Albion Yeoman Sword
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Price range: $1,012.00 through $1,124.00
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- Class
- Battle Ready
- Overall Length
- 34 1/8''
- Weight
- 2 lb 6.6 oz
- Brand
- Albion Swords Ltd
Overview
Albion Yeoman Sword
The Yeoman (from Old English iunge man or geongra manna, ''young man'', or possibly geaman, ''villager'') represented a status between the aristocratic knights and the lower-class foot soldiers and household servants (pages). The yeoman archer was typically mounted and fought either on foot or on horseback, in contrast with infantry archers, and came to be applied to societal standing as a farmer in particular during the 14th to 18th Centuries.
A Yeoman during the 12th and 13th Centuries was primarily a household and military (semi-feudal and feudal) term later associated with the days of private warfare. Yeomen are also noted as providing guard escorts to deliveries of victuals and supplies (not only fighting as an elite archer but also as a guard to the baggage train as well a protector of the nobility and royalty) to the expeditions of the Hundred Years' War. They also provided escorts for the sovereign and great nobles on their journeys and their pilgrimages across the realm and overseas.
The Yeoman was more military and bound to the manor or estate. The term suggests someone upright, sturdy, honest and trustworthy, qualities attributed to the Yeomen of the Crown; and in the 13th Century the Yeomen of the Chamber were described as virtuous, cunning, skillful, courteous, and experts in archery chosen out of every great noble's house in England.
Specifications
Every measurement that matters
- Brand
- Albion Swords Ltd
- Overall Length
- 34 1/8''
- Blade Length
- 27 3/4''
- Weight
- 2 lb 6.6 oz
- Edge
- Very Sharp
- P.O.B.
- 4 1/4''
- Width
- 74 mm
- Class
- Battle Ready
- Hilt Finish
- Blackened Hilt=$+50, Antiqued Hilt=$+75, Satin Hilt=default
- Grip Color
- Black Grip=default, Dark Brown Grip, Light Brown Grp, Oxblood Grip, Red Grip, Blue Grip=$+25, Green Grip=$+25
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Albion Swords Ltd
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Masterpiece. This sword just feels great in my hand. It handles so well that it feels neither light or heavy, but more like a natural extension of my arm. Because this is a Type XIV blade, I expected it to be an exceptional cutting weapon with good thrust capability. I give the Yeoman top scores in BOTH aspects.
This sword has a very natural feel in hand, and follows my intention beautifully while cutting. Every cut was clean and well defined.
What really impressed me is the fact that changing from cut to thrust or going from forehand to backhand is effortless. It feels like the sword has autopilot when in use. It’s like running the cut through your mind, then step into the cut, and the sword takes over.
Now, I can say how good it looks! It doesn’t spend all of it’s time in the yard destroying tatami mats. Most of the time it’s displayed in my living room. The Yeoman is a really attractive sword that screams confidence and ability. This is well named as it’s simple, perfectly functional and extremely reliable, like a yeoman would be.
Wish I could give six more stars!