medieval sword metropolitan museum new york Piraten kleding 6 mm thick bronzed butted

6 mm thick bronzed butted round rings with an inner diameter of 8 mm

Pixanes were sewn to the gambeson and were usually worn beneath the suit of armour

Thickness: 1

its drawbacks were the weight

medieval sword metropolitan museum new york Piraten kleding 6 mm thick bronzed buttedThe sword is a replica of an original from the second half of the 13th century. The original is now part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York. A comparable original is the sword of Sancho IV of Castile. Swords of this type were crafted to be more pointed than their predecessors, which permitted them to be employed for stabbing in addition to cutting. The blade is constructed from 9260 carbon steel, tempered to a hardness of 5055 HRC.