08-30-2011, 03:54 AM
Hi guys, thanks again for all the replies, though as I said above I'm not actually looking to buy anything at the moment, and even if I was I definately wouldn't buy this piece, it just looks kinda cheap to me. I will however keep the suggested names in mind for when I do decide to buy a spatha so thanks. I merely asked about this hilt type out of curiousity, because to me it resembles some of the hilts found in bogs like Illerup Adal or Nydam, but without the metal components, which were probably a local addition. So as for what time period I was thinking of, I was thinking maybe 4th or 5th century. Also are you guys sure that the spiral grip part is inaccurate, because I thought that I'd seen an at least one example in a pic from a museum on another thread on this forum.
