Falchion/Messer fans

[Guest]

Good work! I espesially like seeing the statistics of an original. This site will definately continue to be a recource I look to when evaluating and choosing swords.

After reading those reviews, and from my own experience, it seems if a blade is going to be off weight, it nearly always on the heavy side. Has this been your experience?

The Grosse Messer review mentioned an original that was 46 inches long at about 3.5 pounds. That would be a treat to hold. <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

[Nathan Robinson]

"The Grosse Messer review mentioned an original that was 46 inches long at about 3.5 pounds. That would be a treat to hold."

You're off by about a pound. <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" /> One of the swords I mention in the review has these stats:
OL:46.46" (1180mm); BL:37.5" (953mm); WT: 2.6lb (1170g)

Here it is:


Given that we can add weight for the grip and perhaps some blade mass lost due to age, even adding another 5-6oz, that sword must be fantastic to hold, and is quite a different animal than Cold Steel's offering.

[JeanryChandler]

Wow, what an incredibly beautiful weapon. The weight being consistently less is to me, just more proof of how much better and more sophisticated the ancients were than we think they were, even those of us who aren't really laymen. Do my eyes decieve me or is that a finger ring on there? Would this be used for thrusting with that weapon?

What a beautiful piece. I love it.

JR