Saxon Arms

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by werecow

Have you checked Forrer's "European Sword Pommels"? I'm not sure if there are any Saxon ones in there, but it's got pommels up the wazoo.

Theres a book just on sword pommels?
As pommels were often acquired by cutlers and armorers who assembled swords from individual vendors it seems like it would be hard to distinguish specific origin. Also swords being refurbished often ended up with pommels from other sources. I have had for example British pattern military swords with pommels that may have been much earlier than the type they were now on.