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Sword of Arminius

Quintili Vare legiones redde!
"Quinctilius Varus, Give me back my Legions!"

-Augustus Caesar


Arminius, former hostage to Rome, united the Germanic tribes and destroyed three Roman legions...
Forever marking the Rhine as the end of the 'Civilized World...'

The blade is two interrupted twists in 15N20 & 1070 with a 15N20 laminate edge. The handle is stabilized bone chosen for an old aesthetic & the wood is walnut. The guard bears the traditional inset bronze plate and the pommel will be capped with a bronze finial. This construction & pattern welding accurately reflect a high end, functional late Roman sword, though for reasons that will become obvious, this piece is properly placed in the realm of Romanticism & allegory.