Alexandria Sword

Darksword Armory is pleased to have created a replica of the lost sword of Alexandria. Like the Harriet Dean Sword, the Darksword Armory Alexandria sword is a 15th-century style longsword. Its flattened-diamond cross-sectioned blade has a broad base and sharply tapered tip, making it both exquisitely balanced and suitable for splitting links of chain or probing gaps in plate armor. While designed primarily as a thrusting weapon like many renaissance longswords, it would also be highly effective at cutting targets. The leather wrapped grip is wooden and epoxied to the robust tang, and the plain steel fittings and wheel pommel with peen block are typical of the Oakeshott Type XVIIIc. Many of the longsword manuals of that era, such as Fiore Dei Liberi’s famous Flos Duellatorum (“The Flower of Battle”), were written for use with swords such as this.

Our latest renaissance longsword is an homage to the lost sword of Alexandria, a sword commissioned by a King, gifted to a Sultan, purchased by a curator, inherited by a sister, lost to time, and finally found again by a collector like so many of our customers. We invite you to hold this reflection of history in your hands.

Specs:
Blade: 5160 High Carbon Steel.
Dual Tempered HRc 60 / 48-50 at the core
Total length: 45″
Blade length: 33.5″
Width at base: 3 1/4″
Sword without scabbard: 1.86 kg
Sword with scabbard: 2.64 kg
POB: 4″

Please note:
The sword will be delivered only with the scabbard, the "matching belt" is not included but can be ordered for an extra charge.