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Gladius Pompeii Ancient Rome
Gladius is the sword used by the legions of Ancient Rome since the 3rd century BC. C. until approximately the second century. The gladius sword has three varieties:...
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Hedeby Viking Sword from the 9th Century
Hedeby was an important fortress in Viking Age Denmark from the 8th-11th centuries AD and, together with Birka in modern-day Sweden, was the most important Viking trading center...
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Foam Swords and Katanas
Foam foam turns out to be one of the most used materials due to its temperature-insulating and protective properties, the softness of its texture and the great resistance...
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Stronghold Series Swords for Larp
The spectacular medieval swords from Epic Armory's Stronghold series are designed to be lightweight, while maintaining their structural stability. Made of EVA foam around a fiberglass core and...
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Swords, Katanas and Wakizashi Honshu
United Cutlery's Honshu line of swords, wakizashis and katanas are characterized by being rock solid. They are incredibly resistant, innovative and always at the forefront of the sword...
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Sword of Philip II
Chiseled bow sword, made for Philip II by the Toledo master swordsmith Sebastián Hernández, whom we honor by highlighting his name on the magnificent blade of this unique...
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18th century German Oakeshott sword
As the Middle Ages progressed, the shape of the sword evolved, especially in the design of its blades, in which the power to deliver strong thrusts rather than...
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Sword Sancho IV of Castile from the 13th century
Sancho IV of Castile, called El Bravo (Valladolid, May 12, 1258-Toledo, April 25, 1295), was king of Castile between 1284 and 1295. He was the son of King...
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Langmesser Talhoffer Sword
The Langmesser sword is a single-edged weapon, its spine has a counter-edge in its last third, its blade is somewhat curved and wide as it approaches its tip....
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Espada Lancelot
Lancelot sword (to choose with or without scabbard). Lancelot of the Lake (Sir Lancelot, Lancelot of the Lake or Lancelot du Lac) is one of the Knights of...
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Sable Cosaco Shashka
Shashka is a weapon of war, a light sharp weapon type; However, it is not exactly classified as a type of saber. Its blade is long, slightly curved...
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Spanish Rapper Sword
Between the 15th to 17th centuries, cloak and sword fighting in the streets to preserve honor was a practice brought to Spain by the soldiers of the Great...
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Jeireddin Barbarossa's pirate saber
Jeireddín is the most famous Muslim privateer, he was born on the Greek island of Lesbos in 1475, which was then under Turkish control. Jeireddin was under the...
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Edward Teach Blackbeard's Pirate Saber
Blackbeard is estimated to have been born in 1680, in Bristol, England, and was probably a privateer during Queen Anne's War (1702-1713), in which France and the United...
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Pirate Sable by Barthlolomew Roberts
Bartholomew Roberts is the most successful pirate in history with a total of 456 captures to his credit in just four years (1718-1722), although his name is not...
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Differences between the Gladius and the Spatha
In ancient Roman sculptures and paintings we can see Roman soldiers carrying one of the two most well-known types of Roman swords. They were brave fighters because they...
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Dasmasquinated Templar Sword
Extraordinary Damascene Templar Sword with openwork blade and 48 inches. Between 1108 and 1118 three Orders of a religious-military nature were founded to assist and protect pilgrims heading...
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Ivanhoe Sword
Disinherited and expelled by his father Cedric, The Saxon, for declaring his love for Lady Rowenta, the young nobleman Ivanhoe sets out with his sword to the Holy...
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