Sword porn thread!

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>>34764419

>>34764419
Thats a nice sword you got there. Made it yourself?

>>34764934

That's a nice samefag you got there. Post it yourself?

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>>34764964
Not really. Why so aggressive? Bad masturbation today?

>>34765014

Who thinks like this....

>>34765258
Dunno, i just fought you might have slipped while jacking off and hurt your penis, or maybe a furry pic showed up just at the moment you squirted.
Which then in turn would have ruined your already pathetic day (I know, Saturdays is hard for virgins) and explained why you answered with such an asshole post.

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>>34765284
>or maybe a furry pic showed up just at the moment you squirted.
>furry pic showed up just at the moment you squirted
>squirted

Dude WHAT?

>>34765284

If my post upset you that much, have you considered killing yourself? It could end your suffering.

>>34765323
No harm done mate, it didn't upset me. I just felt pity for you and thought I might cheer you up.

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>>34765335
high medieval is just sex!

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Posting best sword. Keep all the Viking nigger shit blades out of my thread. If it ain't jap, it's SHIT

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Oakeshott type XVIIIc, a diplomatic gift from the King of Crete to the Mamluk rulers of the City of Alexandria, in the year 1419. The inscription in Naski Arabic reads "Donation of al-Mālik al Mu`ayyad Abū al-Nasr Shaykh to the armory in the frontier city of Alexandria [in the] year 822 [A.D. 1419]"
Probably made in Venice, Italy.

- Metropolitan Museum of art, NYC.

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>>34765377
Dubs of truth.

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>>34765377
>If it ain't jap, it's SHIT
made in China
>>34765405
US fantasy piece that makes a sword aficionado either laugh or puke

Sure you guys even trying to be weeb?

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Oakeshott type XVII.

German, c 1420.

ovoid pommel deeply carved with the word "Maria". Blade inlaid with an orb, and triangle mark, inlaid in yellow metal, probably gold.

Again, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.

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>>34765434
>you guys even trying to be weeb?
No.

>>34765470
>mallninja's choice

>>34765258
op, not thinking we may think he has two devices

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>>34765491
>Implying malls still exist

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Oakeshott Type XIV, c1300-1350:

blade is inlaid with text, once upon a time probably gilded, reading "Nothing of your virtue is greater than clemency"

cross and pommel of iron with gold overlay. pommel contains two crystal cabochons, covering small hollows. in one hollow is a tiny fragment of cloth, probably a holy relic, though of what or who is now lost.

With the inscription and gold detail, the sword has been attributed to royalty, but its exact owner is unknown.

Musee Cluny, Paris.

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>>34765523
full blade view:

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Elmslie Type 1a falchion.

found in the River Seine near Paris c.1880. The bronze pommel is carved with the symbol of a castle, possibly indicating the sword's use as a weapon of tenure, a display of ownership of land.

Musee Cluny, Paris.

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Oakeshott Type XVIIIb

Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich.

the pommel is engraved and gilded with gothic text, reading "O MARIA, BIT WIR UNS"

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>>34765594

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>>34765623
detail:

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Wafer thin.

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>>34765623
other side detail

r/ing kriegsmesser porn

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>>34765637
>would you like just one Waffer Thin Falchion, sir?

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>>34765647
here you go then.

Elmslie Type M3d (+), Kriegsmesser, Austrian.

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer Inventory no. A.123

probably c. 1490-1510,

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Kriegsmesser, Elmslie Type M5b

North German, 1520-40s.
Provenance: Ernst August Collection, formerly from the armoury of the Crown Princes of Hanover.

Length 129 cm.

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>>34765706
You're a champion laddie.
>>34765738
(You) too I guess

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Kriegsmesser, Emslie Type M3d (+).

Austrian, C.1500.

this one is thought to be part of a group associated with the Imperial guard in Vienna under the Emperors Frederick III and Maximilian I.

