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Eigg Island Viking Sword in Damascus Steel
Eigg is a Scottish island where there are remains dating back to the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. In medieval times the island was owned by Ranald...
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Bronze Age
Antenna Sword Bronze Age
Bronze Age swords have their origins in the copper workings of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, as well as in Mesopotamia. The sword begins its European journey...
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Spectacular Rapier Swords
Rapper swords were very famous in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, since they were often used in the famous duels to the death, as they frequently show...
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Espadas y Sables Windlass SteelCrafts
Windlass Steelcrafts began in 1943 as a supplier of Gurkha kukris to the British armed forces. Today it has more than 500 employees and manufacturing facilities in Dehradun...
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Panoplies for swords, sabers and katanas
Panoplia is a beautiful decorative element that serves to display impressive period weapons such as swords, sabers, katanas or a collection of antique firearms. The panoply is generally...
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Falchion Buhurt
The buhurt was a form of medieval tournament with blunt weapons. The Falchion Buhurt sword is currently designed for sporting medieval combat tournaments, particularly the HMB, IMCF and...
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Swords and Weapons for Medieval Historical Combat (HMB-Buhurt)
Technical requirements for swords and other weapons by the HMB (Historical Medieval Battle International Association) for the sports discipline of Medieval Combat.
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Films and series
Licensed Swords and Katanas of The Immortals
Highlander (The Immortals) is a 1986 American-British film, directed by Russell Mulcahy, in the action and historical fiction genre. Starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown and Roxanne...
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Espada Medieval Tewkesbury Siglo XV
The Battle of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire took place on May 4, 1471, completing a phase of the so-called War of the Roses. It meant the end, temporarily, of...
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Viking Sword 9th-10th Centuries
The Vikings used different swords than the people of southern Europe, because they forged larger and heavier swords. Its blades were thicker and longer, straight and double-edged, with...
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The pommel of functional swords
The garrison of a sword includes all the elements that serve to hold it and to protect the hand or hands of the person who wields it. The...
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Tizona Sword and Colada Cid, show it off at the wedding or First Communion
The Tizona and the Colada are two of the most famous Swords in the medieval history of Spain. El Cid Campeador, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (1043–1099). La Colada...
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Espada Fausal Maciejowski
The Maciejowski Bible, which is also called the Bible of the Crusaders, is a document of great pictorial beauty, composed of 46 folios. It is a medieval illustrated...
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Medieval accessories
Pirate Cutlass Sword with scabbard
The Arab or Berber pirates, also called Ottoman corsairs, were Muslims who were active since the 16th century, operating from North Africa where they had their bases. They...
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Alphas
The Cutlass is a sword with a wide, curved blade, with an edge on only one side (or counter-edge on the last third). Etymologically, the word Alfanje is...
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Arab Kabila Sword
Arab Kabila sword with curved blade. It has the handle design like the Nasrid Jineta sword and the blade like that of a Scimitar sword. It is similar...
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Rider Sword
The Jineta Sword is a type of Nasrid sword that was introduced to the Iberian Peninsula in Muslim times by the Zenatas. It was a straight-cut, double-edged sword...
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Sky Knights Sword
The Templar Sword of the Sky Knights is majestic and imposing. The sky knights were crusaders and Christians and used their swords to fight against Islam. The Knights...
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