Romano British Spath

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This Dark Age functional sword features an individually handcarved grip like the original. Native British warriors were already accustomed to fighting with longer swords than the Roman trooper's omnipresent Gladius, so copying the longer spath carried by the Roman Calvary was a natural development. What they didn't copy was the Roman Spath's austere hilt. Although the British blades were virtually identical proportionally to the Roman ones, the hilts tended to be carved far more decoratively. Warriors fighting on foot, from carts or horseback found it to be a perfect sword. This sword type endured in Britain until it was replaced by Saxon and Danish hilt and blade types. This functional Romano British Spath is made by Windlass Steelcrafts^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^{^®}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}. Includes scabbard. Overall-38¼" * Blade-31" long, 15/8" wide, 3/16" thick * Wt.-1 lbs. 12 oz. Original was exhumed from a Pictish grave and can be seen in the Osprey book "Pictish Warrior."