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Post by Neil G. on Aug 11, 2011 4:11:11 GMT
Maybe they were historical edges that were battle scarred with nics and rolled edges that over time took on a serrated type appearance... just a thought.
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Post by Ninjadave89 on Aug 11, 2011 10:19:44 GMT
Well i guess I should never take tv info as fact  . By the way does anyone have the windlass spartan lakonian? I have seen reviews but also heard that the tang is easily bent, would be good to get a pic of the tang as the sword itself looks like a brilliant cutter. |
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Post by Joeandmich on Aug 11, 2011 10:56:01 GMT
That is a nice falcata. Too bad nobody other than Scorpion makes a Mycenae sword.
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Post by Ninjadave89 on Aug 12, 2011 5:53:25 GMT
Well it depends how historically accurate you want the sword to be. This is a historically accurate Mycenaean sword, as it is made of bronze! Attachments:
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Post by chrisperoni on Aug 12, 2011 7:00:52 GMT
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This is a historically accurate Mycenaean sword, as it is made of bronze![/quote]
That's bronze? How does it get that colour?
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Post by Ninjadave89 on Aug 12, 2011 11:14:09 GMT
[/attachment] This is a historically accurate Mycenaean sword, as it is made of bronze![/quote] That's bronze? How does it get that colour?[/quote] A small percentage of tin is added (about 8% - 12%. www.bronze-age-swords.com/aegean_swords.htm |
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Post by joeydac on Aug 12, 2011 13:50:40 GMT
Ask ric Willy he did a review on one its in the sites review section
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2011 6:55:15 GMT
Thanks for the link Ninjadave89, that sight has alot of amazing swords. I also heard about a guy in Australia who makes all bronze swords,sry no link. Ok, so the Lakonian sounds like the way to go, but is this really what they had with them at Thermopylae? Is there any truth to a thicker centered blade weighing 3-7 lbs?The Scorpion Lakonian looks nice at 2 lbs but the price is a little high for me.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2011 1:30:50 GMT
OOD and all the folks who have posted here I thank you. I was looking at the Windless Hoplite, but after reading all this I too have decided on their Lakonian. Again, I thank you.
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Post by Luka on Dec 30, 2011 12:13:58 GMT
At the time of Thermopylae the Spartans didn't yet have the very short spartan xiphos, they still used a classic xiphos as used by all Greeks at the time...
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Post by isotop235 on Dec 31, 2011 5:38:21 GMT
I followed your link and immediately ordered the brass handled Lakonian. The brass handle is different and I love the leaf blade...thanks for the link. I will post a review when it arrives.
Happy New Year!
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Post by MOK on Jan 5, 2012 11:51:16 GMT
Where do you get that? I've never seen nor heard anything about a weapon remotely like that, let alone in an Ancient or Classical Greek context.
For a bit of perspective, 7 pounds is quite a lot even for a four-foot two-hander; at one foot of length, it'd be shorter than many dagger blades, and with that weight packed into such tiny space would resemble a mallet more than any kind of an edged weapon.
AFAIK, the Spartans used the exact same kind of swords as their neighboring citystates, they just preferred them particularly short.
True dat. Both the Spartan Lakonia and Classic Hoplite are modern designs loosely inspired by historical Greco-Roman weapons (and I say that as one who owns and likes the Hoplite). I don't think there's a single even remotely historically accurate xiphos on the market in the sub-400$ price range. Good kopis and falcata there are plenty of, for some reason...
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Post by isotop235 on Jan 10, 2012 13:46:25 GMT
I just received the Lakonian and it is well made and sharp. A beautiful piece of work but in my opinion it is a knife...I guess I should have read the dimensions. But KOA, professional as ever, will take it back no questions asked.
Let me say though that this thing a work of art, the blade and brass work is flawless. It is the perfect weapon to use if one ever gets in a fight in an elevator, or phone booth.
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Post by MOK on Jan 11, 2012 10:20:06 GMT
...or the cramped, chaotic confines of a breaking phalanx. The size is one thing they actually got right, considering Spartans were noted for using particularly short swords. Plutarch has a bit on this in Moralia:
The common theory is that they thought shorter weapons encouraged getting up close and intimate with the enemy, and made retreat slightly less tempting. Personally I would go as far as saying that a knife fight is indeed harder to get out of prematurely, so to speak, than a sword fight...
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. By the way does anyone have the windlass spartan lakonian? I have seen reviews but also heard that the tang is easily bent, would be good to get a pic of the tang as the sword itself looks like a brilliant cutter.
