Duna Duna Viking Sword with Scabbard, 10th Century.

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Viking Duna Duna sword with scabbard, 10th century



This beautiful Viking sword is a reconstruction of a find dated between 950 and 1050, which was classified as type X according to the Petersen typology of Viking swords.

A key feature of the original sword, now in the collection of the Musée de l'Armée in Paris, France, are the inscriptions engraved on the blade. One side is adorned with the famous maker's inscription Ulfberht , a forge probably from the Rhineland that is considered to be one of the earliest sword marks (around 170 such swords have been produced to date from the 9th century across Europe, all the way to western Russia through to the 11th century, bearing the distinctive letters +vlfberht+ or +vlfberh+t ). The other side is inscribed Duna + Duna XX , a probable abbreviation whose exact meaning is still unknown today.



The reconstruction of the Viking sword offered here has a straight, double-edged blade with unsharpened cutting edges. As with the original find, the broad groove is engraved with the inscription vlfberh+t on one side and duna+duna xx on the other. The handle consists of a short steel crosspiece with rounded ends and a wooden handle section wrapped in brown leather, which ends in a semicircular steel pommel.



The sword is delivered with a brown wooden/leather scabbard with a steel bezel and a wooden belt loop (for belts with a maximum width of 5 cm).



This medieval sword is designed as a collector's item or decorative object and is also ideal as an accessory, for example to complete your costume.



Details:

- Blade material: carbon steel

- Rockwell hardness: 48 – 52 HRC

- Handle material: Wooden handle with leather covering, steel guard and pommel.
- Total length: approx. 94.5cm

- Blade length: approx. 79 cm

- Blade thickness: approx. 5 mm

- Handle length: approx. 16 cm (handle section approx. 10 cm)

- Maximum blade width: approx. 5.8 cm

- Center of gravity: approx. 17 cm in front of the guard

- Includes wooden case with leather sheath.
- Weight without cover: approx. 1.4kg

- Weight with case: approx. 2 kg



The above specifications may vary slightly from specimen to specimen.



The steel used here is not stainless and may show slight signs of corrosion. We recommend taking care of the blade regularly, for example with Ballistol, a universal oil ideal for preserving steel products.



Please note:

This item is only sold to persons over 18 years of age. Please enter your date of birth on our order form. We also require a copy of your ID, driving licence or similar by email, scan, fax or post.


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