Spatha, Late Roman sword with scabbard

SKU: VM003493

Category: Early Middle Ages and Viking swords

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$ 181.99

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Manufacturers: Battle Merchant

Roman late Roman sword from the 2nd/3rd century with scabbard, based on original finds, blade made of spring steel EN45, wooden handle with brass applications, unsharpened, including genuine leather scabbard.

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Description

Late Roman sword / Spatha with scabbard, 2nd / 3rd century AD

This Roman spatha is not a one-to-one replica of a historical model, but a reconstruction based on original finds around the 2nd and 3rd centuries.

This Roman longsword has a broad, double-edged blade made of EN45 spring steel with two grooves on each side and an approx. 5 cm (1.97 in) long skew below the guard. The cutting edges of the blade are unsharpened.

Screwed to the end of the handle is the continuous blade tang. The handle, with large pommel is made of wood, decorated with brass applications. The handle is decorated with beautiful carvings. The guard has a protective brass plate on the blade side.

The handle section is decorated with carvings and the quillons has a brass protective plate on the blade side.

Details Spatha/ sword with scabbard:

- Material: blade of spring steel EN45 (carbon steel, not stainless), hilt of wood with brass accents
- Total length: approx 99 cm (38.98 in)
- Blade length: approx. 78 cm (30.71 in)
- Blade thickness: approx. 4 mm (0.16 in) / 3.6 mm (0.14 in) (cutting edges approx. 1 mm (0.04 in))
- Handle length: approx. 21 cm (8.27 in) (handle section approx. 9.5 cm (3.74 in))
- Max. Blade width: about 6 cm (2.36 in)
- Center of gravity: about 25 cm (9.84 in) in front of the parry
- Incl. wooden scabbard with cover of genuine leather and brass fittings
- Width of the scabbard at the mouth plate: about 8 cm (3.15 in)
- Width of the scabbard in front of the Ortband: about 7 cm (2.76 in)
- Diameter of the Dosenortband: about 8 cm (3.15 in)
- Weight without scabbard: about 1.4 kg (3.09 lbs)
- Weight with scabbard: about 2.16 kg (4.76 lbs)

Scope of supply: 1 x sword incl. Sheath

Item information	Value
Color:	brown
Material:	carbon steel wood
Use class:	decorative
Shipping weight:	3,00 kg

Manufacturer according to GPSR
Battle-Merchant Wacken GmbH & Co. KG, Gehrn 4, 25596 Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland, info@battlemerchant.com
Responsible person according to GPSR
Battle-Merchant Wacken GmbH & Co. KG, Gehrn 4, 25596 Wacken, Hamburg, Deutschland, info@battlemerchant.com