Landsknecht Emporium – Gustav Messer with Scabbard – Beechwood Grip
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- Class
- Battle Ready
- Overall Length
- 25 7/8"
- Weight
- 1 lb 13.7 oz
- Brand
- Landsknecht Emporium
- Culture
- German
- Era
- Medieval
Overview
Landsknecht Emporium - Gustav Messer with Scabbard - Beechwood Grip
Landsknecht Emporium's Gustav is a shorter, yet wide-bladed Messer in the style of the late 15th and early 16th century; the design takes its features from several related antique Messers coupled with extant period depiction. One of the most characteristic blades for a Messer, it has a short, yet wide blade with an elegant clip point. The sharp and well tempered blade is hand-ground from 6150/51crv4 high carbon steel and is ideal for powerful, close-quarters chops and vicious slices.
The guard with knuckle bar is crafted from mild steel and the Nagel is a separate piece peened on the other side of the quillon block, as it should be. The quillons are slid upward from the end of the grip with the blade protruding in the bottom. The tang is peened over the steel pommel plate. The handcrafted grip is crafted from two halves of polished Beechwood which are robustly riveted to the thick blade tang for a durable and lasting grip construction.
The sword is paired with a wood core scabbard which is tightly bound in oxblood hue leather and completed with a knotwork-attached suspension of a leather belt with a bronze buckle with brass tongue.
Landsknecht Emporium products aim to have the aesthetics of historical pieces, not the finish of mass-produced items. Each product bears the signs of its making; small tool marks and imperfections, which do not affect the build quality or usability but give each of our pieces its unique character.
A note about blunt versions:
Due to safety concerns, Gustav and Adorian are not available with blunt blades, neither as standard nor as custom products. The short, wide, thick blades have virtually no flexibility, which would make even blunts of these messers extremely dangerous in thrusts, and hazardous even in cuts since the flexibility of the blade absorbs a considerable amount of force not just from thrusts, but from cuts as well. Making such short blades flexible enough to be suitable for sparring would on one hand make the sharp and the blunt variants behave very differently, while also making the blunt blade more prone to damage, not even speaking about the visual differences the modification would cause.
Specifications
Every measurement that matters
- Brand
- Landsknecht Emporium
- Culture
- German
- Era
- Medieval
- Pommel
- Integrated
- Overall Length
- 25 7/8"
- Blade Length
- 19 5/16"
- Weight
- 1 lb 13.7 oz
- Edge
- Very Sharp
- P.O.B.
- 3 1/8"
- Thickness
- 5.5 mm - 2.7 mm
- Width
- 52.6 mm - 54 mm
- Grip Length
- 6"
- Class
- Battle Ready
- Country of Origin
- Hungary
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Langes Messers Faceoff: Landsknecht Emporium Gustav vs. Cold Steel Man-at-Arms Messer, Sword Review
The Maker
Landsknecht Emporium
The Landsknecht was the archetypal mercenary of the late 15th and most of the 16th century, with their heyday being in the second quarter of the latter. They were pretty much the meanest & baddest soldiers around that time, with a heightened sense of fashion. Our goal is to create weapons a period Landsknecht would be proud to use, mostly on a budget that keeps it accessible to modern recruits.
Due to the continuous research we are doing, we sometimes stray from that time and location to better understand trends that led to the development of weapons we aim to recreate. We are progressing from simpler items towards the more complex ones. We started with making Messers in 2016 and it was our main focus in these past few years. We intend to cover most of the styles relevant to our interest, while we’re planning to expand our repertoire with Katzbalgers, Bidenhanders, various daggers and all kinds of awesome stabbiness in the foreseeable future.
We founded Landsknecht Emporium to this end in March of 2016 in the outskirts of rural Hungary, at the end of a dead-end dirt road in a house not unlike those of murderous hillbillies in the movies that we call home.
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This sword is amazing! I am impressed with the attention to detail.landsknecht emporium did a great job on the blade profile making a powerful nimble blade perfect for tatami cutting or self defense.
Holy crap on a cracker…
Just received my Gustav and it is magnificent.
First time in my life that I bought a blade and said of the edge… beautiful. Sharper than… okay, as sharp as what I would have done. Hey Lansknecth, great job, great messer.
Beautiful fit and finish also and the scabbard is sweet.
Kult of Athena did a beautiful job of packing it and their customer service is second to none.
This IS a KNIFE!
I now own three Landsknecht Emporium blades w/scabbards; the Gustav Messer, the Günther Messer, and the Rotmilan Kriegsmesser. I bought the Günther first and was so blown away by the quality that I took a risk and got the other two. All three blades are of exceptional (and equal) quality, with a satin smooth finish that’s unblemished. The quillons, hilt, nagel and pommels (if it has one) are extremely well made and sturdy showing just enough tooling marks to be obviously handmade but not detracting in the least in looks. The blades are quick and light in the hand. The scabbards are honestly gorgeous, and KoA should really show a pic of the back sides just to show the care that was put into making them.
I have come to really like messers. I have big hands so the handle style fits me very well. This weapon is very well made. It handles very well too. When someone asks for recommendations for a short sword, I show them this one.