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Swords- Custom Engraveds Swords, Daggers and More

Rapiers
Sweeping Up
Looking for something with a bit of class? Something that says "I'd challenge you to a duel but you're not worth staining my blade." Then maybe it's the cavier of blades you're looking for. The swept-hilt rapier. Espada Ropiera. Sword of princes, duelists and musketeers. And one of the cornerstones of the Strongblade repertoire. Click here to see our selection of these beautiful swords.

Swords

Sword
Above all Strongblade is a sword manufacturer and supplier.

Engravables

Engraveable swords and tankards
Swords and tankards that can be custom engraved.

LARP and Foam

LARP
Swords, axes, spears, armor and more for Live Action Role Play.

Tankards

Tankards Mugs
Tankards, goblets, mugs and steins.

Armor(Armour)

Armor
Helmets, chainmail, bracers and greaves.

Strangeblade

fantasy gifts
Unicorns, dragons, fairies and other fantasy gifts.

Flintlocks

Flintlock Replicas
Flintlock, blunderbuss and pistol replicas.

Costumes

costumes
Masks, elf ears, medieval clothing and other costumes.

Jewelry

jewelry
Pendants, bracelets, rings, lockets and more.

Ye Old Bargins

Sale and Closeout Items
Sale, Closeout and Scratch and Dent Items

Engraving Gallery

Engraving Gallery
Some of Our Impressive Engravings

Featured Products

$28

Medieval Celtic Dagger

Medieval Celtic Dagger

$32

Medieval Fleur-de-Lys Dagger

Medieval Fleur-de-Lys Dagger

$34

Stainless Steel Lionheart Crusader Dagger

Stainless Steel Lionheart Crusader Dagger

$28

Medieval Knight Dagger with Polished Stainless Steel Blade

Medieval Knight Dagger with Polished Stainless Steel Blade

$75

Hand Crafted Coustille Sword-Dagger

Hand Crafted Coustille Sword-Dagger

$59

Spartan Sword - Fantasy Greek Sword with Leather Belt and Scabbard

Spartan Sword - Fantasy Greek Sword with Leather Belt and Scabbard


Osprey Viking Sword

Although the Vikings could stand against almost any equally sized enemy force, with their fast longships, the Vikings didn't have to face strong opposition. They could raid coastal villages and get out again long before the villagers had time to invoke assistance. This was the ideal method for vikings: strike quickly, take what you could, then leave again before organized resistance could form. It was only when the Vikings started making permanent outposts in England that they were defeated, and it wasn't through military defeats either. The Vikings, settled and defensible, no longer were raiders and conquerers, they became a part of England, assimilated into the population. To wax poetic for a moment, the Vikings were assimilated into the country as a sunken ship is assimilated by coral in a coral reef, becoming itself an important part of the reef. All right, so it ain't Shakespeare; The Vikings weren't into the whole flowery poet stuff anyway (you ever read Beowulf? Not exactly Lord Byron type stuff).



Swords from the Viking lands (including Northern Germany) have a long and distinguished history through the middle ages, and still have some prescence there today. The city of Solingen was the Toledo or Damascus of Northern Europe; swords that came from Solingen, particularly from the family of swordmakers known as Ulfberht, were revered, and many counterfeit sword makers stamped the word "Ulfberht" on their blades to give them more value (often misspelling the name). In fact, the early viking swords are often said to have been the predecesors to the knightly broadswords/arming swords of the middle ages.

Viking blades are farily easily to identify. They normally have three-lobed wave" pommel, long straight double-edges, wide fuller (groove that runs down the blade), and a short grip. The blade often had engravings, usually featuring important or sacred phrases and pictographs.

See Strongblade's Osprey Viking Sword

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