War Sword

This sword has a blade from the Albion moat sale. The blade came to me as a hardened and tempered blank that needed to be ground to final thickness and then finished out. The tang was a little shorter than I wanted so I removed about an inch off the blade at the shoulder to lengthen the tang and correspondingly shorten the blade.

The cross-guard and pommel are bronze. The guard is banzaipeened to the tang for a secure fit. The pommel is keyed and hot peened. The grip is a pinned hardwood core with a cotton cord wrap and risers with a leather over wrap.

Statistics

• Overall length: 47 1/2 inches

• Blade length: 36 inches

• Blade width at base: 2 1/4inches

• Blade thickness: .255 inches tapering to .10 inches

• Cross width: 12 1/2 inches

• Grip length: 8 inches

• POB measured from end of grip: 4 1/4 inches from end of grip

• Weight: 4 pounds

This prototype sword is sold. A new version could be made for $3800