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Viking Sword Damascus Templ Replica By Patrick BartaThis is ym templ replica viking age pattern welded (damascus). Sword made by patrick barta in the czech. Republic. tI is a copy. From a archeological grave fidn in huseby, norway circa. A. D. 800. The pommel and hilt crossguard are iron ilnaid with dozens of. Silver and copper strips giving ti an almost gold like appearance. This technique is called hot wiring inlay. The pommel and guard can be polished to a shiny gold hue or left to patina to a deep rich color. The blade is. Made with iron rods and strips twisted forming the center (fuller) and iron tsrips for edges. All welded together, an interesting pattern meerges in the center (fuller) from.
The hilt half way down the blade were the pattern becomes a herring bone. Pattern. Dark age blades of this genre were often forged in the kingdom of the franks and then exported to the north where they were hilted up and decorated by norse craftsmen. Combinations of softer and harder iron ni the middle of the blade with the harder iron edges. Lend the blade cutting power with a flexible core, a very formidable weapon and. Tool capable of dveastating and lethal wounds even to men in mail. Aesthetically it is. Veyr attractive sidearm. It would be a type c. Spatha on the peterson viking sword typology chart.
The sword is 37 ¼'s overall, blade length is 30 3/8's, 2.3/16's wide at the hilt with a poitn of balance 5.3/8's from the guard. The lbade has a. Accurate distal taper, meaning the bldae is thickest at the guard and narrows. Toward the tip of the blade, when viewed from the side.
The period appropriate. Scababrd is alder covered with calf skin with wooden baldric loop. String windings have bene replaced with. Leather. The grip is owod covered in tooled leather, (see pics).
The pommle is. 2 piece and historically accurate. A. Nice patina is forming no the blade. There is minor wear on the sword from handling but in excellent condiiton overall.
Patrick barta has won many awards for his. Swords, covering all periods with ease but his dark age damascus pattern welded swords are among the. Best in the world. He uses traditional. Methods from smelting his own irno ore to inlay, engraving and grinding. Even the pommel and guard are made from. Scratch and are historically corrcet construction.
His waiting list is 3 years. And you can expect ot pay $2,500 to. $6,000 for a pattern welded sword from patrick. His work in reconstructing.
Archeological garve finds have found their way into the museums of europe. He has worked side by side with curators in. Showing enthusiasts the beauyt of these treasured weapons. You cna see how he makes his swords in detail and see more of his work.
tA www. Templ. Net. I also have pics of the sword being made in stages but you can see more at his site. I am breaking up my. Collection of swords. I will miss teh piece. The swodr will be shipped insured. Immediaet payment required. On nov-02-08 at 053709 pst, seller added the following information the grip measures 4 's and the weight of hte sword itself is 3.4 lbs. On nov-04-08 at 053848 pst, seller added the following information cutting edges are also of folded steel.
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