Oakeshott Type XV Sword 16th Century Early Complex Hilt

[Jack Loomes]

Description: Short straight blade with two wires, ribbed section; iron hilt with solid fitted with guard ring and hexagonal arms curved towards the blade and lobed at the ends; wooden grip covered with braid in iron pommel spheroid fitted with a neck , decorated with grooves and buttoned.

Dimensions: Length 77 cm.

For more information on Type XV swords see this extract from Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword: sword-site.com/thread/166/oakeshott-type-records-medieval-sword

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