Shifford Viking Sword - Oakeshott Type X mace The blade is a type

The blade is a type Xa shape with strongly defined fuller

If the face plates are left off this structure you would have a ring for a pommel

The smallsword

The grip is bound in blackened steel and bronze wire

photographs do not really do justice to the sheer breadth of some of these blades which

Shifford Viking Sword - Oakeshott Type X mace The blade is a typeCirca 950 Viking, Reading Museum, England Overall Length: 33. 125" Blade Length: 28" Blade Width: 1. 7" Quillon Width: 4. 13" Grip Length: 3. 2" Balance Point: 2. 9" Weight: 1. 8 lbs This sword is based on a 10th century original dredged from the Thames River at Shifford. The shape of the pommel and crossguard are faithfully reproduced, as is the characteristic short grip. Vikings, Anglo Saxons and Danes all would have used swords of this form in the