Medieval sword - opinions needed

[AHorsa]

Dear all,

I would love to have your opinion on this sword. It is supposed to be a river find but as there are so many fakes today, I wonder if anyone finds something suspicious.
It is covered with a layer of glossy wax. The blade is pretty felxibel. The rivet is rivettet into a conic hole (at least it seems so for me).

Dimensions:
overall length: 104cm, Blade: 86cm, blade width: 5cm, parrier rod: 21,5cm, weight: 1200g

If some specific images are needed, please let me know.

Looking forward to your thoughts.

Kind regards
Andreas

[Teisani]

I can't say much, it looks nice. But, am I mistaken or is there a marking on the blade in your last picture? Or is it just deep corrosion?

[AHorsa]

Thanks for your reply. It is not a marking, it is a corrosion pit and a part of metal layer being undermined and liftet by corrosion as far as I can determine

A remark: on the third last image it looks like the crossguard is made from two pieces. What looks like a welding trace is just wax. The crossguard is made from one piece. The whole for the tang is fitted with two triangular pieces of steel inserted on both sides (see second last image)

[Teisani]

And thank you for the quick answer. The fact that such a large particle of steel fell of from corrosion makes me think that the steel is not so homogenous, meaning not a modern steel. Maybe other forum members can weigh in on this.

Overall, it's a nice looking piece, I can't find anything thing that would make me think it's a modern piece.

And yes, the wax seam on the cross-guard was a bit confusing, thanks for clarifying.

[AHorsa]

Thank you very much for your opinion Teisani!

[AHorsa]

Critical opinions are also very welcome