The Mercenary Sword Full Tang Tempered Battle Ready Hand Forged Sharp Edge Blade

Description

From the Spanish military genius El Cid to Owain Lawgoch, leader of the “Redhand” Free Company that fought against England in the Hundred Years War (whichwas actually 116 years long), mercenaries have had a profound effect on theworld. Wars have been won by mercenaries, cities and kingdoms have fallen tothem and kings have been made by them. The Vatican has employed the Swiss”Helvetian” mercenaries as guards for centuries. The German landsknechts weresome of the most feared mercenaries in history. They were so skilled withtheir pikes, swords and arquebuses, that they were paid double the going ratefor most mercenaries. There have been skilled mercenaries from almost evercontinent at one time or another in history, and though the ones who havefought in major battles get most of the press, it is the silent, wanderingmercenaries that attract the attention of fiction writers. From the sell-swordBronn, of George R. R. Martin’s wonderful A Song of Ice and Fire series, toKitiara Uth Matar, hired blade and sister to Raistlin and Caramon in thefamous Dragonlance stories by Margaret Weiss and Tracey Hickman, mercenarieshave always tugged at our imaginations and brought wicked smiles to our lips.Although not a true bastard sword, it does have a grip wide enough for somehand-and-a-half work. The so-called “scent-stopper” pommel (a pommel in theshape of a perfume bottle top (although, lord knows who the heck came up withthat term. Who in their right minds would use a perfum bottle to describe anypart of a sword?) is especially long, creating extra room and vaulting thissword into the “hybrid” bastard sword clssification.

Features:

• Blade length: 31" — Overall sword length: 38-1/4" — Blade width at cross: 2-3/8"
• Blade width near point: 1-1/2" — Cross width: 8" — Handle length: 4-1/4"
• Pommel Length: 3" — CoG (Center of Gravity): 6-1/4" — CoP (Center of Percussion): 11"
• Blade material: 1065/1095 High Carbon Steel — Blade : Full Tang, Razor Sharp Edge — Scabbard : Leather
• Weight W/O Scabbard: 3 lbs 4 oz — Weight W/Scabbard: 4 lbs 5 oz

Product Details:

• Shipping Weight: 6.5 pounds
• #953 in Martial Arts Swords