Swiss Bastard Sword - MADE-TO-ORDER

PLEASE NOTE: This is a limited MADE-TO-ORDER item.
Once the closing date or production cap is reached, this item will not be available until our next manufacture batch cycle.
* Dispatching 31st March 2023. Or before.
* Batch manufacture close date, 20th February 2023. Or before if cap is reached.

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Based on the original housed in the Swiss National Museum, Zürich, Switzerland.

Original found in, Bodensee Switzerland.

Categorized by Ewart Oakeshott as, XVIIIa

Original’s date: 1450-1460

- Solid, functional, traditional longsword.
- Diamond cross section blade, in 1095AISI high carbon steel.
- Fully sharpened & honed by hand.
- Designed to perform and stand up to repeated cutting practice.
- Timber grip/ scabbard with 100% genuine leather trim.
- Traditionally hammered/ peened tang.
- Tough steel fittings.

Why is a Bastard Sword called a Bastard Sword? The word bastard comes from the French word “bâtarde”. This word in France used much more liberally. It can also mean - “something irregular, inferior, spurious, unusual” or “of abnormal or irregular shape or size; of unusual make or proportions”. While the Bastard Sword is definitely not inferior, being one of the most popular swords of the middle ages. Its proportions, neither a true two-handed sword, nor a single handed sword leave it as being uncategorised , lending to the name “Bastard”.

This is the flag ship sword from the new brand Zyden.

Watch a quick video of this sword in action below!