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Darksword 16th Century Two-Handed Sword

$645.00

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    Darksword Armorys 16th Century Two-Handed Sword is based on an original found in the River Thames in London – it dated to about 1500-1525. This recreation has a blade of 5160 high carbon steel. The guard and pommel are crafted from steel and the wooden grip is fitted with a tight wrap of brown leather.

    The sword comes with a wooden scabbard with an overlaid outer layer of brown leather. A steel chape is fitted to its tip.

    While civilians often carried lighter swords for self defense in the Renaissance compared to their Medieval counterparts, large and broad-bladed swords were still used on the battlefield where a more durable weapon was needed for a battles worth of contact with armor and opposing weapons

    Large two-handed swords such as this were often used by the various mercenaries popular in Europe for harassing pike formations – the Doppelsdner of the Landesknechts specialized in the dangerous job of disrupting pikemen and for this they were paid double-wages as incentive; hence Doppelsdner, which translates into Double-Soldier.

    The broad and long blade of these swords can cut and hack with great force – a complex ringed guard serves to protect the hand and perhaps to entrap opposing weapons. A broad and blunt ricasso serves to give the user a place to put a grip above the guard to shorten up his form when necessary or to use sword in a half-swording technique.

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