Norse hilted rapier?

Torvaldr · Post by **Torvaldr** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:23 pm

Anyone seen such a thing? I had to retire from heavy combat but thought of picking up rapier again. (I used to play with it years ago.) But I do not want to change my persona.

Angusm0628 · Post by **Angusm0628** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:48 pm

Olafr here on the archive has one I believe. Not sure who he got to do the work. Pretty sure that Thorpe at Sunshadow could do one. As could Darkwood (pricier I suspect)...

losthelm · Post by **losthelm** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:13 am

With the growth of cut and trust a lot more intresting presonas have started turning up on the rapier list. Henwai is on the low end usualy around 60-75 for the blade, a basic cross guard can run anywhere between 35-120 depending on detail and materials.

How soon do you want to be on the list.

Yojimbo · Post by **Yojimbo** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:41 am

Wrong on so many levels... :-)

but I really look forward to seeing the end result.

Halvgrimr · Post by **Halvgrimr** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:09 am

Viking fencers....shudder

SirCathal · Post by **SirCathal** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:13 am

Jarl Hrafn in Ansteorra is a Viking Fencer ... pretty good on both fields actually.

Torvaldr · Post by **Torvaldr** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:04 pm

Thanks for the information everyone. It is going to be a while before I can afford to get involved with rapier. Money is incredibly tight still, so soon after buying the house. And I still have a lot of repairs and other work to do. So unless I can manage some barter deals for what I need, I will have to piece at it a bit at a time.

olaf haraldson · Post by **olaf haraldson** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:18 pm

Here's what I did... it's a Safeflex blade with hardware stripped off a commercially available "viking" sword.
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg22 ... 000086.jpg

Torvaldr · Post by **Torvaldr** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:23 pm

olaf haraldson wrote:Here's what I did... it's a Safeflex blade with hardware stripped off a commercially available "viking" sword.
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg22 ... 000086.jpg

That looks great. I have that sword you are talking about but I don't want to take it apart. Maybe I can find someone with a broken one that is willing to part with it.

Titus.Antonius · Post by **Titus.Antonius** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:31 pm

olaf haraldson wrote:Here's what I did... it's a Safeflex blade with hardware stripped off a commercially available "viking" sword.
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg22 ... 000086.jpg

that is the coolest rapier of all time.

hivemind · Post by **hivemind** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:16 pm

That sword makes me want to do cut and thrust.

Vilhelm550 · Post by **Vilhelm550** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:56 pm

Well with blades like that and good finger gauntlets......

hivemind · Post by **hivemind** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:12 am

Torvaldr, did you see these?

https://www.quietpress.com/swordfittings.html

olaf haraldson · Post by **olaf haraldson** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:43 pm

Combine it with a spear or Dane axe as a rigid parry.

Titus.Antonius wrote:
olaf haraldson wrote:Here's what I did... it's a Safeflex blade with hardware stripped off a commercially available "viking" sword.
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg22 ... 000086.jpg

that is the coolest rapier of all time.

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