What Did A Knight Templat Swrd Look Like

Templar Sword Review

"The Crusader"

Cantankerous of the Knights Templar

An bodily antique Templar Sword - same type of sword as the one we review here with only minor differences in the fittings.

Exactly what did a Templar Sword look like?

It's an interesting question, for the 200 years that the Knights Templar came to dominate Europe both socially and politically was a time of great alter.

So much and so that the swords that this order of warrior-monks used in their early days were quite different than towards their sudden and savage demise - when their power had go such that they were declared heretics and their order suppressed, their about senior clerics, burned at the stake.

The replica Templar sword that we volition be looking at today is a sword dating from the latter one-half of their reign - an Oakeshott Type XIIa War Sword - and would have been the kind of sword that the last of their order may have used to fight dorsum and try to escape as they were hunted down and rooted out of the guild that they had become an integral part of at every level.

Templar Sword - Euro Model 13 - the Crusader

Review by SBG member Curtis Louis

Information technology's been a while since I purchased a new sword and I was feeling the "itch" to cheque out ane of the Ronin Katana Euro Line swords.

The Model 13 Crusader interested me the most, so I decided to order i via the SBG Sword Store. The sword cost $350 plus $20 shipping. I ordered the sword on a Tuesday evening and it arrived the post-obit Tuesday afternoon.

The sword was double boxed. It was shipped in its sheath and held in place, within the 2d box, with foam blocks.

The sword arrived without any damage or bug from shipping.

Initial Impressions

Once I had the sword in manus, I was happy to find a nice stiff blade that does not sag when held straight out horizontally and parallel to the floor. It feels slightly tip heavy, but not overly so. Information technology is obviously intended to exist swung with both hands, but it is notwithstanding maneuverable with ane.

The bract surprised me with a nice apple tree-seed contour. There is not a secondary bevel present. I have rarely seen blade sharpening like this on swords in this cost range. The simply brand that comes to heed is Kris Cutlery with their older, discontinued Euro offerings.

I was too glad to see that the guard and pommel are in line with the blade and nice and symmetrical. Everything is tight and the blade rings out when struck.

The SBG Store lists the stats equally:

Ii Handed, Peened Crusader Pommel Medieval Sword - 1075 Th carbon steel blade, with fuller and deluxe scabbard with high quality leather belt.

Blade length: 35.5 inches
Handle length: seven.2 inches (9 with pommel)
Width: 2 inches
Thickness .028 inches
Weight 3 pounds 2 oz

I found everything listed to exist authentic. The scabbard appears to be wood cadre with an outer layer of "leather like" roofing.

The chugalug is leather and is besides removable if you lot would prefer a different type of break system.

The throat of the scabbard is a steel fitting and is cut large plenty that the blade does not contact it upon removal or capsule.

The guard and pommel are magnetic and accept a dainty brushed finish.

The pommel is peened and you lot demand to look close to meet any hint of it. It is composite so smoothly that whatsoever evidence of the peening is essentially nonexistent.

Overall, the RK Model 13 is a winner. If yous are looking for a solid, well designed 2-hander to do some backyard cutting or fifty-fifty wear every bit office of a Crusader costume, then you will be happy with this sword.

On a side note: I'yard glad to see a determined effort by Ronin Katana to go along improving on this Euro line of swords equally well as adding more models to choose from.

PROS

Capable of cutting right out of the box
Robust blade with no sagging
Solid construction
Wood core scabbard with chugalug
Comfortable pommel
Groovy grip shape adds to bract control

CONS

Blade is slightly tip heavy
Engraving on one side of pommel was a trivial "off"

WHERE TO Purchase

The Crusader is bachelor HERE at the SBG Sword Store for just $350 - which is not a bad toll at all for a fully functional, properly made and historically plausible Templar Sword ready to cutting straight out of the box..!

I hope this review of the Crusader Templar Sword has been helpful. To render to Affordable Replicas of Medieval Swords from Templar Sword Review: The Crusader, click here