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>>34765779
A slight detour from the messers associated with his guard, for the personal sword of Emperor Frederick III:

Oakeshott Type XVIIIa of unusual cross-section with centre stiffening rib. Dated to the end of the 15th C. (1490ish)

Now in the Musee Invalides,

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Kriegsmesser, (Huggsvard), Elmslie type M5a.

Stockholm Livrustkammer inventory no. 12911 (3214)

Possibly a kriegsmesser, possibly a Großes Messer, more likely simply called a sword/svard in its working lifetime. This example is likely of North German manufacture, and exported via the hansa league trade through the Baltic.

>>34765908
>Elmslie type
Where can I find that classification?

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>>34765918
was published in "Das Schwert: Gestalt Und Gedanke" / "the Sword: Form and thought", the 2015 exhibition catalogue by the Deutsches Klingenmuseum, Solingen.

its supposed to be being published in academia too, and the guy (James Elmslie) 's doing a book, similar to Oakeshott's "records" about falchions / messers, no idea when it's expected to be published. He sometimes posts articles on a couple of forums, facebook groups etc.

The book is well worth it if you can find a copy. Its bilingual, German and English. Here's one website seller for it:

https://shop.histofakt.de/product_info.php?products_id=64

>>34765977
cheers.

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Take a close look at the hilt of this sword. Was JFK a mallninja?

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>>34765977
Here's a preview of the back page of that book, with all the typologies - Oakeshott, Aleksik (which expands oakeshott a little), and Emslie:

effectively the typology he wrote follows the style of Oakeshott (so, say you get a type XV sword, Type J pommel, and Style 6 cross. cut the blade off, stick a falchion on it, and its all exactly the same classification, except the blade - so, it gets listed the same way, an F1/F2/3c blade, Type J pommel, Style 6 cross. Makes it easy to remember.)

if its a messer, its listed as a type M1/2/3 blade, to indicate what the hilt construction is.

and the curvature is just noted as a (+) (++) or (+++) suffix for simplicity.

Pretty straightforward really. 5 main blade types, with various sub-groups. Easy to learn, swordmakers like Gus Trim are using it already.

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>>34766062
bumping with Petersen for early medieval swords.

>>34766062
I remember that I fingerfucked an original type 2 Malchus in a private collections somewhere, but fuck me, I can't remember which one. I wanted to take pictures for research purposes but must have gotten pissed.

>>34766129
and here's Sir Mortimer Wheeler's typology for early medieval/viking swords.

which, incidentally, runs from type I to type IX - which is why Oakeshott's high medieval typology starts at type X, as it was intended to follow it up in turn.

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and here's Sir Mortimer Wheeler's typology for early medieval/viking swords.

which, incidentally, runs from type I to type IX - which is why Oakeshott's high medieval typology starts at type X, as it was intended to follow it up in turn.

(Helps if you attach the pic, doesnt it?)

Gents, there cant be a debate of swords without mentioning the falcata, gladius or xyphos.

>>34766207
what is this heresy?

>>34766213
Why? You can have a sword thread without discussing early iron age types.

>>34765377
Lol, it's been proven scientifically over and over again that European blades from the same era are vastly superior as weapons.

>>34766226
Certainly but you have to admit that these swords were deadly in their respective timelines. The Falcata alone was responsible for more Roman kills than any other sword so I think it should be at least worthy of a mention no ?

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>>34766240
>proven scientifically
Dude, just to say, Japanese blades are a work of art in every regard, and a good one will make every antique weapons collector wet. Technically they represent the apex of what you can do with bloomery metallurgy, so lets say up to the 14th century they where on par with Euros.

Guys that where absolutely superior in every regard for a long time where southern Indians, they made the best product from 300BC - 1700AD

>my sword is muh better than your sword is childish behavior

>>34766258
>I just died a little

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Well, these two are 16th century ceremonial swords, so what you really have there is, of course, just a modern day fantasy sword based on someone woodworking what a Viking bastard would be like.

