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My favorite period for swords is roughy the Napoleonic though WW1 period. I don't have many at the moment, unfortunately, besides my Grandfather's WWI Army AEF issued example and the matching one I got on Active Duty.
 
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I'm partial to the Viking era and European Middle Ages, but enjoy rapiers too. I studied Saviolo's method for sword and rapier for several years at Acadamia Della Spada in Seattle, but my real love is the Medieval Longsword as practiced in Fiore de Battaglia. Used to do demonstrations of historic medieval combat at Camlann Medieval Faire for a good few years. People were always so astonished that it 'looked like martial arts!' Ummm... duh?
 
I have some swords. I also tend to have large knives that blur the line between knives and short swords. I also have two micarta bokken that are as dangerous as a real sword, in the right hands.

One of my 2 "Bussekin" short swords is having a sheath made, but I'll be sure to post a picture after I get it back.

John
 
I have a Samurai sword that came to me by way of my dad, who got it from a friend who got it in Japan when a Japanese officer, brought a sword to a gun fight dad's friend was in.

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Once home, he didn't want anything around that reminded him of the war and traded it to my dad for a BB gun.

DM
 
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kje54 said:
The Spanish Espada Ancha (common sword) would be the most likely but I don't see any reproductions being made. Good luck with your search.
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Yes, the Espada Anchas would be just the thing, but as you noted no one seems to be making reproductions. Possibly because there was so much variation to be found.

At the moment I'm toying with the idea of a Munich Sword from Museum Replicas. Not quite what I'm after, but it's close. Comes in about a century before the time period I'm looking at, but family heirlooms have always been a thing. I'm not in a hurry though so something better may come along.

So as to have something to contribute to this thread I will offer this.

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Technically it is a bayonet, but it's a short sword length which is what I bought it for. I don't have a photo of mine so I borrowed this one from eBay. A friend of mine's dad had one years ago where he removed the bayonet hilt and replaced it with a brass/wood hilt better suited to hand use. It looks dang cool! Came across mine at a gun show some years ago so jumped on it. Still haven't done the conversion yet though. It both cuts and thrusts well. Not like a dedicated light fencing sword, but for a brawl.
 
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Here’s another sword/ bayonet.
This one was used by the colorful Zouave troops in the Civil War and could be mounted to 1863 .58 Remington "Harpers Ferry Pattern" rifles.
 
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5738468A-3FE0-4AAF-AE50-FB6681BEDF42.jpeg Well if “sword bayonets” make the cut here are two sandwiching a Japanese Cavalry Saber.

from left to right:

Mauser1909 “Sable Bayoneta” (says so on the blade) With my long armed finger tips against the guard the tip of the blade comes to with in an inch of my elbow, so if a gladius is a sword so is this.

In the middle is a Japanese Cavalry Sword, not s reproduction. last batch was made in 1936 though the remained in issue in China to Japanese horsemen until the end of WWII

Finally is a Steyr 1886 bayonet. Da Gurl that wanted me to make a sinister of the K98 bayonet wants this converted into a sword…. this is not happening.

-kBob
 
I've picked up several stripped 19th century bayonets, usually with scabbards, and re-hilted them in various styles.
For example, I took an 1874 Gras bayonet blade that I picked up on EBay and put a modern-type bayonet hilt (actually a custom gear shift knob) for use as a handy little stabbing sword.
It really does a number on the straw bales that I use as practice dummies... .
 
When Swiss bayonets were common and cheap, I thought one could be re-hilted into a good looking dagger. Not that it wouldn't stab as is, but I was in CAS at the time and the bayonet attachments would not play as an Arkansas Toothpick.
 
Ah the Swiss!

when I was 12 or so a buddy had a Swiss Pioneer Bayonet as long as either of those bayonets I just posted. It had a double tooth saw back that worked very well at sawing down smaller trees or fence posts. Stuck through the belt of a 13 year old in its steel scabbard it was definitely a sword!

I had to have something so I bought a 1907 made Enfield Rifle Bayonet as used in WWI

Somehow we never engaged in sword fights with them. Smarter than we looked I guess

I general carried a Martin Made in Belgium Machete but in a GI 1942 marked plastic sheath out in the woods.

-kBob
 
I have a young (8 or 9) nice, adopted from China, who is very much into swords and wants one badly. If there are any fans of Tolkien that can relate, It would be like Bilbos sword Sting, I'm looking for a large "knife" type blade that looks like a scaled down sword replica. It also needs to be strong enough for light use as she and I want to "train" with it as I have a set of viking axes.

