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Covid-19 Update We are shipping as normal. However, the shipping companies have been experiencing a lot of transit delays under the current situations. At this point it is not uncommon for shipments to be "stuck" for several days. Please understand and expect this right now. In virtually all cases, the shipments are arriving as expected, but many are taking longer than any of us are used to. |
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Based on an original illumination in the Castilian 13th century ''Cantigas de Santa Maria'' this unique and full-tang bladed weapon has the hilt of a baselard coupled with a falchion-like blade. Simple and wholly utilitarian, this weapon was probably a practical short sword for a man-at-arms or a peasant serving in a levy. The thick blade is high carbon steel which is blunted on all edges. Suitable for reenactment combat the edges are at least 2 mm thick. The thick blade tang is surmounted by brass-riveted hardwood to complete the composite hilt. A scabbard of thick leather is included. This ‘’Medieval Machete’’ is depicted in an illuminated vignette in the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X of Castile. A weapon both simple and effective it combines the practical I-shaped Basilard hilt with the chopping form of a falchion blade. Such a blade would have been simpler to make for a village smithy over a double-edged sword and the cleaving power of such a blade was not to be mocked. The I-shape of the hilt not only provides a guard to protect the hand, but it also furnishes a second cross at the end of the grip which serves to couch the hand and to keep the short sword firmly in hand. The full-tang hilt construction was both durable and simple to create. What happened to the reviews? |
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