Historical
Recreations: The Hank Reinhardt Collection!
Viking Sword from the River Witham - circa 10th century A.D.
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Historical
Recreations: The Hank Reinhardt Collection!
Viking Sword - Tenth Century A.D.
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The original sword was dredged up from
the river Witham.
"This sword is one that I have
wanted to copy for years. There have been several attempts, but none have
completely satisfactory. Adequate, yes, but not truly satisfying. At least
until this one.
Several years ago I had the
chance to visit Sweden and Gotland to look at Viking artifacts as well
as the remains from the Battle of Visby. One thing that I noticed, but
have not encountered in any works on the Viking sword, is that the Swedish
swords all seem to be a bit large than those I saw in Norway and Denmark.
Of course it could have been just luck that the ones I saw in Sweden were
larger, I have no way of knowing. But this sword could easily qualify as
a Swedish sword. The blade is 77.8 cm, and is slightly over 6cm wide, and
the balance point is about 16 cm. from the grip. This is a true warrior’s
sword, the weight is about 3 pounds, but the balance is superb. The cutting
power of the sword is quite impressive and I can easily see it being wielded
by Skarp-Hedin or Egil Skallagrimson. Hand forged, high carbon steel."
Hank Reinhardt
The blade of this sword is hand
forged from 5160 carbon steel and hand tempered.
The pommel and cross guard is
also solid carbon steel with copper diamond inlays, then highly polished.
The handle is wood wrapped in
leather. Sword also includes a wood scabbard wrapped in leather with
steel accents at throat and tip.
Includes an 11"x17" Signed copy
of drawing from Hank Reinhardt with each sword ordered.
| This sword features polished steel
pommel and crossguard with Copper Diamonds.
Wood handle wrapped in suede for a comfortable grip. Full wide tang that is peened over top of the pommel. |
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Blade length: 30 1/2"
Blade Width near hilt: 2 /12"
Blade Width near tip: 1 5/16"
Blade Thickness near hilt: 1/4"
Blade Thickness near tip: 3/32"
Handle/Hilt length: 6 3/4"
Grip Length: 3 7/8"
Overall: 37 1/4"
Balance Point: 5.50" Below
Hilt
COP is 11.75 inches from the tip,
19 inches from the guard.
Weight: 3 lbs. 1.4 oz.
Note: The blade is 3/16" high carbon spring steel with a full hefty tang. We tested it on several 2"x 4" standing up and split them with no marring on the blade. We then tested it on a 2"x4" cross ways resting on each side on a solid rest and came straight down. It did not cut all the way through but it did cut deep and again did not mar the blade or edge. We then went to the ultimate test Steel-to-SteelSM. We did 9 good blows, it nicked the blade but did not break the blade not break the tang or handle in either of these test.
| IP-702-2 River Witham Viking Sword,Includes signed drawing when ordered. | |
| Gen2-Oil ($4.99 each 2oz. bottle when ordered with this sword) |  Generation
2 Sword Oil
Qty: Price: $4.99 |
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