>>34766250
>The Falcata alone was responsible for more Roman kills than any other sword

I'm not feeling entirely convinced that anyone has ever really compiled the statistics there. And of course, such statistics would probably only tell us what the primary sword of Rome's greatest enemy was. The spectacled cobra kills far more people than the inland taipan and all that.

Anons. What is, in your opinions the worst sword? By worst, i mean a sword that was used in battle but quickly cast aside because it was so unreliable.

>>34766250
If you got sexy pics of originals or well made replics, feel free to post. I'm not really interested in deadliest warrior cock measurements when it comes to swords.

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>>34766333

>>34766297
Unfortunately anon, we can never know who the greatest foe of Rome was. If anything, it could have been the Etruscans or the Volsces. Carthage is right up there but can you really consider them the greatest enemy of Rome? Let's not forget that it was the Vandals who were the first who sack Rome but too bad they never chronicled their exploits.

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>>34766343

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>>34766312
Spadroon, officer swords made to the latest fashion shortly before the Napoleonic wars. Having a small sword hilt and an a light and flexible blade made them particularly unsuitable for battle use. Most gents that came near the line exchanged their spadroons for sabres and heavy cavalry swords instantly.

I got one and I hate it. Even has a Küll blade with death-heads mark, still it is a shit weapon.

>>34765642
it says "bit vir uns", not "wir". It means "pray for us".

>>34765908
That thing looks exactly like a katana with an European crossguard. Neat.

>>34766366
To explain whats wrong with the damn thing, they changed the stiff triangular small sword blade to a light sword/backsword blade. The plan was to make a courtly weapon fit for battlefield use by giving it cutting capability.
What happened was that you couldn't thrust with the damn thing anymore because the blade got to much flex, and it is to light to deliver a commanding blow, something that will stop a guy.
There are some examples that have heavier walloon type blades, those are fine.

>>34766046
Aaaaaand of course some cunt has to fingerfuck the blade with his dirty, greasy, acidic, sweat stained fingers.

>>34766401
>That thing looks exactly like a katana
no, it doesn't. blade geometry is completely different.

>>34766418
>An unidentified representative of the American Cancer Society presents President John F. Kennedy with the American Cancer Society Sword of Hope in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
>10 April 1961

>>34766453
For some reason that made me LOL for real.

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>>34766312
Well, there was that experimental hockey-stick sword down in Iberia, which probably didn't go any further because of good reasons, and back in the early bronze age we do see some large dirks being made before they had gotten around to inventing the tang, which made them a bit less than stellar cutters. Still, the former got stopped in time, and the latter should probably be cut a lot of slack because the tang hadn't been invented yet.

Instead, I'll repeat a story I tell every now and then, of fashion victims and political scapegoats resulting in people who should have known better green-lighting a sword that shouldn't have been.

In fights against Preussian cavalry in the Pommeranian war (1757-1762) the Swedish cavalry didn't perform very well, and blame was placed on their m/1739 swords. IIRC the complaints were that they were too small and flimsy when going up against the German's pallasches. Consider that the m/1739 is a large and sturdy thing (about 116cm, 1650g), I suspect it was more a matter of a convenient scapegoat, which'd also allow them to replace their by now decidedly unfashionable old swords (the style went back to the late 17th century). Killing two hejduks in one thrust and all that.

Unfortunately having branded the old sword as too little, the new pallasch had to be a significantly bigger sword. And so we get pallasch m/1761, top two in this pic. A single handed sword where the blade alone was a meter long, the whole thing 118cm, and the weight , well, I've never seen it listed straight up, but according to the museum the m/1773 (thrid in this pic) was "an entire kilogram lighter". With the m/1773 sitting around 1400-1450g, the m/1761thus ends up at a monstrous 2.4 kilograms, or 5.3 pounds if you so prefer.

A few may have reached the front and seen combat before the end of the war, but the entire production run was then quickly mothballed and hidden away well out of view.

>>34765335
If it' ain't albion it ain't right.

