Marto

Our Marto Viking Sword was hand-made by Marto of Toledo Spain, a reproduction of a Viking sword of the 9th -10th century. The Viking raids sudden appearance by the end of the 8th century are attributed to overpopulation and opportunity. The increase in trade in Europe meant increased chances for piracy.

The Viking Sword has a forged and fully tempered stainless steel blade that has been polished and detailed. The bronze plated cast metal hilt is finely worked with geometrical and abstract figures. The guard is short and elliptical, the handgrip is straight and the pommel is specular to the guard even if of reduced size.

Total Length: 92cm
Weight: 1.7kg
Blade: AISI 440 Stainless Steel
Edge: Blunt
Scabbard: None

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

Roman Gladius, Mainz type, was used between the second century B.C. and I A.D. Julius Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar (101 b.C. – 44 b.C.) was the greatest soldier and political leader of ancient Roma. During his lifetime the frontiers of the empire were pushed forward and secured; Rome was transformed from a republic into a government with a single ruler, and Caesar was its first dictator.

He wrote some of the finest works of history in Latin, describing the campaigns he fought in Gaul and the Civil Wars; he was an architect, a mathematician, and one of the ancient’s world orators.

Total Length: 71cm
Weight: 1.5kg
Width: 9cm
Blade: High Carbon Steel
Edge: Blunt
Scabbard: None

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

Roman Gladius, Mainz type, was used between the second century B.C. and I A.D. Julius Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar (101 b.C. – 44 b.C.) was the greatest soldier and political leader of ancient Roma.

During his lifetime the frontiers of the empire were pushed forward and secured; Rome was transformed from a republic into a government with a single ruler, and Caesar was its first dictator. He wrote some of the finest works of history in Latin, describing the campaigns he fought in Gaul and the Civil Wars; he was an architect, a mathematician, and one of the ancient’s world orators.

Total Length: 71cm
Weight: 1.5kg
Width: 9cm
Blade: High Carbon Steel
Edge: Blunt
Scabbard: None

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

The falcata is a type of weapon, a sword of steel originated in Iberia, and therefore related to the Iberian native populations before the Roman conquest. It was used by the Iberian countries or neighbors like the Celtiberians being the most common sword in the area of the peninsula. Roman chroniclers praised the quality of the iron that was used for the construction of the Hispanic weapons; they were surprised by its cutting ability and flexibility, one of the most prized and sought features in its manufacture.

As a curious note, reflecting the effectiveness of these weapons, after the first battles in the Iberian Peninsula, an order was given to Roman troops to reinforced with iron the edges of their shields, possibly due to the cutting power of the falcatas, much higher than the straight swords and sabers.

Total Length: 60cm
Blade Length: 50cm
Grip Length: 10cm
Weight: 1.5kg
Blade: Stainless Steel 
Edge: Blunt
Scabbard: None

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire, called "Caesar", is elected Holy Roman Emperor on the death of his grandfather Maximilian in 1519. Charles I of Spain and V of Germany was known in his time as "THE Emperor" since no king ever managed to gather under his command such an immense empire. 

He retired to the Monastery of Yuste where he remained a year and a half in retreat, away from the cities and political life, and accompanied by the order of the Jerónimos who spiritually guided the monarch until his last days. On 21 September 1558 he died of malaria. The coffin of Carlos I is located in the Royal Crypt of the Monastery of El Escorial known as the Pantheon of the Kings.

It is one of the most spectacular swords in the history of Spain.

Total Length: 120cm
Weight: 2.2kg
Edge: Blunt
Scabbard: None

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire, called "Caesar", is elected Holy Roman Emperor on the death of his grandfather Maximilian in 1519. Charles I of Spain and V of Germany was known in his time as "THE Emperor" since no king ever managed to gather under his command such an immense empire. 

He retired to the Monastery of Yuste where he remained a year and a half in retreat, away from the cities and political life, and accompanied by the order of the Jerónimos who spiritually guided the monarch until his last days. On 21 September 1558 he died of malaria. The coffin of Carlos I is located in the Royal Crypt of the Monastery of El Escorial known as the Pantheon of the Kings.

It is one of the most spectacular swords in the history of Spain.

Total Length: 100cm
Blade Length: 83cm
Width: 21cm
Weight: 2.2kg
Edge: Blunt
Scabbard: None

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

Philip II of Spain (1527-1598) was the son and heir of Charles I of Spain. He was the King of Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Portugal, and also the King of England by his marriage to Mary I. He died on September 13, 1598, at the age of 71, in the monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. 

His reign was characterized by global exploration and territorial expansion across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, leading the Hispanic Monarchy to be the first power in Europe. 

This chiseled bow sword, with bow garnish, is typical of the Spanish Renaissance. The straight and long blade is wielded with one hand.

Total Length: 112cm
Blade Length: 92cm
Edge: Blunt
Scabbard: None

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

Sancho IV of Castile (1258-1295), nicknamed "the Brave", proclaimed himself king of Castile and León in the Cathedral of Toledo (1284) on the death of his father King Alfonso X despite having been disinherited by disagreements with him. He died in Toledo (1295), at the age of 37, a victim of phthisis, being buried in the Chapel of Santa Cruz of the Cathedral of Toledo.

The remains of King Sancho IV were located in an archaeological exploration looking for the remains of Sancho II of Portugal (1947). Next to the corpse is a sword, with an overgilded hilt, and on the blade of the sword has engraved an inscription of which only some fragments were preserved, the blade being rusty in some parts. The sword was worthy of a Castilian monarch.

Total Length: 102cm
Weight: 1.7kg
Edge: Blunt
Scabbard: None

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

The Tizona is a sword of the sixteenth century well known and appreciated throughout Europe, used by the brave captains of the Thirds of Flanders and brave conquerors of America.

This Tizona, Spanish-style sword, stands out for its cup-shaped garnish that could carry different finishes (broths, engravings, chiseled, damascene, etc.) as well as its slender and light sheet of careful tempera that we can admire in the main museums of the world.

Total Length: 115cm
Blade Length: 94cm
Weight: 1.6kg
Edge: Blunt
Scabbard: None

All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.