Sword from private collection. Germany, X AD.
€ 403
Viking / European / Germany
X century
Provenance:
On the Dutch art market in the 1980s
Private collection, Germany
Literature:
Alfred Geibig, Beitrage zur Morphologischen Entwicklung des Schwertes im Mittelalter, Coburg, 1991, pp. 6, 153, figs 22 and 40
James Graham-Campbell and Dafydd Kidd, The Vikings, London, 1980, pp. 11-15 and 113-14
Ian Pierce, Swords of the Viking Age, Woodbridge and Rochester, 2002, pp. 18-19, 22, 42-3, 108 and 145-51, pl. VIII
Heribert Seitz, Blankwaffen, Vol. I, Brunswick, 1965, pp. 108-10, figs 59 and 64
-blade 80 cm
-crossguard 11 cm
-blade width near crossguard 5 cm
-blade thickness near crossguard 5,5 cm
-sword’s total lenght 95 cm
-weight 1,2 kg
-gravity center 10 cm from crossguard
-steel 60S2A (spring structural steel)
-tempering 55 HRC
You may add a baldric HERE.
We’ll choose the correct moulds / buckles / strap ends for your sword and will mount the best sword’s baldric for you! 🙂
Price doesn’t include scabbard. You can add scabbard pressing the button under this description.
-scabbard #1 (wood/genuine leather/no chape)
-scabbard #2 (wood/genuine leather/lambskin inside/chape)