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>>34766366
>>34766402
We have a variant in the theme in Sweden, seen as officer's swords from ca 1700 or so and onwards, which put a smallsword-style hilt on a full sized cavalry sword. The one here belonged to Karl XII. 119cm, 1400g.

Originally just an officer's sword in general, the existence of a special cavalry officer's style meant that pretty soon after Karl XII's death this became effectively just for infantry officers. Over time they tend to shrink a bit, until in the 19th century we get some that are basically double edged spadroons, uniform accessories more than weapons.

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>>34765335
Copy of this sword.

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>>34766569

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/thread

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>>34766610

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>>34766610
I wouldnt even call that softcore... Its a cheap, crappy repro with horrible scales and cheap brass welded in to imitate inlay, made by a bargain-basement Indian manufacturer.

you want a repro of the seax of Bagenoth? Here is what kills a thread:

Handmade, wrought iron bloom and 300-layer pattern-welded steel, every groove carved in by hand by the craftsman. Proper, historically correct seax handle in european boxwood and horn, based on other extant seaxes, and inlaid with silver wire patterns, like the originals.

made by Tod's Stuff, in the UK.

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>>34766680

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>>34766691

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>>34764419
Find a more beautiful sword, I dare you.

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>>34766704

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>>34766713
and a macro shot of the inlay.

like the real one, this is inlaid into wrought, not modern steel, resulting in the tiny striations and voids.

the inlay is not brass. it is in fact 3 different metals, like the real one - brass (yellow), bronze (red) and silver (white).

you can also see the faint striations in the pattern-welding. like the real thing, it is not etched for emphasis, but left to patinate naturally.

this is probably one of the most accurate reproductions of a seax ever made - and with a price that reflects that.

>>34766680
>>34766704
>>34766713
Lovely.

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>>34766752
here's a shot of it being made - grooves carved into the steel by hand with hammer and a graver chisel, then the twisted wire pushed into the grooves before being polished smooth.

the amount of work to make something like this is measured in hundreds of hours.

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>>34766752
Not plain copper for the reddish hue? The first thought to pop up is "too soft maybe", but then I look at the silver next to it, so that doesn't seem very likely. Copper so impure as to be bronze perhaps to match historical specimens?

>>34764442
>weapons board

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>>34766817
might be copper - I recall reading Tod talking about the choices to other makers, and saying something about copper.

the secret is probably buried in the internet somewhere.

>>34766345
>Unfortunately anon, we can never know who the greatest foe of Rome was.

to put it bluntly - other romans.

Rome had several stages of it''s history, in which as a society they saw their place in the world differently. As a city-state in a hellenic world, they saw their Republican ways as an act of defiance towards greek colonies and greek kings. As a growing power owning Latium, they struggled with the Samnites and the Cisalpine Gauls to establish who would go on to become the master of Italy in a rapidly changing Europe in which small independent states were going extinct. As an Italian superpower, they faced Carthage in a total war of unseen scale for control of the mediterranean, as both had grown to a point there was no longer space for peace. Owning the western sea, they set out to change the world forever by going against the successor kingdoms of Alexander, Macedon and the Greek world itself, changing the center of civilization westward forever. now owners of most of the known world they battled eachother and tore the republic and it's values apart, birthing an empire of great men of infinite power that would meet it's match against an equal, the Parthians, and their polar opposite, the germanic barbarians.

>>34766453
The ACS had a Rod of Asclepius themed sword made back then? The rep in the photo seems to be showing him its sharpness. Do they still make funtional Asclepius swords?

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>>34766046
>>34766418
>>34766453
>>34766467
>>34766975
It's a wooden carving of the ACS symbol. It's more of a club than a sword.

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Got a game for you guys.
Without using image search, what is pic related?
>age
>where from
>use

>>34766984
Now thats what I call a waster! why does ph armories not make those?

>>34766994
WE

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>>34766994

>Without using image search, what is pic related?
>age
>where from
>use

Paired hunting trousse knives.
Late 14th century to early 15th C
austrian, (from the Rustkamer, Vienna collection.)

