10-07-2011, 02:12 AM
Hello forum,
I thought you might be interested in seeing what Jürgen "XorX" Graßler made for me.
It is a Spatha based on a blade found in Illerup and a (rather famous) hilt found in Vimose. The blade was probably an imported Roman product, pattern welded albeit with a more simple pattern (called Streifendamast in German, no idea what this is in English...), and quite narrow. It also tapers a bit toward the point. However it has no fuller whatsoever. The original blade had a facetted, octagonal cross-section, but as that would have been out of my price-range I settled for a lenticular cross-section, which is aesthetically very pleasing imo. Since we know of such cross-sections I also had little qualms about it.
There is not much to say about the hilt, as it is a 1:1 copy of the original. It perfectly fits my hand, which means it might be a bit small for those with larger hands. However XorX assured me that by putting the heel of hand on the pommel it also works for the larger people.
In general I think this sword has a very attractive simplicity and elegance, but is just me. 8)
Well, these are the specs:
overall length: 926mm
blade length: 743mm
point of balance: about 225mm in front of the hand-guard
blade width: 42 / 27mm (60mm before the point)
blade weight: 660g
overall weight: 740g
Lastly some pics (first three are mine, the others were taken by XorX)
I thought you might be interested in seeing what Jürgen "XorX" Graßler made for me.
It is a Spatha based on a blade found in Illerup and a (rather famous) hilt found in Vimose. The blade was probably an imported Roman product, pattern welded albeit with a more simple pattern (called Streifendamast in German, no idea what this is in English...), and quite narrow. It also tapers a bit toward the point. However it has no fuller whatsoever. The original blade had a facetted, octagonal cross-section, but as that would have been out of my price-range I settled for a lenticular cross-section, which is aesthetically very pleasing imo. Since we know of such cross-sections I also had little qualms about it.
There is not much to say about the hilt, as it is a 1:1 copy of the original. It perfectly fits my hand, which means it might be a bit small for those with larger hands. However XorX assured me that by putting the heel of hand on the pommel it also works for the larger people.
In general I think this sword has a very attractive simplicity and elegance, but is just me. 8)
Well, these are the specs:
overall length: 926mm
blade length: 743mm
point of balance: about 225mm in front of the hand-guard
blade width: 42 / 27mm (60mm before the point)
blade weight: 660g
overall weight: 740g
Lastly some pics (first three are mine, the others were taken by XorX)
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![[Image: regnumhesperium.png]](http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3673/regnumhesperium.png)
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![[Image: fectio.png]](http://s226.photobucket.com/user/sattuviitana/media/fectio.png.html)
