Check the listing for details. Sword Sir William Marshall - Damascus Steel. Condition: New. Listed at 947.42 USD. Sword Sir William Marshall - Damascus Steel Sword Sir William Marshall - Damascus Steel Sir William Marshall sword with damascus steel blade Hanweis one-handed Marshall sword sets new standards for quality and authenticity in sword construction. The sword is based on an original, now in a British museum, used by one of Englands finest knights, Sir William Marshall, who faithfully served the crown under Henry II, Richard the Lionheart and Jack Lackland. The leaves are warm to a resistant HRC 52. The leaf section has a fuller central nerve and a full-length distal cone: a test that is difficult for the blacksmith but results in an excellent combination of speed and strength. The terms Damascus steel or welded pattern with autogenous designating a forged composite steel from two or more different types of Steel. It is named after its birthplace, the Syrian city of Damascus, an ancient bastion of stamped steel. Production. As a common practice, a harder high carbon steel and a softer low carbon steel are repeatedly forged and bent. Together. High-carbon steel ensures greater hardness, better temperability and longer-lasting edge retention, while Softer steel gives more blade flexibility and tensile strength. This procedure, which arose at a time when steel The qualities were often low and inconsistent, allowing the positive attributes of different steel grades to be combined. In addition, the different nuances generated by the variable carbon content of the alternate layers surprisingly engender beautiful patterns, such as the twisted motif called the Torsion Damascus pattern or the Rose Damascus pattern. Undoubtedly, these unusual patterns partly explain why magic properties inherent in Damascus steel were attributed. leaves of the Middle Ages. Such a damasquinada sword blade is depicted, for example, as a bloody worm or a poisonous snake in the Edda. Manufactured by Cas Hanwei. The handle is lined in leather and laces, and the protection and knob are elegant in their functional simplicity. The sheath is covered in leather with steel supports. Truly a sword for the connoisseur. Key features: Authentic replica of a museum piece. Excellent balance. Fully functional. Blade forged in bent Damascus steel. Details: Total: 101.6 cm. Blade length: 84.5 cm. Handle length: 17.15 cm. Approximate weight: 926 g. Equilibrium point: 20.3 cm. Harmonic point: 58.4 cm. Guard width: 46.5 millimeters. Tip width: 23.1 millimeters. Guard thickness: 5.6 millimetres. Tip thickness: 0.46 millimeters. Specifications may vary slightly from part to part.