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I love the extreme elegance of design on this one, coupled with a lack of excess fuss in the details. Thanks for a very informative video full of eye candy.

If I had the money, I would have an armory filled with this sword and the scorpion and many others - but, alas reality intrudes, and I have to get the house fixed up among other things

Hey, do you still take custom orders?

Love the tip profile of this sword! Ensures you can cut way out to the tip which is an underrated feature. fun fact! steel can be hardened by various cold processes like cold rolling and shot peening.

I really like it. If things were different I'd buy it right now. Thank you

Hey, the claymore you guys sent me is really good. The only thing that could’ve been done being is if you had the handle rounded out more. It was too narrow for my hands. Other than that, awesome job! It’s literally my favorite sword in my collection.

I have been sweating what I dropped on the Chen, until I saw how much your blade costs. I feel like I got a deal now. Sweet sword bro. I hope you sell a million.

people experimented with swords suitable for both cutting and thrusting from probably 1350 till the sixgun came in and swords went out. ca 1860. The thrust is quicker and probably easier to get home. The problem was, even a deadly thrust is not *immediately* deadly and the fellow you just stabbed is likely to stab you right back. Maybe if you could cut his arm badly enough he couldn't stick you?

This makes me wonder about why longswords fell out of use. By the time complex hilt rapiers became popular and the first military sabres popped up, armour was in decline, which should have given more room for cutting implements again and the problem with rapiers is that they're rather weak at parrying polearms and muskets with bayonets...

The Edge? U2? 😎

I like decent compromises between the two. Something like my Albion crecy.

This is a lovely video, thank you!

Been thinking between one of these a side sword or a full on Rapier to go with my Inquisitor outfit I'm putting together

I think im in love

When is it back in stock? It's on my wishlist.

You didn’t mention how the handles were made. I assume it is peened construction too.

It is pretty, it is beautiful! I think it's my favourite piece from you guys. I agree with everything you said. Too bad shipping to Europe is a lot. Not your fault, but it's a deterrent, as on its own it's the cost of a trainer, so I keep pushing back ordering one. But at the same time, I am not getting something similar from other makers since I want the one you guys make. Regarding the cylindrical pommel. When you state that none were cylindrical, are you prepared to say that the ones that are cylindrical are either fakes, repaired, or done in the style but not for the Munich Town Guard?

I was at that lecture; you and A&A are a treasure for the community!

Magnificent.

So beautiful and deadly! 😎👍🙏🏻

Machetes are probably way more intimidating

Beautiful blade

Didn't the wealthy use concealed weapons mostly because anything out in the open was considered vulgar unless it was a status symbol for dueling or something similar at the time?

The ricasso legnth kinda makes me wonder, kinda looks the example you based the munich of could have been a repurposed longsword, just simplified the guard to a cross guard, lengthen the grip and you essentially have a short longsword grip.

Nice sword, though if i was going to fight with it I'd maybe rather have a plate in that ring instead of the little loop at the ricasso. never saw anything by you on RUclips before. i met your guy Ryan at Tunnel Mill this weekend-was down there playing with fire. Wanted him to help me with a gladius hispaniensis I've been working on, but he didn't.

This example is absolutely beautiful and worth every cent I'm sure! Swords of this kind were used on ships by sailors at the time too and I'm sure in every other sort of occupation at the time 😅 The name has always seemed strange to me.

Yay. One of my favorite complex hilted swords.

This one and the Swiss sabre are my favourite types of complex-hilted swords.

Such a beautiful weapon. It is my ideal sword choice.

Are left handed versions available?

I hate to ask... but how much would it cost to have a mirrored version made for a lefty?

excellent work! what`s the width of the root and tip of the sword? It looks almost unchanged.

Do you still take custom orders?

Great looking piece. Attempting to find any resources for in depth handle construction, got everything else down relatively. Appears to be a cup by the pommel hiding the wrap, first time seen it like shown with it starting right off of the guard. I Am interested in doing one with a turks head knot.

Alright Nate, you sold me on it lol. I've been eyeing one of these for a long time now, next year's bonus has a goal now :D

Gorgeous. I want one.

I think this sword would be good for Joachim Meyer's Rappier techniques. The sword in his books looks something like that with the addition of a knuckle bow.

Very nice -- can you tell me the dimensions on the grip? - the section with the wire wrap - i.e. 7/8th where it buts up to the cross guard, then the swell is 1 1/8th then it tapers down to 3/4th from the back view (like you are holding the sword in hand ready to use it) and is 4" long from cross guard to pommel , and is whatever sizes from the side view since it is not round

Nice sword.

the narrowed ricassos of these blades seems to be an extension of the tang

Beautiful, and from a very interesting and fascinating period in history, which saw many developments in weapons. Thanks for sharing 👍

Beautiful sword

Beautiful.

That is a gorgeous sword!

It's those extra steps taken that sets you apart from the rest. Nice work.

I really like this sword and had the pleasure of handling the original in Solingen. It's pretty much the end of the era that is interesting to me in swordsmanship. I really want to have your option with all its details and the only thing really stopping me is the insane shipping costs from the US to here unfortunately.

I wish scotchbrite didn't exist.

the blade ist a oakeshott type xviii

You really, REALLY have to wonder if in the originals (if they follow the same pattern) were not just recycled and repurposed arming sword blades from Late Medieval and Renaissance armories. That long "ricasso" looks an awful lot like a tang, and that wide, 90 degree corner at the base of the blade, looks identical in both the width of the tang and length to that of a Late Medieval arming sword with its hilt and quillions removed. It is a recorded fact that some Medieval blades were refitted with different hilts and moodified for practical use all the way inti the Early Modern and Modern period -- the fact that there were so many of these found in Germany, and if all of them have that narrow ricasso and wide blade, could be a sign of mass recycling. They do love recycling in Germany, and steel is valuable, and it would not take much stretch of the imagination to adopt an old blade to a new fashion. Even that point kf balance lines up with what could be expected from putting all that extra guard and hilt weight that far back on the blade. Not saying this is all the case -- just very striking, and I wonder if any studies have been made on the age of the blades in the originals?

I'm curious about the handling as it's heavy, but balanced close to the hilt. It must affect the guards you prefer and how it turns. It will be a very different beast compared to a rapier or saber, or even a simple arming sword.