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Old September 13th, 2011, 03:16 AM   #11

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Another peculiar aspect is the pommel of the sword. At this time, it was more likely that the pommel would be of the 'cocked hat' type.
True but the round pommel is renound in Scandinavia (Finland in this case) and again being a ceremonial sword it would have to be a 'little different' to the average sword of the time i would think.
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True but the round pommel is renound in Scandinavia (Finland in this case) and again being a ceremonial sword it would have to be a 'little different' to the average sword of the time i would think.
Perhaps the design has very early Christian overtones?. I am not sure when this part of europe started to embrace christianity.
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This image is taken from Osprey's "Carolingian cavalryman"
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most of the knights seem to prefer mail over lammelar armor

A collection of swords:
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Old September 17th, 2011, 01:16 PM   #14

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This image is taken from Osprey's "Carolingian cavalryman"
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most of the knights seem to prefer mail over lammelar armor

A collection of swords:
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One sword and 5 spearheads. Cool pics.
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