Abrecan the breaker - Red sword of vengeance.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:32 am
Here is the red sword of vengeance which the saga of Eofor tells us he wielded in his final fight.
That is a story for another day but nonetheless I wanted to share with you all my new sword, a living history masterpiece by some of the best people in the field today. It is probably a bit too fine for traipsing through the woods though it will be frequently worn and displayed not just hung on a shelf, I do hope you enjoy it.
The goal behind this sword was to create an average 7th century Anglo Saxon sword and for this I used the data from the 64 blades sampled in the Sword in Anglo Saxon England. Finding an average blade length was 777.5mm and average width of 51mm, the plan was to forge around that target with a lenticular blade in the second most commonly found pattern (AHS)
The fittings were chosen from the vast array found in the Staffordshire hoard and consist of pommel cap 46, hilt plates 280 and 281 and rivets 629. Collar 172 was also added to this assembly.
The grip and guards are made of cow horn which again was overwhelmingly preferred by the Anglo Saxons with only 4 wooden sword grips having been discovered.
Finally the fleece lined wooden scabbard which features one of the few surviving designs from the period, a find from Charlton Plantation extrapolated into a larger design to incorporate the Tiw arrow.
Two scabbard bosses from the hoard (582/583) mounted onto bone discs allow the baldric to be taken on and off the sword, and a replica of the Taplow buckle and sword pyramids from Finglesham Grave 58 finish off the assemblage.
That is a story for another day but nonetheless I wanted to share with you all my new sword, a living history masterpiece by some of the best people in the field today. It is probably a bit too fine for traipsing through the woods though it will be frequently worn and displayed not just hung on a shelf, I do hope you enjoy it.
The goal behind this sword was to create an average 7th century Anglo Saxon sword and for this I used the data from the 64 blades sampled in the Sword in Anglo Saxon England. Finding an average blade length was 777.5mm and average width of 51mm, the plan was to forge around that target with a lenticular blade in the second most commonly found pattern (AHS)
The fittings were chosen from the vast array found in the Staffordshire hoard and consist of pommel cap 46, hilt plates 280 and 281 and rivets 629. Collar 172 was also added to this assembly.
The grip and guards are made of cow horn which again was overwhelmingly preferred by the Anglo Saxons with only 4 wooden sword grips having been discovered.
Finally the fleece lined wooden scabbard which features one of the few surviving designs from the period, a find from Charlton Plantation extrapolated into a larger design to incorporate the Tiw arrow.
Two scabbard bosses from the hoard (582/583) mounted onto bone discs allow the baldric to be taken on and off the sword, and a replica of the Taplow buckle and sword pyramids from Finglesham Grave 58 finish off the assemblage.
