Anglo-Saxon Goodness!

This beauty is a new item from CASHanwei and is a stunning example of the sword makers art. Based a 9th Century example found in the bank of a stream in England in 1976 which is now on display in the Yorkshire Museum. Swords of this period were fairly well restricted to the upper classes due to the expense, but many of them were beautifully decorated and over a thousand years later they are still beautiful to behold. Most modern recreations are very plain by the standards of the day so it's nice to see a high end example reproduced.

The curved upper and lower guards and the three lobed pommel with the taller middle peak are typical features for Anglo-Saxon swords of this period but the design was also found in parts of Scandinavia. Petersen classifies this style of sword as the type L.

Keep an eye out for this sword at the Wargod's Armoury very soon.

From the website:

CAS Hanwei’s smiths have outdone themselves with their recreation of a 9th Century Saxon sword by replicating a technique used by the Saxons and Vikings and producing a stunning blade that features a pattern-welded core with high-carbon edge sections. This technique was used by the old-time smiths as a means of producing blades (just for the rich folks) that were sharp, resilient and decorative and, eleven hundred years on, CAS Hanwei has made them affordable. The sword’s design is based on a 9th Century piece found in the bank of a stream in England in 1976 and now on display in the Yorkshire Museum.