Sea Wolf Handmade D2 Steel Viking Sword | Straight Double Edged Fullered Blade, Hand Rubbed Matte Satin | Brown Leather Wrapped Grip with Brass Guard & Brazil Nut Pommel | 30 Inch | Leather Wrapped Wooden Scabbard | Norse Collector Gift for Him | BMK-1135

Description

Sea Wolf is a Viking-age sword and it is built like one — which is to say plainly, and around a blade rather than around its fittings. Thirty inches overall, straight and double edged, with a broad fuller running most of the length. That fuller is not decoration and it is not a blood groove; it is a structural channel that pulls weight out of the middle of the blade without costing stiffness, which is how a sword this long stays quick in one hand.

The finish is a hand-rubbed matte satin, worked along the length rather than buffed to a shine — the way a blade looked before power polishing existed. The grip is tight brown leather over the tang, between a short thick brass guard and a heavy brass brazil-nut pommel, the lobed shape the Norse used as a counterweight. It ships in a leather-wrapped wooden scabbard.

Built for: collectors, reenactors and anyone who wants the shape that sat at the centre of three centuries of northern European history. It handles the way it should — the heavy pommel pulls the balance point back toward the hand, so a 30-inch blade feels considerably lighter than it looks.

On the brazil-nut pommel: the lobed, faceted shape that succeeded the earlier multi-lobed Viking pommels and stayed in use into the eleventh century. Its whole job is counterweight, and there is a lot of brass in it for exactly that reason.

Why D2 rather than a plain carbon steel: a Viking smith would have used whatever he could forge-weld together. D2 is what we would have used if we had it — harder, tougher, holds an edge far longer, and semi-stainless, which matters on a sword with this much fullered surface to look after.

Care: D2 is semi-stainless, not stainless. Wipe the blade after handling and keep a light coat of mineral oil on it — the fuller is where moisture collects, so pay attention to it. Feed the leather grip and scabbard wrap once a year. Store the sword out of the scabbard for long periods; wood and leather both hold moisture against steel.

FAQs

Is this historically accurate? It follows the Viking-age pattern in proportion, profile and fittings — fullered double-edged blade, short guard, brazil-nut pommel. It is a handmade interpretation, not a museum reproduction, and the steel is modern and better than anything available in the tenth century.

What is the fuller for? Weight reduction. It removes steel from the neutral axis of the blade, where it contributes least to stiffness, so you get a lighter sword with nearly the same rigidity. It has nothing to do with blood.

Is a scabbard included? Yes — a leather-wrapped wooden scabbard comes with the sword.

Does it arrive sharp? Yes, both edges. If you want it delivered unsharpened for display or reenactment, note it on the order — most reenactment groups require blunt.

Can it be engraved? Yes — add laser engraving at checkout. A matte satin fuller is an excellent surface for a runic or name inscription.

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Model: BMK-1135