Cold Steel 88VS Viking Sword 30-1/4" Carbon Steel Blade

Specifications: Blade Length: 30 1/4" Overall Length: 36 7/8" Steel: 1055 Carbon Weight: 37.1 oz Handle: 6 5/8" Leather Wrapped Handle Scabbard: Leather / Wood Scabbard w/ Steel Fittings The typical Viking sword of the 9th and 10th centuries featured a long wide blade with a broad central fuller and two keen edges. The preferred stroke was a hard slash or chopping blow, so the point was fairly rounded but was just acute enough to be useful for thrusting. A simple guard with forward curving quillons was often utilized and combined with an equally utilitarian wooden handle that was covered with leather, bone, or even cast in brass.What really made the Viking Sword so distinctively recognizable from its contemporaries was its heavy 5 lobed pommel used to balance the long blade.our sword has features in common with its historical counterpart. It has a double edged blade, hand forged out of high carbon steel and then polished to a brilliant lustre. The wooden handle is covered in leather an