Whoooff. Easy, there. I didn't offer those up because they were "someone's assumption". I can run that Viking sword back to the period I cited, and the sword honoring King Solomon is a reconstruction based on surviving fragments and references that date to the Crusader Kingdoms in Jersualem -- basically a 12th-century version of a mall-ninja sword... meant to be a decorative/display piece, rather than a functional combat sword. It still would've been made by a swordsmith, though, and its furniture embellished versions of existing practice.
"Reproduction" doesn't mean "wild uneducated speculation". I myself have a reproduction that is a faithful duplicate of an original dating to c.1600 in the military museum in Prague. Not something guessed at by a fantasy novel cover artist.
Who made that Viking sword? The grip looks completely wrong is why I said it's what someone thinks a sword should look like as the grip looks like someone made a Viking sword and didn't know how to hold one.
The Solomon sword, I want to see the original, I know they made super ornate swords, but the blade isn't anything that would have been historically accurate, even if it were etched. That sword would handle like a crowbar.
I've seen a lot of Viking and Anglo Saxon swords of the period. Some simple, some ornate, some with actual damascus steel blades (since they sailed all the way up the Danube and traded in Eastern Europe and the Near East), some crude and primitive, some way more advanced than we gave them credit for... That one you linked there is also a nice one, as was Buckethead's original inspiration. I just went on a different tangent, feeling Godric would tend toward something that looked a bit later period, due to skill level and personal style -- something that would lend itself more to a style described as "duellist", rather than "war sword". The motions are very different. Even by the 13th century, martingales had been added because of the need to protect fingers commonly hooked over the quillons for leverage, which is what evolved into the rapier.
My tangent is along the lines of why the Ninja-to never existed, it would not pay to advertise anything about yourself if you were trying to avoid conflict. The Rubies would have been glaring advertisements though, so, ehh, fantasy series. They say it's made from pure silver, ain't nobody dueling with a pure silver blade.
It would also favor a more Germanic duelling stance, which is not dissimilar from the magical duelling stance, and one that traditional Viking/Anglo-Saxon guards would be more uncomfortable for. A stance that would allow one to stand their ground and adroitly deflect some 9th-century Muggle who came running at you with a seax.
I present to you Matt Easton, Matt is quite possibly one of the greatest duelists in the world.
Remember, the Vikings fought with these swords all the time and probably had to fight one on one.
You oddly hold a Viking/ Anglo Saxon Sword exactly like a wand.
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