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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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Venice Bow Rapper Sword
The rapier sword with its original elements (garrison, hilt and pommel) is equipped with such a perfect balance that it makes it much faster in the hand than...
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Kite Sprat
Although the main function of the sword was to be part of the military uniform, it was a deadly weapon in duels. The rapsword has evolved from the...
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Sabres
Functional Arab Sabers
A Shamsir sword is the Muslim saber par excellence. With a curved blade and a cross of short hawks, its stylized blade curves regularly from its first third....
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Baron Functional Sword
The successor of the famous King Richard the Lionheart, Juan Sin Tierra, was detested by the English barons whom he had forced to pay many fines and taxes....
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Swords with beautiful decorations
We have received some beautiful decorative swords with new, very careful and refined designs, manufactured in Toledo (Spain) by Art Gladius, which you will surely like very much....
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Espada Jian Taichi – Flex
The Chinese Jian sword is moderately long, double-edged and practically without a cross. It is one of the four great weapons of Chinese Martial Arts, along with the...
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Famous Chinese weapons and swords
There are several famous Chinese weapons and swords, among which we select some such as the Gama, which was a field tool in ancient China and over time...
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Straight Sword Jian
The Jian sword is the “weapon of masters” for its lightness, elegance and rapid changes of rhythm. It uses two edges, cuts and lunges, requiring more skill for...
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