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The original sword was found near Cawood Castle in England and is known as one of the best preserved swords from the 11th century. The Cawood sword was preserved for almost a millennium in the mud of the bed of the River Ouse, now it has a permanent home at the Yorkshire Museum, since 2007.
A very similar sword, probably from the same workshop, was discovered in Norway in 1888, while railway work was being carried out on agricultural land at Korsoygaden in the municipality of Stange, district of Hedmarken. The question of the date of these swords is important for the chronology of the development of sword morphology in medieval Europe. The combined evidence of the Cawood and Korsoygaden swords are of extreme importance for the dating of swords and blade inscriptions from the 11th to 12th centuries. The date for the Cawood sword ranges between 1100-1150, as the inscriptions on the Cawood blade are very typical of the "illegible" inscriptions of the medieval high blade letter group.
This is a replica manufactured by Hanwei with the full tang blade in 5160 high carbon steel. The sword comes with a leather-covered wooden scabbard.
TECHNICAL SHEET:
Length 91.5 cm.
Blade Material: Carbon steel 5160
Blade length 76.2 cm.
Weight 1105 gr.
Manufacturer: CASS HANWEI (PAUL CHEN)
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