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A rare Viking small sword from 8th to 9th century. Has silver inlay in the pommel and decorations.
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Late Medieval ballock Dagger 1400 to 1500s Brass Pommel engraved. Size: 32.5cm long - 12¾ ins long
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Samurai Armor (Yoroi), Edo Period (1603–1868) This life-size suit of Japanese samurai armor, known as yoroi, dates to the Edo period, a time of relative peace under the Tokugawa shogunate when armor evolved from battlefield necessity into a symbol of rank and prestige. The set features a lacquered iron cuirass laced in black and gold silk, a fierce red menpo (mask), and an ornate kabuto (helmet) with crest. Such armors reflected the power, wealth, and artistry of the samurai class, blending protection with ceremonial display.
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Picture of a fantastic 1700-1800 Danish or Norwegian Axe The Norwegian farmer was to defend the country against external enemies. There are therefore many such peasant axes. We know axes from the Viking Age and the migration period. While weapon axes went out of fashion in the rest of Europe, it was still in use in Norway until around 1800. The peasant ax had lost its role in war, but was an important social symbol of the free Norwegian peasant.
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Everything is period and original, circa 1575, except the visor bolt nuts on the inside, which are modern replacements.
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Picture of a 1100's becs de corbin. This type of polearm and war hammer that was popular in medieval Europe. The name is Old French for "raven's beak". Similar to the Lucerne hammer, it consists of a modified hammer's head and spike mounted atop a long pole. Unlike the Lucerne hammer, the bec de corbin was used primarily with the "beak" or fluke to attack instead of the hammer head.
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18th Century Corseque probably English. A corseque has a three-bladed head on a 6-8ft. (1.8m-2.5m.) haft which, like the partisan, evolved from the winged spear or spetum in the later Middle Ages. It was popular in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Surviving examples have a variety of head forms but there are two main variants, one with the side blades (known as flukes or wings) branching from the neck of the central blade at 45 degrees, the other with hooked blades curving back towards the haft.
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A replica 13th Century Medieval Flail. A flail is a weapon consisting of a striking head attached to a handle by a flexible rope, strap, or chain. The chief tactical virtue of the flail was its capacity to strike around a defender's shield or parry. Its chief liability was a lack of precision and the difficulty of using it in close combat, or closely ranked formations.
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Replica of a 1100-1200 Bardiches Axe This type of pole arm used from the 14th to 17th centuries in Europe. Ultimately a descendant of the medieval sparth (Danish axe), the bardiche proper appears around 1400, but there are numerous medieval manuscripts that depict very similar weapons beginning c. 1250 or earler. The bardiche differs from the halberd in having neither a hook at the back nor a spear point at the top.
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An original Italian Morion Helmet. 1600's The morion was the Renaissance successor to the medieval kettle-hat. This type of half-armor widely worn by the infantryman throughout southern and western Europe.