MARTO SWORD 752
EXCALIBER 752
In Welsh legend, Arthur's sword is known as Caledfwlch. In Culhwch and Olwen, it is one of Arthur's most valuable possessions and is used by Arthur's warrior Llenlleawg the Irishman to kill the Irish king Diwrnach while stealing his magical cauldron (Irish mythology mentions a weapon Caladbolg, the sword of Fergus mac Roich. Caladbolg was also known for its incredible power and was carried by some of Ireland's greatest heroes. The name, which can also mean "hard cleft" in Irish, appears in the plural, caladbuilc, as a generic term for "great swords" in the 10th century Irish translation of the classical tale The Destruction of Troy, Togail Troi [11][12]).
Though not named as Caledfwlch, Arthur's sword is described vividly in The Dream of Rhonabwy one of the tales associated with the Mabinogion: Then they heard Cadwr Earl of Cornwall being summoned, and saw him rise with Arthur's sword in his hand, with a design of two chimeras on the golden hilt; when the sword was unsheathed what was seen from the mouths of the two chimeras was like two flames of fire, so dreadful that it was not easy for anyone to look. At that the host settled and the commotion subsided, and the earl returned to his tent.
Model
Code
752
Total length
48,00 ΄΄
Blade length
36 ½ ΄΄
Handle length
11 ½ ΄΄
Weight
4,8 lb oz
Material
Forged Steel 440
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MARTO SWORD 509
EXCALIBER 509
King of England, Richard the Lionheart, begins with many followers to liberate the Holy Land. This is the Third Crusade. The English throne left replacement, as they turn, his half-brother John Lackland, who has decided to conquer the throne and remain definitive king. John ruled England in the most tyrannical and unjust way, so I had roused the hatred of the people. In diffuse popular discontent expression gives the movement a brave lad: Robin Hood. According to legend, a poor man kills a deer in the forest to eat his children a little meat. But the deer belonged to King John and the poor would come to prison. Then Robin assumes the responsibility he killed the deer and hits the officers of the king. Then introduced the death penalty for anyone kill royal animal. In response to Robin kills another royal deer and throws it into the sheriff's house while glentokopouse with other fans of John. Robin Hood, straddling the horse's own sheriff goes to Sherwood Forest. Outlaw Robin Hood and his estates confiscated. Slowly the forest becomes the hideout of many outraged by the conduct of John and his followers. Together swear to stay loyal to King Richard and take money from the rich to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked and shelter the weak and the elderly. Everywhere the poor pronounce the name of Robin with blessings rich with horror. Meanwhile we learn that Richard the Lionheart returned from the crusade he was captured in Austria and need large amount of money as ransom to release. The Robin decides to pick this ransom to free his beloved king. In various ways collected the ransom, so that freed Richard returns to England disguised. In Sherwood Forest Robin meets the disguised King Richard, and after a series of misunderstandings revealed who the masked and what is the role of Robin and the lads in the release of Richard. Together they embark on London, where after a valiant battle, defeated John, Richard retakes the throne, Robin appointed Commander of the Royal Guard and the other lads of Robin legitimate rangers.
EXCALIBER 754
754
49,00 ΄΄
12 ½ ΄΄
lb oz
MARTO SWORD 590
WALLAS SWORD
The Wallace Sword is an antique claymore purported to have belonged to William Wallace (1272–1305), a knight and Scottish patriot who led a resistance to the English occupation of Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence. It is said to have been used by William Wallace at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297 and the Battle of Falkirk (1298).The shaft of the sword measures 4 feet 4 inches (132 cm) in length and including the tip 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm). The breadth of the blade varies from 2.25 inches (5.7 cm) at the guard to 0.75 inches (1.9 cm) before the point. The sword weighs 6.0 pounds (2.7 kg).
It has been alleged that after William Wallace's execution in 1305, Sir John de Menteith, governor of Dumbarton Castle received the sword in August of that year. But there are no records to that effect. Two hundred years later, in 1505, accounts survive which state that at the command of King James IV of Scotland, the sum of 26 shillings was paid to an armourer for the "binding of Wallace' sword with cords of silk" and providing it with "a new hilt and plomet" and also with a "new scabbard and a new belt". This repair would have been necessary because, according to legend, Wallace's original scabbard, hilt and belt were said to have been made from the dried skin of Hugh Cressingham, one of the English commanders at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.No other written records of the sword are found for a further three centuries. In 1875 a letter from the War Office informed that the sword, in 1825 was sent to the Tower of London to be repaired. At that time it was submitted to a Dr Samuel Meyrick by the Duke of Wellington for examination.Dr Meyrick was an authority on ancient swords, but he estimated the age of the sword by examining the mountings only, which as we know were replaced early in the 16th century. Thus he concluded that the sword could not date from earlier than the 15th century. However, he did not take account of the blade, which must have been of some importance for James IV to have it bound in silk and give it a new scabbard, hilt and belt, and it was also described then as the "Wallas sword". The sword was recovered from Dumbarton by Charles Rogers, author of The Book of Wallace. Rogers, on 15 October 1888, renewed a correspondence with the Secretary of State for War, with the result that the Major General commanding forces in North Britain was authorised to deliver the weapon to his care for preservation in the Wallace Monument.
WILLIAM WALLAS
590
40,00 ΄΄
΄΄
