Medieval Sword

mariusgmioc · 21st July 2016, 10:49 AM

I definitely have no experise in spotting fakes but I noticed something strange.

It took a lot of skill and experise for a Middle Age swordsmith to make such a sword. It was by no means a small feat to forge a sword blade.

So how comes that a skilled swordsmith that can forge a sword blade and give it a perfect shape, cannot forge a reasonably round pommel?!

Also maybe just an impression... but isn't the tang a bit short in relation to the sizes of the sword, crossguard and pommel?!

21st July 2016, 10:49 AM	#12
mariusgmioc Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Austria Posts: 1,911	I definitely have no experise in spotting fakes but I noticed something strange. It took a lot of skill and experise for a Middle Age swordsmith to make such a sword. It was by no means a small feat to forge a sword blade. So how comes that a skilled swordsmith that can forge a sword blade and give it a perfect shape, cannot forge a reasonably round pommel?! Also maybe just an impression... but isn't the tang a bit short in relation to the sizes of the sword, crossguard and pommel?! Last edited by mariusgmioc; 21st July 2016 at 02:12 PM.