This sword was inspired by Prince Caspian’s sword from the Chronicles of Narnia film of the same name. It’s a true bastard sword, wieldable with one hand, but with room on the grip for a second. There’s even a short ricasso to accommodate rapier-style grip.
The 33” long blade is a modified Tinker/Hanwei Sharp Bastard Sword blade. The guard and pommel are etched steel, and the grip is PETG covered in antiqued brass wire. The hilt secures with a 6mm pommel nut.
43” long overall, the sword weighs 3.9 lbs and the POB is 2.5” from the quillions, which is right in front of the guard.
Scabbard is leather over a wood core with a steel chape.
This rapier was commissioned as a replica of an antique piece sold at auction last year, dubbed the “Skeleton Rapier”. My rendition is a bit less delicate than the original, but hopefully the resemblance is clear.
My hilt is mounted on a modified 42.5” blunt rapier blade made by Dynamo Lugasnk. I reshaped the ricasso a bit to suit the hilt, and it’s a lovely blade, 8mm thick at the top of the ricasso, tapering down to 6mm as it passes through the quillion block.
The guard and pommel are steel.
The grip is wood wrapped in dark brown leather and twisted steel wire. The pommel is threaded 6mmx1mm.
The scabbard is brown leather over wood with a steel chape.
The weapon weighs 2.9 lbs and is 48.5” long overall. POB is +5” from the quillion block.
This sword is based on an antique piece (see final pictures in the gallery). The slender flamberge broadsword blade was made by Javier Sole of Ancient Forge. I added the thin fullers and etching.
The hilt is mild steel with an antiqued finish. The grip is covered in natural green rayskin with nickel silver floral patterned ferrules and twisted steel wire.
Like the original, the blade is etched with a spurious “ANDRAE FERARE” mark.
The scabbard is wood covered in tooled brown leather with steel fittings.
Weight: 2.9 lbs
Overall Length: 38”
Blade Length: 32.5
POB: +3.5” from base of blade
This longsword was created as half of a wedding set for the bride and groom to present to one another at their ceremony. This wolf-themed longsword is for the groom. It features wolf art etched deeply into the guard and pommel, and text etched into the mid-grip ring. The blade itself is a Hanwei/Tinker blunt longsword blade with a re-worked ricasso. The hilt furniture is mild steel, blued to a deep black and faux-gilded in the etched sections with aluminum powder. The grip is solid PETG with faux black rayskin and steel ferrules. The pommel secures with a recessed 6mm hex nut.
The stats are as follows:
Weight: 3.4 lbs
Overall Length: 47”
Blade Length: 35”
POB: +2” from base of blade
It’s companion piece, a smallsword, can be seen here.