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  • I'm ready to take the next step in my meteorite late challenge, and that is to choose a design truly worthy of a cosmically cool sword.

  • And what could possibly be cooler than a design inspired by the legendary Sword of the Stone King Arthur's Excalibur?

  • There is one book, and it's oak Shots.

  • Book records of the medieval sword.

  • This is the definitive textbook of swords and their tie Apology's starting in the Viking Age and moving forward.

  • And if you're looking for an authentic and detailed design for a medieval sword, this is the book.

  • Okay, I have, like Excalibur for the oak shot aficionados among you.

  • It is on page 35.

  • It is a tight 10 example Number 16 the one with the big, oxidized hole at the base of the blade.

  • So why did I choose 1/10 century sword?

  • Quite simply, because I'm assuming that Arthur is fictional and invented in the 12th century.

  • And if you are inventing a legend in the 12th century, the blade you're picturing in your head is probably a fairly recent antique that, coupled with the beautiful look of this type 10 that makes me feel very comfortable and choosing this as my fictional, our theory and Excalibur.

  • I have completed the drawing of the sword, and while the components are pretty straight forward, I'll walk you through what makes them unique.

  • It's got a beautiful wide blade with a wide fuller taking up almost 1/3 of the blame this wide.

  • Fuller allowed the blame to be quite light.

  • Guard is unadorned.

  • It has no shape to it.

  • It's just a flat piece.

  • The pommel is a classic type 10 Brazil nut type of pummel and the overall shape of it.

  • I find it very in.

I'm ready to take the next step in my meteorite late challenge, and that is to choose a design truly worthy of a cosmically cool sword.

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