Legacy Arms Hospitaller Dagger - designed by Bruce Brookhart

The Honshu Crusader Quillon Dagger was designed specifically to accompany the Honshu Broadsword as a parrying dagger. This fixed blade knife has a keenly sharp, 11 7/8” 1060 carbon steel blade with a satin finish and a blood groove. The textured and ridged, injection-molded TPR handle gives you a secure, slip-free grip even when the conditions are wet. The grip is bookended by a cast 2Cr13 stainless steel pommel and hand guard, both with a satin finish. The 18 5/8” overall dagger can be carried and stored in a genuine black leather belt sheath with snap closure strap. Details: Total length: 47 cm Blade length: 30 cm Blade material: 1060 carbon steel

Circa 1300 Archers always carried an in-close fighting sidearm, and an axe like this one was a perfect choice as both a good worker and a weapon. The flat poll was good for hammering in stakes that were often used in the defensive line, and then the blade could be used to sharpen them. This is a basic European pattern that was carried and used by infantry as well as mounted warriors as its design is just so practical for all kinds of uses in the field as well as war. Tempered steel head on a good hardwood shaft. Add this highly functional piece of history to your collection. Details: Overall: 50.8 cm Blade: 12.07 cm x 9.84 cm Weight: 680.4 g

Reminiscent of a time when honor, courage and loyalty along with vows, oaths and duty were bound to flesh and enforced in steel. Hold the Brookhart Hospitaller Sword and Dagger in your hands and allow your spirit to be whisked away to Jerusalem in the 11th century. The embossed cross on your sheath shows your pledge to the Hospitaller knights donning a back surcoat with a white cross on the chest. Well balanced, the 33 1/4" high carbon steel blade thrusts easily on foot or from horseback while the fuller lightens the blade for swift cuts while weaving your blade in combat. Counter balanced by the solid round steel pommel, the textured leather handle becomes one with your body and extension of your will. The arched hilt and quillons are classic in design of this type of cruciform sword and appropriate for kneeling in prayer. The accompanying Hospitaller Dagger complements the sword nicely while the 12 3/4" high carbon steel blade makes for a deadly close-quarters weapon. Both sword and dagger are concealed in black leather wrapped wood core sheaths for secure carry. Each piece represents a symbol of your fidelity to the order and the oath to protect the innocent, punish the wicked and help the ailing. About the Knights Hospitaller The Knight Hospitallers are the third of the best know Monastic Orders that fought in the Holy Lands. The Cistercian order wore a Black Surcoat with a White Cross centered. Founded as a healing order, they could often fill the position of a battlefield medic. After the ranks of the Knight Templers were decimated, at least in the Holy Land, at the Battle of Hattin, the Hospitallers stepped in to shore-up Richard the Lionhearts forces during the Third Crusade. This was fortuitous for King Richard in as much as King Phillip II of France fell-out with Richard and withdrew from the Crusade after the Battle of Acre. Key Features: • 5160 High Carbon Steel Blade • Traditional Thru-tang Peened Construction • Blackened Cruciform Hilt and Pommel Details: Overall: 40 1/2" Blade Length: 33 1/4" Handle Length: 4 5/8" Weight: 3lbs 2oz Point of Balance: 6 1/2" Blade Steel: 5160

The Man at Arms was a warrior, pure and simple. A stalwart and dependable fighter who exhibited great martial prowess with a range of weapons. He was a capable and competent warrior who was the veteran of many conflicts and was often first into the fray. Although he was not a Knight, he fought and trained alongside them as a brother in arms. To honor these rugged, reliable, salt-of-the-earth warriors Cold Steel had created a range of true journeyman’s weapons that they have called the Man at Arms Collection. These practical and battle ready swords lack the gleaming blades and polished silver steelwork of our other swords, but they pack a resounding punch where it counts! Approximating the quality and performance of the high end swords, the Man at Arms collection features a selection of some of the finest high performance blades but at a markedly reduced price. Their fully sharpened and blued blades have a distinctive gun metal finish that compliments their black leather handles, and when well-oiled they are gleamingly beautiful in their own right. If you always wanted a Cold Steel sword, but couldn’t afford one, the Man at Arms collection is for you. Details: Overall Length: approx. 108.3 cm Blade Length: approx. 85.1 cm Blade Thickness: approx. 0.6 cm Handle Length: approx. 23.2 cm Head Material: 1055 Carbon Weight: approx. 1429 g Scabbard: Leather Scabbard with Blued Steel Fittings This is an item from the Cold Steel program in 2014.