Fully functional movie sword, heavily inspired by real Medieval swords - Albion Sword of Arn review

#sword #medieval #cutting

In this review I take a look at The Sword of Arn made by Albion. This sword was designed by Peter Johnsson for the 2007 movie Arn: The Knight Templar, and Albion has the rights to reproduce it as a functional sword. This specific one is on loan to me by sword friend Steve.

Despite being a movie sword, it hews quite closely to historical examples, and I think it wouldn't look out of place in the late 12th Century, bearing a resemblance to both Oakeshott types Xa and XI.

Sword friend Steve's website The Black Spot Guild: https://www.blackspotguild.com

Thanks to ‪@dlatrexswords‬ for helping with the dynamics graphic!

Sword typology pictures from Albion: https://albion-swords.com/articles/oa...
Sword of St. Maurice picture sourced from Weltliche Schatzkammer: https://www.khm.at/de/object/100441/

Weapon dynamics computer: https://subcaelo.net/ensis/dynamics-c...

Sword measurements photo gallery: https://photos.app.goo.gl/8EDa3rQFLjw...

00:00 Intro
00:09 Background
02:19 Characteristics
04:26 Hilt
08:26 Blade
13:41 Cutting
15:06 Handling & Comparisons
22:22 Bottom Line
25:37 Outro

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Background Music

Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 - I. Allegro ma non troppo
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by the European Archive
Licensed under Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdom...
Provided by MusOpen: https://musopen.org/music/190-violin-...

Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 - II. Larghetto III. Rondo (Allegro)
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by European Archive
Licensed under Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdom...
Sourced from MusOpen: https://musopen.org/music/190-violin-...