Used for rending the kill in hunting after killing by bow/spear/jadgschwert, depending on the animal.

An early form, the later ones had multiple by-knives for the same purpose, two presentoir knives, and a single larger cleaver.

here's a later style.

>>34767054
You win.
https://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/373927/?offset=19&lv=list&cHash=9b27203a81c24f8d0f65706b0f5280d1

Been to a local collection lately, I need to upload one of them to keep the game interesting.
Feel free to post a mystery blade pic yourself if you like to.

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>>34767009
Has anyone asked them to?

Pic: sticking to the US politicians theme, a hanger that belonged to George.

>>34766817
>>34766866
Here's the "making of" thread.

https://myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=32102
https://myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=33506

>>34766343
Darfur Kaskara.
The Sudanese hunted Elephants with these on horseback. They would catch them from behind and cut the Achilles tendon.

>>34766355
Pretty unfunctional shit except for possibly the two Billaos.

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Eastern sabres

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Basked hilted broadsword coming through

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Stick sword.
Watch your head.

>>34764419
I don't understand the use of this sword. Is it designed to use only in conjunction with another item? What I mean is the short one hand grip gives you little leverage over the blade while the double edge presents a sharp side to the user. Couldn't it come back on you in a clash?

>>34770361
Shield

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Afghan sabre

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Parang Nabur

>>34770403
Thanks

This seems like a really great weapon design, nice slicing/chopping belly, able to pierce and I personally like that it isn't double edged.

That said it's fictional. Why isn't this the perfect sword?

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>>34770572
Now with pic
"orcrist"

>>34764442

Hey, fuck this guy.

>>34770528
Yerwelcome.
Also the pommel was a counterweight to offset the weight of the blade making it easier to recover and strike again.

>>34770581
Form follows function; but not here.

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>>34770572
>>34770581
The handle is curving the wrong way.

>>34770628

That guy's website is completely useless.

>>34770628
Agreed, I'm just saying if I had to carry around and potentially use a sword, why wouldn't a person choose that one?

>>34770628
And the handle taper would make it hard to grasp well; plus the pommel spike and guard could injure the wielder.

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>>34770628
Okay well thank you for teaching me the name kopis sword.
Take the one you posted or this one, what were the drawbacks?

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For close work with an unarmored opponent.

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>>34770678
A lot of custom knife/swordmakers have terrible websites.

Their skill is in blademaking, not web design.

>>34770682
The blade is fine; it's just the rest of it that's off (because it's a fantasy design).

>>34766274
>HURR DURR MUH FOLDED MILLION TIMES BLADE HURR DURR!!!!!111!1!1!111!:D!!!111

DUDE FUCK OFF! The katana is a piece of shit sword compared to the strong European sword especially the Zweihander.

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>>34770728
The loser of a barong fight.

>>34770797
That's crucible steel dummy.

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Nguyen dynasty ceremonial Vietnamese saber

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>>34770797
This reads like a 12 year old wrote it.

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>>34770717
I haven't worked with kopis, but assuming they handle like falcatas, then they're forward-heavy. You can still thrust with them, but they're more inclined to chop. However, I've heard that modern replicas may actually be a lot more blade heavy than the historical ones.

I've seen some with enclosed hilts, but most of them are open without much hand protection. I've seen pictures of these used with shields, so that would lessen the need for hand protection a degree. I've also heard them used by cavalry, which is another place where hand protection isn't as big a deal.

>>34771893
Well, I'd want a straight spine and longer belly, like >>34770717 with a hand guard like >>34770581.

>>34773420
So you want a fantasy piece? Gonna fight okrs with it?

>>34766984
A cane fit for Thulsa Doom.

>>34773429
maybe he lives in Detroit....

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>>34773429
I'm saying a great slicer/chopper with a point suitable for thrusting seems ideal for scenarios I could imagine in which you're fighting with a sword.
I don't understand why this isn't "the" sword instead of other more prolific and well known designs like the gladius or broadsword.

