Windlass Steelcrafts

This fine sabre has a 1065 high carbon steel blade with full tang and is well tempered. Grip is black leather wrapped and twisted brass wire. A rare chance to own a unique piece of US wartime history. An authentic replica of the highest calibre. Prior to the Civil War Messrs.

Sharp & Hamilton operated a farming implement company under the trade name of Nashville Plow Works. With the war looming, the owners converted their establishment into an armoury. The Nashville Plow Works continued operations until April 1, 1862, when the city was taken by Federal troops. This sword has a cast brass guard, with both CSA and Nashville Plow Works also cast in block letters on the underside of the guard. The pommel and back strap are of one piece and of brass. The scabbard is blackened steel with brass mounts. Made by Windlass Steelcrafts.

Total Length: 99cm
Blade Length: 86.5cm
Grip Length: 11.5cm
Weight: 860g
Blade Thickness (base): 4.4mm
Blade Thickness (CoP): 4.2mm
Blade Width (base): 2.9cm
Blade Width (base): 2.4cm
Point of Balance (PoB): 9cm
Centre of Percussion (CoP): 26.5cm
Blade: High Carbon Steel
Edge: Blunt
Pommel: Peened
Scabbard: Steel, Brass

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

This official gladius is a detail-rich replica of the eagle sword from the movie. Of tempered carbon steel, the blade tapers from the cross guard into a kind of waistline, widening again before the point. This style of blade was named after Mainz, Germany, its place of discovery, and is the highest quality variant of the Roman gladius. The leaf-shaped Mainz blade was sturdier, heaver and better balanced than the Pompeii and Hispanicum styles. Officers in particular were equipped with this kind of gladius.

You can tell from the elaborate decoration of this gladius that this isn't a mere legionary sword. The finely crafted grip with decorative patterns ends seamlessly in the sculptural eagle head – by far the most distinctive feature on this exceptional sword. Covered with dark leather, the wooden scabbard boasts richly decorated metal plates. The relief on the chape shows a ruler surrounded by soldiers, and depicted on the throat is a legionary standing in front of a Roman temple. On the central plates there are classical Roman laurel vines completed by a laurel wreath insignia in the middle of the scabbard. A leather shoulder strap is attached with metal rings to the scabbard. All metal parts have been artificially antiqued to give the Eagle Head Gladius an especially battle-tested look.

Total Length: 76.3cm
Blade Length: 50.3cm
Grip Length: 11cm
Weight: 0.77kg
Blade Thickness (base): 1.5mm
Blade Width (base): 4.8cm
Point of Balance (PoB): 7.7cm
Blade: High Carbon Steel
Edge: Blunt
Pommel: Intergrated
Scabbard: Wood, Leather, Brass

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

This sword ("gladius" in Latin) was found in Pompeii, Italy and has a straight, double-edged blade. It was as effective for cuts as it was for thrusts, which means it was the perfect sword for close combat.

The entire hilt, including the grip, is made of selected hardwood: ash and maple, to be precise. The guard prevents your hand from slipping down the blade after a strong thrust. The ample, ball-shaped pommel keeps your hand on the grip after strong cuts. A scabbard with ornamental brass applications comes with this Pompeii type gladius.

Total Length: 69cm
Blade Length: 51cm 
Grip Length: 8.5cm 
Weight: 0.77kg 
Blade Thickness (base): 4.2mm 
Blade Width (base): 5.3cm 
Point of Balance (PoB): 10cm
Blade: High Carbon Steel
Edge: Blunt
Pommel: Threaded
Scabbard: Wood, Leather, Brass

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

Starting in 1860, US Navy M1860 cutlasses were manufactured for the US Navy in Chicopee, MA. They continued to be used after the Civil War broke out. Our replica has the marks you would expect to see on an original: "USN DR 1862" and "AMESMFGCO CHICOPEE MASS" to show that the cutlass is military issue and who manufactured it.

Heavily influenced by the sabre used by the French navy, our US Navy Cutlass M1860 is a replica of the model that replaced the M1841. The slightly curved blade has a wide fuller that ends in the area of the point where the broad backstops and the false edge begins. The blade geometry of the M1860 makes it extraordinarily light. Held in place by a riveted pommel and the full knuckle bow at the hand guard, the wooden grip of this naval cutlass is covered in leather and wrapped with twisted, golden wire. It includes a leather scabbard with a frog for holding the scabbard.

