Functional Swords – Real Battle-Ready Blades for Collectors and Practitioners

Reliks functional European swords are suitable for re-enactment, stage use or for theatrical duel...

Our functional Japanese swords and katana are suitable for the martial artist and collector. Thes...

Reliks.com's functional Chinese swords are crafted for the martial artist, designed with consulta...

Fantasy and movie swords that are not only collectible, they are real forged swords!

Reliks sword store offers functional rapiers that are made for the historical fencer. These rapie...

Stage swords are made to withstand heavier abuse than our historically accurate battle ready swor...

Our selection of American Sabers and British Sabres our hand forged and as functional as the orig...

A swordsman has never become a master without the proper training equipment. We have a wide selec...

In this article we are going to have a look at the functional sword and the decorative sword and ...

Type Æ Viking swords, with curved guards and no pommel, mark the late 10th century. Transitional ...

Viking Sword Type Z—curved guards, silver wire ornament, and hints of medieval design. A weapon a...

Type Y swords, with their crest-like upper guard and long sweeping lowers, defined the late Vikin...

Ubiquitous late-Viking swords with a single-piece half-round upper and long lower guard. Begins e...

Rare Viking swords with a one-piece cast-bronze guard-and-pommel. West Norway & Trøndelag finds, ...

Learn about Viking Sword Type V, a rare West Norwegian sword style with tripartite pommels and st...

Viking Sword Type U is a rare late 10th-century form with straight guards, tripartite pommels, an...

Viking Sword Type T were late 10th-century hilts with tripartite pommels, silver ornament, and in...

Viking Sword Type S has heavy silver-clad hilts, globular tripartite pommels, and Ulfberht blades...

The Viking Sword Type R, is a rare 10th century sword with elaborate silver ornament and Ulfberht...

The Viking Sword Type Q, a widely used 10th century sword with curved guards and no pommel. Learn...