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>>34773477
>I'm saying a great slicer/chopper with a point suitable for thrusting seems ideal for scenarios I could imagine in which you're fighting with a sword.
Yeah, you talk like the typical mall ninja. congratulations.

>>34773477
>ideal for scenarios I could imagine in which you're fighting with a sword
Like frantically defending your virginity?

>>34773496
>>34773500
>ask question about sword design in sword thread
>get called mall ninja virgin
Bitches, I will make you cry

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>>34773477
>I don't understand why this isn't "the" sword
Because "the" sword is highly subjective. The cut vs. stab debate wasn't ever settled and never will be, not to mention that what's well known isn't really a good indicator of anything. The gladius was outclassed in pretty much every way by later swords but it still comes up all the time because memes and broadsword is now synonymous with knightly sword because people have 'misused' the term.

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>>34773510
>folks have relaxed thread about antique swords and stuff
>suddenly "he" appears
>yo guys need chopper blade with lotr handguard for slicing and thrusting, which is ideal for my imagined combat scenario!

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can anybody give me any info about this sword as i cant seem to find anything,and any help will be rewarded with a simple (you)

>>34773522
Thats a ring spatha, they show for 500-700 AD so migration age. They all have a pair of rings at the pommel, often from silver or gold. The swords show up from Anglosaxons down to Lombards and typically are high end quality for the time. Early models have the second ring lose and functional, later have the rings stylized.
There is speculation what this swords signify, they where only found in connection with warriors and comparatively wealthy people, but across all of Europe for a long time.
>early sword order
>decoration for veteran warriors
>cult or secret society of some sort

>>34773558
Got better pics of this? especially any close ups of maker marks and inscriptions? Where did you get it and what did you pay for it?

>>34773580
for some reason there are no makersmarks on the blade/hilt and i cant look at the tang as it peened in to the lion head

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>>34771893
>However, I've heard that modern replicas may actually be a lot more blade heavy than the historical ones.

That's almost guaranteed. People see a wide blade and think heavy, they see a narrow one and think light, completely forgetting that the third dimension can turn the needle into a crowbar and the abrn door into a feather. I also suspect that a lot of the nonsense about old swords being ridiculously heavy hasn't so much been stomped out as simply spreading to falchion and such as the true nature of cruciform swords start to be made known. Peter Johnsson has a few words on this in general and the falcata specifically if you scroll down a bit here: http://myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?p=26576

>>34773477
Different people want different thigns from their swords for different reaons. One guy might prefer a tip more suited for tip cuts, and care little for the penetrating stabs that this design could provide. Another guy may not be about to make use of chopping cuts any time soon, so that aspect of the balde is useless to him. And as for a blade with good cutting ability but still decent thrusting capacity, well, there are plenty of ways to make that happen, so we have a number of sword like that out there despite few of them looking like that Orcrist design. The gladius should even be one example thereof, as it usually combines a wide, flat blade for cutting with a pretty acute tip to happily stab deep into things with.

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>>34773604
forgot pics sorry

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>>34773558
Some kind of artillery/pioneer blade perhaps? Ie same category as this one, these https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2723T/lots/1010 or the shortest of the three in my previous post. Crossed cannons on the guard could suggest artillery.

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>>34773538

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>>34773604
>>34773625
Peening would seem normal. Given the questionable matchup at the guard, I'd also suggest that this could be a composite piece, ie that the blade and hilt didn't originally belong together.

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>>34773604
It's an odd piece, like parts forms several weapons put together. like the crossguard holds crossed guns and the fleur de lis, which would indicate French Royal artillery before 1789. not sure, but the style of the decorative elements looks older and the form is somewhat unusual. Backside is the same? can you show details of the inlays?

The blade does not fit the guard, the shoulder is way to broad. Is the blade profile flat lenticular? The shape of the blade activates my almonds, it is a specialized form used only for cutting. I cant see the shoulder properly on that pic, and no marks at all sounds odd. sure there is nothing on the blade?