Total Length: 80cm
Blade Length: 65.5cm
Grip Length: 11cm
Weight: 0.86kg
Blade Thickness (base): 4.3mm
Blade Width (base): 3.1cm
Point of Balance (PoB): 11cm
Blade: High Carbon Steel
Edge: Blunt
Pommel: Peened
Scabbard: Leather, Wood, Brass

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

An old legend has it that a Nordic smith named Ulfberht developed the first all steel blade. This crucial development achieved near-mythical status among warriors, making this one of the most important swords in the study of medieval weapons. Several of these blades from slightly different time periods exist, some engraved in gratitude and reverence with Ulfberht’s hallowed name. 

The etchings on both sides of our blade are copied exactly so that our reproduction is identical, warts and all. Made of high carbon steel (actually better than the original) it is beautifully balanced. The grip is wood wrapped with leather. The stout crossguard is steel and the pommel is of the Brazil nut shape that was quite popular at the time, both with Vikings and the rest of Europe. A beautiful and important sword. Comes with scabbard.

Total Length: 91cm
Blade Length: 77cm
Blade Width: 5cm
Weight: 1360g
Blade: 1065 High Carbon Steel
Edge: Blunt
Pommel: Peened
Scabbard: Wood, Leather, Steel

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

This sword ("gladius" in Latin) found in Mainz, Germany and has a leaf-shaped, double-edged blade. It was as effective for cuts as it was for thrusts, which means it was the perfect sword for close combat.

The light, faux ivory grip is characteristic of this type of gladius and the guard prevents your hand from slipping onto the blade after a strong thrust. The ample, ball-shaped pommel keeps your hand on the grip after strong cuts. A scabbard with ornamental brass applications comes with this Mainz type gladius.

Total length: 70 cm
Blade length: 50.5 cm
Grip length: 9 cm
Weight: 0.77 kg
Blade thickness (base): 4.3 mm
Blade width (base): 5.5 cm
Point of Balance (PoB): 9 cm
Blade: High Carbon Steel
Edge: Blunt
Pommel: Threaded
Scabbard: Wood, leather, brass

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

The musket, though the prime weapon of the French Musketeers, was a cumbersome firearm, both to load and fire. A good rapier was a necessary second weapon. Our Musketeer rapier is fashioned after those circa 1590.

The basket hilt is ambidextrous and a very effective mix of both the cup-hilt and swept-hilt styles. The grip is wood wrapped with twisted wire and the parts of the hilt are plated with gleaming nickel silver.

Total Length: 117cm
Blade Length: 96cm
Grip Length: 10cm
Weight: 1.27kg
Blade Thickness (base): 4.9mm
Blade Thickness (CoP): 3.8mm
Blade Width (base): 2.5cm
Blade Width (CoP): 1.6cm
Point of Balance (PoB): 8cm
Centre of Percussion (CoP): 20cm
Blade: High Carbon Steel
Edge: Blunt
Pommel: Threaded
Scabbard: Leather, Wood, Steel

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

Originally found at auction, Windlass Steelcrafts has lovingly recreated a beautiful 19th-century firefighter's axe - down to the blue paint of the sinuously curved hardwood shaft seen on the original. The high carbon steel head has a massive axe face and spike for breaching and prying. Not only functional, but this beauty can also be engraved on its wide surface and presented as a trophy to a firehouse or heroic firefighter.

Overall: 88cm
Axe Face: 23cm
Spike: 13cm

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

This Windlass hand axe features many traits common to the Norse hatchets we've come to love through the years. The solid, one-piece forged head is strong X46Cr13 high-grade stainless steel with a 52 RC. The comfortably contoured handle is Sissoo, a North Indian hardwood and it's capped with a handsome genuine bone butt cap. Even better are the Norse engravings unique to our axe that are deeply etched on both sides of the handle, and on the bone end cap is a depiction of Thor's mighty hammer, Mjolnir.

Includes leather belt sheath. Handy in size and gorgeous on display.
Comes in a faux fur lined box.

Overall Length: 25cm
Axe Face: 6cm

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.