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Arbedo Sword, circa 1350-1400, Signature Series
Introducing the Classic Series by Windlass! Some of their all-time favourites, reissued by Windlass Steelcrafts® with several upgrades! The blade has improved distal taper, making the sword livelier and quicker. The scabbard now has a wooden core underneath the leather exterior. The grip features leather that is dimpled using a historically authentic "wet-wrap" process, during which fine cord is tightly wrapped around a wet leather grip. When it's dry, the cord is removed and the leather is left attractively indented and provides improved texture and grip. More information...
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Arbedo Sword, circa 1350-1400, Signature Series
In Arbedo on June 22, 1422 the famous Milanese cavalry commander Carmagnola, along with Angelo de la Pergola, 6,000 horsemen and 4,000 footmen, attacked an army of 4,000 Swiss pikemen and halberdiers. As the battle raged on, a group of Swiss foragers wandered near the scene. Both Carmagnola and de la Pergola thought the foragers were another army and pulled back, allowing the Swiss to retire in good order. This bloody, rather inconclusive battle left a large percentage of Swiss dead, although Carmagnola's army actually lost more men.
This beautiful type XVIIIa war sword is named after that battle at Arbedo, where either side would have carried it. The effective cutting blade tapers to a sharp, deadly point. The 6" grip allows for one or two hand use. High carbon steel blade. Steel guard and pommel. Grip is wood, wrapped with cord and then covered with red leather. Wide tang construction.
Original rests in the Metropolitan Museum and can also be seen in "Records Of The Medieval Sword", pg. 189 by Ewart Oakeshott.
- Leather scabbard included.
- Blade Distal Taper: 1.6 mm
- Blade Material: 1075 High carbon steel
- Overall length 100 cm
- Blade length 78 cm
- Length of crossguard 21.5 cm
- Blade width at crossguard 70.1 mm
- Blade thickness at crossguard 4.7 mm
- Blade width 10 cm from the tip 29.8 mm
- Blade thickness 10 cm from the tip 3.9 mm
- Caution, razor-sharp blade!
- Length of pommel 5 cm
- Handle length 15.2 cm
- The centre of gravity (PoB) is 12 cm from the crossguard
- Sword weight 1475 g
- Scabbard weight 451 g
A top-quality replica made by Windlass Steelcrafts®
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