I had found one that looked good-ish at one of those Oriental Trading stores in the mall. They have a Sting size small sword for $75 or $80. Not sure I want to spend that much if I can avoid it. Any of you sword guys or gals have ideas how I could fulfill her sword interest? Anyone know where I could look for used ones or factory seconds? Thanks in advance!
 
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I have a young (8 or 9) nice, adopted from China, who is very much into swords and wants one badly. If there are any fans of Tolkien that can relate, It would be like Bilbos sword Sting, I'm looking for a large "knife" type blade that looks like a scaled down sword replica. It also needs to be strong enough for light use as she and I want to "train" with it as I have a set of viking axes.

I had found one that looked good-ish at one of those Oriental Trading stores in the mall. They have a Sting size small sword for $75 or $80. Not sure I want to spend that much if I can avoid it. Any of you sword guys or gals have ideas how I could fulfill her sword interest? Anyone know where I could look for used ones or factory seconds? Thanks in advance!
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Hopefully someone can point you in the right direction, the ones in Oriental stores are completely decorative and probably wouldn't stand up to even light fighting. There is a "Sting" reproduction but it's $125 without the sheath, the sheath is an extra $75, I'm sure it would hold up much better than the display ones.
 
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I have a young (8 or 9) nice, adopted from China, who is very much into swords and wants one badly. If there are any fans of Tolkien that can relate, It would be like Bilbos sword Sting, I'm looking for a large "knife" type blade that looks like a scaled down sword replica. It also needs to be strong enough for light use as she and I want to "train" with it as I have a set of viking axes.

I had found one that looked good-ish at one of those Oriental Trading stores in the mall. They have a Sting size small sword for $75 or $80. Not sure I want to spend that much if I can avoid it. Any of you sword guys or gals have ideas how I could fulfill her sword interest? Anyone know where I could look for used ones or factory seconds? Thanks in advance!
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The "usable" part is going to price you out.

There were a few replicas made, but darksword and by gen 2. I have the legacy arms /gen 2 "halflings sword".

It is a usable "battle ready " short sword, easily handled by a 9 year old who could safely do so. It's very sharp, and very solid. Adult supervision definitely required. I think it was about 150 or so several years ago.

I handled the darksword sting at Kult of Athena, but the grip was too thick and the balance was wrong for a short leaf blade.

The united cutlery sting prop is a very well made wall hanger, don't try to use it for anything but wall hanging.
 
Don't have nice separate photos, but in this fixed blade family photo are my swords. 1 katana, & 1 wakizashi, plus 1 custom handled 1907 pattern sword bayonet, the latter being one of my favorites.
It's very light, and fast in hand, (almost Fencing Sabre fast) very stabby, and with the sharpening my guy did... "It will cut".
I'd almost consider the custom handled CRKT Hisshou a short sword as well.

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Dunross said:
Technically it is a bayonet, but it's a short sword length which is what I bought it for. I don't have a photo of mine so I borrowed this one from eBay. A friend of mine's dad had one years ago where he removed the bayonet hilt and replaced it with a brass/wood hilt better suited to hand use. It looks dang cool! Came across mine at a gun show some years ago so jumped on it. Still haven't done the conversion yet though. It both cuts and thrusts well. Not like a dedicated light fencing sword, but for a brawl.
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This is the thought I had when I picked up my pattern 1907 sword bayonet. I took a better photo of it alone.
The G10 handle I had my knife guy make for it is much more suited to this type of use.
It's almost as long as my wakizashi, yet much lighter, and faster.

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Here's what I could lay my hands on in a couple of minutes.

HI 16.5" WWII kukuri
Scrapyard Knife (SYKO) TNT-15
Swamp Rat Waki
WWII NCO sword
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If you look carefully, most of the length difference between the two Busse family ("Bussekin") swords is handle. The Waki is 52100. The TNT is SR-101.

John
 
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Again, I appreciate this thread. I’m learning some here and there on swords. The desire for a sword is getting more. So can someone suggest a sword primer for European swords? Including some how to handle them? A book?

here is one I like and if I’m not mistaken, decent quality? https://www.knifecenter.com/item/CI...dieval-single-hand-sword-blade-cruciform-hilt
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Here's a quick search I did on Google:

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-lm&q=books+on+using+the+medevil+singlr+hand+sword
 
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