The checkered saber grip and lions head pommel again don't match the guard and their style looks way younger. Handle material is horn?

My best guess is some collector/trader assembled pieces from different weapons together at some point in time.

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>>34766705

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>>34773638
>>34773648
thanks lads, youve been helpful and i will give you guys a rare pepe

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>>34773690
the blade is diamond and i will post macros ofg the inlays/ there are sadly no makers marks as i reckon what could have happened was that there was an original handle and a new owner found it and replaced the blade

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>>34773690

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>>34773558
>>34773638
My first fought was something along this, but then I thought of pic related and it gave me the creeps.

>>34773625
that looks like a mark, center bottom, part of it looks filed of. Does it?

>>34766418
What's the best way of cleaning finger grease and dirt off a sword?

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>>34773784
Wipe it down with denatured alcohol or similar, then re-oil it.

>>34773796
Cheers, will try

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>>34771096
known colloquially as a Guom.
Here is a peasant's tonkin sabre/Guom.

>>34773558
Artillery sword; possibly with altered tip.
Can't quite tell from the angle its photographed from.

>>34773647
Aww

>>34774700
sexy!

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>>34774766

>>34765393
That arabic inscreption is so retarded I can't even begin to read it,like what in the actual fuck is that.
t.arabfag

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>>34774816
probably as retarded as English from the same period

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This is coming in the mail sometime next week, i'm hyped as fuck boi.

>>34774852
>he can't read basic textura quadrata

>>34774926
>hyped as fuck
I thought the LOTR hype vaned?

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>>34764419
do these count?

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>>34775500

>>34765377
>Keep all the Viking nigger shit blades out

Really? Viking steel and technique to amke swords was best to Industralisation you little pic of... What are you even doing here... I thought that all Anime lovers are in Hentai, not here ;)

>>34765323
you have to be 18 to post here

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>>34775726
well if you liked that one....

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>>34777398
>lightsaber
Patricians taste

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>>34775875
> Viking steel and technique to amke swords was best to Industralisation

This, I'm afraid is just as much of an exaggeration as the weaboo "1000-times folded greatest steel ever" nonsense.

Viking swordmaking was in fact pretty crude, comparatively speaking. most "viking" sword blades in fact being frankish or austrian, exported down the Rhine or Danube, and traded up the north sea coast or up the Dneiper.
Domestically produced blades from the viking age tend to be slightly heavier, and often with wrought iron cores, instead of pattern-welded.

Technologically, the pattern-welded techniques were highly advanced, but the development of more efficient bloomery smelting and forge bellows in the 10-11th centuries effectively made the viking age swordsmithing techniques obsolete, by allowing the smelting of larger individual steel pieces, allowing more homogeneous steel blades to be made - though it should be noted european homogeneous steels were still folded a few times. But the medieval sword could never have been made with the technologies available to the viking age smiths.

>>34777616
now you confused him.

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>>34777920
well, given the number of spelling errors in his post, yes, I expect sentences of more than ten syllables confuse that guy...

>>34777398
Not a real weapon
Kys

>>34775500
Yes. Bayonets are awesome and that's coming from a faggot with a fetish for 18th/19th century swords.

>>34778073
its real to me dammit!!

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>>34773871
Don't see many of them without guards.

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>when you've been on the been all week and when you wake up you got a smallsword duel with this guy https://sys.4chan.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D44JxhHTgBvE

>>34778538
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44JxhHTgBvE
>yeah, fucked it up, still nice fencing

>>34765628
And then KM shows up with a decent pic.

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This is a rare European 18th century sword with a rare Japanese made Sawasa hilt.

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>>34778812
Bottom is a Napoleonic General officers sword

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detail of the saber

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French 19th century dagger

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Austrian Hirschfänger/Pandur

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detail of the handle

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>>34778966
It says it shows a smiling turk, which I'd say is pretty accurate

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German hard working blade for the hard working man

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a so called snaek hilt sword

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why are so many "viking" swords made with innacurate long handles?
ALL I WANT is a sharp, 400-1000 germanic sword with a correct handle. all the handles i have seen are too long. the your hand needs to fit snugly between the pommel and the crossguard, not have inches of space.

