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| Overall Length: 38 1/16'' Blade: 30 15/16'' |
Retail Price:$185.00
$147.95
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| Blade: EN45 High Carbon Steel |
| Weight: 3 lb 8.7 oz |
| Edge:
Unsharpened |
| P.O.B.: 5 1/4'' |
| Thickness: 4.7 mm - 4.4 mm |
| Width: 58.9 mm |
| Grip Length: 4 1/8'' |
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The Hersir Viking sword has a blade of tempered high carbon steel paired to a guard and pommel of steel. The grip has been overlaid with tightly fitted leather cordage to complete the hilt. The sword has a companion scabbard of wood with a skin of brown leather, a steel chape and a wooden suspension loop bound to the scabbard with leather bands.
The term ‘’Hersir’’ originally denoted a relatively wealthy landowning Viking; a person of status who would be looked upon as a leader in the nearby lands. In time the word changed; a Hersir was a Viking military commander with about 100 men under his wing and an oath-bound allegiance to a Jarl or King. In a large Viking attack a Hersir might command a detachment of the main host; in a smaller raid he could very well be the leader.
Due to his status in society, it is likely that a Hersir would possess a fine sword, instead of a simple spear or axe that his less wealthy and lower status countrymen would commonly bring to war.
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