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Post by mrstabby on Jun 19, 2024 10:53:29 GMT
What are the earliest iron/steel swords we have, that are in good or near perfect condition? I mean not completely rusted and pitted, maybe with a subcathegory where the wood or leather also survived. Like the Alexandria Arsenal swords.
I know the japanese took "slightly" better care and there are more older Nihonto around. I have seen some european nobility swords from the midle ages, but nothing older and nothing that would look like something one would actually have used in battle as a soldier (I know, I know, you would still have to be rich to afford swords, I just mean something that doesn't look like a toddler got hold of a bedazzler ![;)](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) ) Do we have anything well preserved from before the middleages? I am aware that steel, wood and leather don't endure forever, I am just interested what we do have that hasn't lost 50% of its mass to time.
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Post by mrbadexample on Jun 19, 2024 11:20:13 GMT
The saber commonly attributed to Charlemagne is in good shape and predates the Middle Ages.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Jun 19, 2024 12:49:12 GMT
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Post by mrstabby on Jun 21, 2024 16:42:04 GMT
Kinda depressing, no? That the bog takes better care of its aquisitions than us humans.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Jun 21, 2024 16:59:14 GMT
Bog: 1 - Matthew Jensen: 0
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