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Fableblades — Langeidsverdet - Viking Sword by Brendan Olszowy
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Published: 2016-03-25 01:41:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 1965; Favourites: 56; Downloads: 17
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Theres so much to say about this sword, I can't really go into it here. It's inspired by a late Viking Era find from the village of Langeid in Norway.Please See my webpage for specs, and more pics of this sword, including side by side with the original beauty. www.fableblades.com/Langeidsve…
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Comments: 10
Fantastic. The design is simple, yet elegant with a inherent beauty characteristic of pure silver. The guard flows smoothly toward the point (a feature that draws the attention to the blade, well done). I especially enjoy the taper of the blade, which I feel gives it an air of deadly grace, hinting that the weight is focused at the hand for lots of slashing and rotating speed.
Another beautiful piece by Fableblades. Congratulations.
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Thankyou for taking the time to comment. I can't claim credit for the design / lines - they were set a thousand years ago. As can be seen here:
www.fableblades.com/Photos/Lan…
www.fableblades.com/Photos/Lan…
I just did my utmost to capture the soul of the original geometries. Sounds like you believe I did that 
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your work is beautiful. I can see this being wielded by the Einherjar! Great work.
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good work very fictional design.
its hard to see from the angle but does it have a straight or a round blade tip?
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Hi. Thanks for the compliment. It's actually an entirely historic design from the late Viking era - I've taken pains to copy the original design (except the wire inlay, that's the stuff of kings). This sword type is known as a Petersen Type AE hilt, with a Geibig type 2 Blade. Please check out the link to my webpage there's plenty of info there.
Some images of the Original side by side:
www.fableblades.com/Photos/Lan…
www.fableblades.com/Photos/Lan…
And the rounded tip - known as a spatulate tip.
www.fableblades.com/Photos/Lan…
Rather than an acute stabbing point, the edge runs around the tip for slashing at a distance, and it will still thrust well into flesh, and do much more damage slicing passing organs than an acute tip will, as acute tips tend to push organs aside - maybe a little too much info
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Yes i know i must have misspeld functional and the spelling corrector changed it without me noticing. Also Imagin it would be hard or impossible even to Pierce mail vests with a tip like that i thought those were common in the late Viking era or an i wrong?
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Yes for sure this type of tip would not have been effective against mail. For that we need a stiff sword, which has a thick, narrow diamond section point. Though against mail and plate armour you were better off with other arms such as axes, hammers, maces and spikes (which were very common compared to swords), also metal tipped arrows were effective against mail.
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