#sword

[wednesdaysfullofwoe]

[tiffanysabrinatattoo]

Arms and Armour (1911) Auguste Demmin

[blumineck]

I love me a fantasy monster-slaying greatsword, but the historical greatsword has a pretty badass purpose too!

Art refs, tutorials and more!

[one-time-i-dreamt]

this is me actually

[drax-the-vampire-king]

"Ow my nose" the dragon probably

Wedding night

(Part 1) (Part 2)

[jadedfadedalmostgone]

[memories-of-ancients]

Bronze khopesh (sickle sword), Egyptian or Canaanite, circa 2000-1600 BC

from The Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

[kissme-withyour-cherrylipstick]

Sir Elyan

This took me 21.5 hours I hope you like it 🥲 I'm never drawing chain mail again

[zegalba]

[barbucomedie]

Sword and Scabbard from Newstead, Scotland dated to the 2nd Century CE on display at the Trimontium Museum in Melrose, Scotland

This sword and scabbard are similar to ones found in Mainz, Germany and Pompeii, Italy. It was one of the shortest of the Gladii, Roman swords, and was made during a time of change under the height of the Empire in the 1st and 2nd centuries.

Photographs taken by myself 2024

[oswinoswalddd]

YOU PEOPLE CHOSE THE OCEAN OVER A SWORD?!?!?!

[rienafoutre]

[idyllisk]

“Do not unsheath me without reason. Do not wield me without valor.”

inscription on the sword of a Giovanni della Bande Nere statue on the facade of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.

[fab-bladesmith]

A Sword.

Made after Cl. 11821 from the Musée National du Moyen-Âge @museecluny - à sword that is very familiar to me, as it appeared on the poster (and catalogue cover) for their 2011 exhibition "L'épée- Usages, Mythes er Symboles" for which I had the honour to be associated Curator.

Spring steel blade, etched and gold-plated, and steel fittings, gold-plated. Grip is horn.

Making this sword was quite the learning experience, and a near constant challenge for a variety of reasons. The original bears the arms of the Dukes of Milan ; however, some details on the blade are barely identifiable due to corrosion, and I had the hardest time trying to figure them out. Eventually I went for those of Francesco Sforza, with the two-headed Reichadler as adopted by Sigismund in 1455.

The strong spine and yet delicate blade profile was also a thing on its own to manage, and it is during the hot-straightening of it that I severely burned my forearm in August 2024.

I did not follow the exact dimensions of the original, the idea was rather to make a Sister-Sword of it, but I'm not that far off.

Overall length is 1124 mm, with a 964 mm blade that is 42 mm wide. Cross has a 149 mm span. 1247 grams.

Point of balance about 14 cm from the guard, right under the main Sforza 'Biscione'.

[the-little-owl]

Want it!

Albion Sankt Annen