Landsknecht Emporium – Rotmilan Kriegsmesser with Scabbard
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- Class
- Battle Ready
- Overall Length
- 47 1/16"
- Weight
- 3 lbs 3 oz
- Brand
- Landsknecht Emporium
- Culture
- German
- Era
- Medieval
Overview
Landsknecht Emporium - Rotmilan Kriegsmesser with Scabbard
This version of the Rotmilan Kriegsmesser comes complete and ready to complete your Landsknecht ensemble with a premium-crafted scabbard and a pair of integrated by-knives with their own dedicated scabbard slots. The by-knives are great utility knives, but plenty deadly on their own as a weapon of last resort.
Among the most formidable swords of the late 15th and early 16th centuries, the Germanic Kriegsmesser was feared for its brutal cutting power and the Rotmilan Kriegsmesser by Landsknecht Emporium of Hungary faithfully captures the essence of this iconic weapon. Forged from resilient 6150 high carbon steel, the long blade is expertly tempered and honed to a keen edge. Its thick spine provides impressive strength and rigidity with a sharpened false edge beginning approximately 10 inches from the tip. This spine creates a wedge-like profile that drives the blade through targets with powerful force while the thinner section near the main cutting edge reduces drag for cleaner and more efficient slicing.
The hilt is just as robust; crafted from resilient mild steel, the guard and pommel are securely fitted while the grip is fashioned from two polished hardwood scales which riveted to an exceptionally thick tang. For added durability the tang is peened over the pommel and the blade shoulders are also peened to the crossguard to prevent loosening over time. The prominent Nagel—a signature feature of the German Messer—passes through the guard and is peened on the reverse side to withstand punishing blows without failure. Altogether, the construction of this hilt is built for relentless use.
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.
Specifications
Every measurement that matters
- Brand
- Landsknecht Emporium
- Culture
- German
- Era
- Medieval
- Pommel
- Integrated and Peened
- Overall Length
- 47 1/16"
- Blade Length
- 36 11/16"
- Weight
- 3 lbs 3 oz
- Edge
- Very Sharp
- P.O.B.
- 5 1/2"
- Thickness
- 8.4 mm - 4.1 mm
- Width
- 40.4 mm
- Grip Length
- 8 1/2"
- Class
- Battle Ready
- Country of Origin
- Hungary
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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.
Often paired together
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.