A Wrought Iron Themed XVIa Longsword.

[Matthew Stagmer]

Here is another custom that I finished earlier this year. It is a custom XVIa with a massivly distal tapered 35" sharp blade. The handle is carved desert ironwood with silver knott work fittings. The guard and pommel are forged wrought iron. The pommel was made from the same bar as the guard. 3 pieces were forge welded together to form the pommel. This is another one of my personal custom pieces. The customer wanted a XVIa with a celtic twist. This is what I came up with.

The blade is long enough to be a hand and halve, but it was so light that we went with a shorter grip. It is a fast moving long sword with a thrusting tip.

If you would like to see some WIP photos please see our facebook album here : http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.312698122078154.92528.121228181225150&type=3

For more pictures of the completed sword please visit our website here: http://www.imakeswords.com/kelticlongsword.htm

Thanks for looking. Comments and questions welcome as always.

 

[gregorio]

That looks mighty nice. I like the forge welded pommel, it adds a lot of character. If you have a lot of distal taper I'm sure it's great as a single hander.