12th century AD. A hand-forged iron sword with slender blade and shallow fuller to each face, shallow point, gently curved rectangular-section crossguard, broad flat-section tang; the original (brazil-nut?) pommel replaced by a plain domed type, perhaps Oakeshott's Type B.1. Cf. Oakeshott, E., Records of the Medieval Sword, Woodbridge, 1991, item Xa.8, for type. 704 grams, 85cm (33 1/2"). The property of a private family; previously acquired from a collection formed before 1990; thence by descent. [No Reserve] Fair condition.