09-12-2008, 04:23 AM
Robert, Tony, Vallus Istvan,
These auction swords are almost too good to be authentic.
What is quite noticable is a very late Alanic influence, what the artsy types call the "Black Sea artform," jewels (usually Uralic and Indic) set in the scabbards, grips, etc. It transferred to the Goths who purportedly brought the style into Western Europe, influencing the Romans and West Germans, particularly the Franks.
As far as I know, the Huns never had curved swords, something brought west by the Avars. But Gerry Butler had a nice curved one in "Attila" the movie, plus one of Istvan's Hungarian bows.
The Alanic akinakes is a killer! I've started to save up for it... but wait a minute... my heart....
Gasp... wheeze....
Alanus, aka A.J. Campbell
These auction swords are almost too good to be authentic.
What is quite noticable is a very late Alanic influence, what the artsy types call the "Black Sea artform," jewels (usually Uralic and Indic) set in the scabbards, grips, etc. It transferred to the Goths who purportedly brought the style into Western Europe, influencing the Romans and West Germans, particularly the Franks.
As far as I know, the Huns never had curved swords, something brought west by the Avars. But Gerry Butler had a nice curved one in "Attila" the movie, plus one of Istvan's Hungarian bows.
The Alanic akinakes is a killer! I've started to save up for it... but wait a minute... my heart....
Gasp... wheeze....
Alanus, aka A.J. Campbell
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
