Oakeshott Type XIIIa from the Mameluke Arsenal

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Medieval Hand-and-a-Half Sword

Second half of the 14th/early 15th century

Overall length 96.8cm

The sword features a broad double-edged blade cut with a long shallow fuller and formed with an angular tip. The iron hilt comprising a pair of slightly arched tapering quillons is of flattened oval-section and has an oval pommel of near-wheel form. A sword of closely related form was deposited in the Mameluke Arsenal (circa 1401-1408) and is now preserved in the Military Museum of Istanbul, Turkey.

For more information on Oakeshott Type XIIIa Swords see this extract from Ewart Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword: sword-site.com/thread/152/oakeshott-xiiib-records-medieval-sword

Source: www.thomasdelmar.com/