Celtic Squared end sword

[Andy]

Just wondering if anybody has any info on this sword?

I have always loved it and looking at getting a re-production of it. Can you tell me size (length, blade width) and time and location?


thanks

[M. Demetrius]

Are we sure the point isn't simply snapped off? Seems an odd shape for a sword point.

[brennivs - tony drake]

Andy I have two pics of it but dont know any more but maybe the info panel next to it may give a clue.
Regards brennivs

[Tarbicus]

Hmm. The scabbard has a flat tip as well, and the length of the blade seems to tally with the scabbard's length.

[Andy]

Thanks Tony, I have just one other photo of it with that scabbard in black and white but that close up of the hilt is a beauty

The end isnt snapped off, these style of swords were common in the Late La Tene period. I would just like to put some dimensions, a date, and location to it.

[john m roberts]

Ewart Oakeshott in "Archaeology of Weapons" lists this sword as c. 300 BC from Lindholmgard, Denmark. He describes it (p.56) as 3.5 c. wide at the hilt, tapering to 3 c. at the "Point" which he describes as ending "abruptly in a graceful double curve, slightly cusped in the middle." He states that there is a very similar sword that was found at Moringen in Switzerland and is now in the Landsmuseum in Zurich.

[Andy]

Theres info here but not on this particular sword.
http://www.ironagearmoury.com/swords_of ... on_age.htm

3.5cm seems pretty thin

[Conal]

these style of swords were common in the Late La Tene period.

I don't think they can be described as common as they represent a minority in finds. They tend to be the longer swords and the theory is that they were cavalry items used for cutting only.