Art of Swords

Sword
/sôrd/
Noun
1. A weapon consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved, pointed blade having one or two cutting edges and set into a hilt.
2. An instrument of death or destruction.

Bronze Age Swords (from buttom up) Bronze Age Sword - Fifteenth Century B.C. Single bronze casting. Length Overall: 68cm. Weight: 1500gr  Bronze Age Sword - Tenth Century B.C. Bronze casting in a single piece. Length Overall:   63cm. Weight: 1600gr Falcata - Third Century B.C. (Spain) with bronze grip. Steel single edge blade, curved and broad towards the point. Length Overall: 63cm. Weight: 1350gr Celtic Sword - First Century B.C. Anthropomorphous bronze grip. Diamond section steel blade.  Length Overall: 64cm.  Weight: 950gr. ~~~ Source: A Work of Art

Bronze Age Swords

(from buttom up)

Bronze Age Sword - Fifteenth Century B.C. Single bronze casting. Length Overall: 68cm. Weight: 1500gr 

Bronze Age Sword - Tenth Century B.C. Bronze casting in a single piece. Length Overall:   63cm. Weight: 1600gr

Falcata - Third Century B.C. (Spain) with bronze grip. Steel single edge blade, curved and broad towards the point. Length Overall: 63cm. Weight: 1350gr

Celtic Sword - First Century B.C. Anthropomorphous bronze grip. Diamond section steel blade.  Length Overall: 64cm.  Weight: 950gr.

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Source: A Work of Art

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