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5th century Spatha with gold grip plus scabbard (Alamannic)
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Quote:Not the most practical material for a sword grip. A get a bit sweaty in battle and that sword's going to twist in the hand when its swung.

Possibly a good feature if you wanted to throw the sword at your enemy.


Yes. The gold hilted swords are mostly of chieftains, king and probably more for display rank than for battle use.
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Re: 5th century Spatha with gold grip plus scabbard (Alamannic) - by LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS - 09-14-2008, 06:23 PM

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