Medieval Single Handed Sword
By the 12th century the swords of Western Europe had evolved into cruciform hilted weapons with circular wheel shaped pommels, and long double edged blades - often with a fuller or blood groove running down the centre. These were the weapons carried by the Christians knights in the crusades and represented through the cross-shaped hilt the Christian faith and high ideals that a chivalric knight was aspiring to uphold. Although the elegance, simplicity and shear beauty of these swords cannot be denied they were essentially combat weapons and when used from the back of a horse had devastating cutting power. This is the Re-enactor version of the John Barnett designed Single Handed sword made of EN45 Steel with a blunted blade and rounded off point.Please Note: For display purposes only and not intended for re-enactment use.