This agile sword features a two-ring guard traversed with an elegant cross, and an "X" counterguard which both aesthetically balances the front guard and offers lightweight yet comprehensive hand protection. The flattened bars complete the simple martial look favoured by our client, while the blade is weighted to handle nimbly in both the cut and the thrust. Please see our pricing structure for an idea of what a similar sword would cost.
∴ Specs ∴
Weight: 1020g
Total length: 125cm
Blade length: 44"
Blade width at base: 2.5cm
Grip length: 8.5cm
Grip and pommel: 12.5cm
Quillon span: 28cm
Point of Balance: 14cm
Blunt edges
Rounded tip
Fencing flex
∴ Notes ∴
The hot-forged, heat treated hilt and pommel are oil blackened to a deep matte finish. The hardwood grip is wrapped in twisted steel and brass wires. The guard features hand-carved details. The closed port features a unique piercework design.
∴ Gallery ∴
∴ A Swift Decision ∴
Something isn't right. The hairs on the back of your neck let you know before your senses fill in the blanks. The slight draught of a door left ajar. The acrid scent of lamp oil. And is it your imagination, or can you hear footsteps?
It's probably just one of your uncle's employees, you think, doing one last round or returning for a forgotten tool. But at this late hour? You push the door back into its frame and walk away, keen to forget your apprehensions and settle down to an evening's supper with your cousins. But something in your gut makes you turn on your heel, makes you reach for your sword, the wire of its grip pressing against your calloused palm and the elegant black crosses of its guard encircling your hand.
Heart in your mouth and sword in your hand, you pull the door fully open and start up the wooden stair.