>>34775473
By far one of my favorite movie series, I will never not get tired of watching it. And the Rohirrim are absolute lads!

>>34777700
NCO Gunto

>>34778426
Nice!
The relic must have been quite handsome in its day.

>>34779055
What museum mate?

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>>34779365
http://www.waffensammlung-beck.ch/

>>34774700
Huawei's hamons are fucking pretty considering the price they ask

>>34779243
Because it's easier to shorten a handle than lengthen one. If they made all their swords with super short handles designed to fit snugly in a certain person's hand they'd see tons of complaints from people saying "Oh the handle is too small"

This applies to people who don't realize viking swords had short handles, or to people who just have bigger hands.

>>34779243
Most people dont know how to hold a viking sword and treat them like arming swords, which is uncomfortable with an accurate grip.

>>34779243
Just cut and rehandle your own sword, that way it is YOUR sword, maybe even have it acid eteched with your name and shit

>>34773565
>There is speculation what this swords signify, they where only found in connection with warriors and comparatively wealthy people, but across all of Europe for a long time.

Germanic peoples swore oaths on rings. Wealthy people/warriors probably integrated rings into their swords to let people swear military allegiance in the field.

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>>34779243
Handlets, when will they learn

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How's abouts a fully's functionals Masters Swords's?

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>>34780503
2 outs of twos's

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>>34780503
fabeblades are gorgeous

>>34780503
>>34780529
no they are kitsch. no idea why somebody would spend money on those wallhangers.

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>>34780572
Whoas Whoas Whoas! Looks at me's's! The Lords's of the's Stylish Swoards's

>>34780572
>Wallhangers
But they aren't

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you can't have a sword porn without templ

>>34778538
>epee avec lame
What would be a "épée sans lame"...?

>>34764442
anon why are you posting things about yourself at OP?

>>34766337
Fuck that's a nice sword

http://sword-site.com/thread/462/hunting-grosse-messer-maximilian

>>34766418
You know swords get covered in blood and viscera right

>>34783967
You know fingerprints create rust spots when you put the blade in storage?

>>34774440
Not enough appreciation for the aesthetic flammenschwert

>>34785027
I believe those are Italian blades.

>>34783967
The difference being that people cleaned their blades after combat whereas some people who fingerfuck a sword probably put them away without cleaning it after

>>34766366
Get off /k/ and make more videos Mr. Easton.

>>34785648
I'm bald and ugly yet still not Easton. When you hold a spadroon you come to the same conclusion.

>>34785943
>Ugly
You leave Matt alone, he is a handsome gentlemen who's wonderful ears will one day allow him to achieve his dream of flying with eagles.

>You will never see Matt Easton slice an ear off on live stream.

>not a single full-size long sword
>not one true two-handed-only """Greatsword"""
>only a small handfull of meme dueling/fencing/small swords

extremely disappointed except

>falchions
>plentiful sabre discussion

could be worse

>>34786637
Sorry you have shit taste Anon.

>>34786637
>judges swords by size, not by quality
You're not really one of us, are you?

>>34779243

two reasons, mainly:

1. reenactors use padded gloves for protection when they do their full contact stage fighting, so they use a bit of extra room on the handle (and don't worry much about the proper technique, since it's all just flailing about anyway).

2. speaking of technique - most people don't know how to use a short handled sword, and they get prroblems with the wrist, so many modern "battle ready" replicas are made with 12 cm handles, instead of 8-9 cm.

>>34766468
I like 18th century straight heavy cavalry swords.

>>34786637
>Berates "meme" swords that were actually commonly used and practical
>Wants to see more Zweihänders

got a few pics form mesopotamian weapons of the musée du louvre

and some of the museum of armies Musée des invalides of paris

can dump some in a fresh thread. imagelimit got me.

>inb4 frenchfag
good job sherlock holmes