. But the fittings look very good for the price. Put those on a tinker viking and you'd have a winner.
I'd like to snag the Albion version of the river Witham type X someday (but with a different grip than the stock one).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2011 3:07:53 GMT
Somebody gave me the impression that this was a Scandinavian sword, but the river Witham is in England isn't it? Was there a battle between some Scandinavian nation and England or something?
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Post by Lunaman on Jan 7, 2011 7:49:48 GMT
The River Witham is indeed in England--this particular sword was found near Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England.  One can't be sure about the origins of this particular sword itself, but Oakeshott mentions that several swords with similar inscriptions and hilts have been excavated in Finland, which might be the Scandinavian relationship you recall. Though Oakeshott uses those swords as evidence for dating this blade at a particular time, rather than for ascertaining it's place of origin or how it ended up in the river. -- Records, p. 34 I don't know much about Anglo-Finnish conflicts in the middle ages, myself. |
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