[Paul Hansen]

First, thanks for the correction regarding the fact that Manning essentially makes customs.

Regarding the weight of the chape, Manning also offers a fabricated chape separately:
http://www.manningimperial.com/item.php?item_...mp;c_id=14
If your chape is cast, then that may have been supplied to diminish the cost of the total package a bit, but then the scabbard may be a bit too heavy.

[Danny Grigg]

David

Nice looking Xiphos, what's the overall length and the weight of the sword and the scabbard together?

Thanks

Danny

[David Wilson]

Together, the whole package weighs 5.25 lbs. Overall length, is about 30 inches.

[Kai Lawson]

Hello all:


I read through this topic somewhat quickly, so if my information is already present here (or irrelevant,) I apologize. I read somewhere (I believe it was in one of my armor books, I'll find the title later tonight) that most of the Assyrian large 'winged' chaps are thought by some to have been used to hook against the bask of the leg, facilitating drawing of the baldric-slung weapon. There is some evidence that the Celts may have used some chaps in a similar manner--both cultures used chariots, at least briefly. The author speculates that the chaps were made to make drawing easier for either the driver or the rider, I'm sorry I can't remember which.

To get to the point: perhaps larger, heavier chaps were used to catch or weigh down the scabbard for drawing?
The shapes are very different, so I might be totally off base here.

[Sam Barris]

[David Wilson]

Cross section seems to be lenticular. The edge is odd; It's fairly sharp (the edge is functional, but not overly sharp) except for the last 1/4 of the blade, which doesn't seem to be edged... this can be remedied, but still, it's odd. Anyway, there seems to be no secondary bevel, the edge appears to have an appleseed grind. How historically accurate this is, I know not....