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Toledo steel. Toledo steel, historically known for being unusually hard, is from Toledo, Spain, which has been a traditional sword-making, metal-working center since about the Roman period, and came to the attention of Rome when used by Hannibal in the Punic Wars. It soon became a standard source of weaponry for Roman legions.
The original Sword of State of South Carolina (early 18th century) was used from 1704 to 1941, when it was stolen. [62] [63] A replacement Sword of State of South Carolina (1800) was used between 1941 and 1951. It was a cavalry sword from the Charleston Museum and was used in the War of 1812 and the American Civil War. [62]
Antenna swords of the Hallstatt B period (c. 10th century BC), found near Lake Neuchâtel (in Auvernier and Cortaillod; Laténium inv. nr. AUV-40315 and CORT-216, respectively) The "antenna sword", named for the pair of ornaments suggesting antennae on its hilt, [ 15 ] is a type of the Late Bronze Age, continued in early iron swords of the East ...
Classification of swords. Hand-and-a-half sword, probably German, c. 1400–1430 [1] The English language terminology used in the classification of swords is imprecise and has varied widely over time. There is no historical dictionary for the universal names, classification, or terminology of swords; a sword was simply a single-edged or double ...
M. M1860 Cutlass. Mameluke sword. Model 1832 foot artillery sword. Model 1840 army noncommissioned officers' sword. Model 1840 Cavalry Saber. Model 1840 light artillery saber. Model 1850 Army Staff & Field Officers' Sword. Model 1852 Naval Officers Sword.
Museum Replicas Ltd. (MRL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta Cutlery Corp. (ACC) designing, replicating, manufacturing, reselling arms, armor and period clothing for men and women. It features swords, daggers, helmets, suits of armor, accessories, costumes and home accents with the historical themes of Greek, Roman, Viking, Medieval ...
The lowest-end is the "Squire Line" and the "Maestro Line," which is a series of sparring swords intended for practitioners of historical European martial arts. [2] In 2001, Albion Swords hired Bladesmith and custom Knifemaker Jody Samson to reproduce collector versions of the swords he designed for the Conan the Barbarian, films. Samson worked ...
Gorō Nyūdō Masamune (五郎入道正宗, Priest Gorō Masamune, c. 1264–1343)[2] was a medieval Japanese blacksmith widely acclaimed as Japan's greatest swordsmith. He created swords and daggers, known in Japanese as tachi and tantō, in the Sōshū school. However, many of his forged tachi were made into katana by cutting the tang (nakago ...