"When Cressy battle fatally was struck,"

            "Think we King Harry strong;
And, princes, look you strongly arm to meet him.
And he is bred out of that bloody strain
That haunted us in our familiar paths:
Witness our too much memorable shame
When Cressy battle fatally was struck,
And all our princes captiv'd by the hand
Of that black name, Edward, Black Prince of Wales;
This is a stem
Of that victorious stock; and let us fear
The native mightiness and fate of him."

-The King of France from Shakespeare's Henry V

The sword above is my own reworking of the Albion Crecy, a sword of Oakeshott Type XVI.  I wanted an archetypal fourteenth century sword that could span the whole century during its time of use.  Type XVI technically saw most use between 1300 and 1350, but surely such swords remained in use well into the fifteenth century.  Swords such as this probably saw common use from the Battle of Stirling Bridge to the Battle of Agincourt and beyond. 

This sword falls just outside the classification of a hand-and-a-half with a relatively long grip measuring 5 inches.  The original grip was almost 7 inches in length, but I shortened it to fit my own taste.  The narrow point section at the tip is shortened about 1.5 inches from the original length also.  

This sword feels very substantial in the hand, but still weighs less than 3 pounds.  The blade section beyond the fuller is flattened diamond section instead of the old-fashioned lenticular form making it a stout thrusting sword.  It is obviously broad enough to be a good cutting sword as well.  In my inexperienced hands it seems to be a ferocious cutter in the blows it delivers.  
   

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Taken on: June 27, 2008

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Camera: Kodak DX6490 Zoom, f/2.8, 1/8 sec, 6.7mm (more info) (hide info)

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