A 12th century sword named for Rovaniemi, Finland, carrying the Type XI classification — a later successor form to the Viking sword.
This sword is named for Rovaniemi in Finland and dated to the 12th century, carrying the Type XI classification — a later successor form to the Viking sword within Oakeshott’s typology, reflecting the northern reach of this sword tradition into Finland.
Deepeeka offers this piece as part of our late Viking-to-Medieval heritage range.
Suited to collectors and living history groups portraying the northern European sword tradition into the 12th century.
Blade Material: High-carbon steel
Edge: Unsharpened
Pommel: None
The cinquedea — Italian for 'five fingers' — a short sword developed in Renaissance Italy, its blade so wide at the base that it spanned roughly the breadth of a splayed hand.
A classic double-edged bastard sword with wide, shallow fullers running down both faces of the blade and a pair of distinctive twisted iron quillons forming the guard, built for a comfortable transition between one-handed and two-handed grip.
The full-length version of the La Tène Celtic anthropomorphic sword — one of the finest and most archaeologically grounded Celtic sword forms, its human-figure hilt combining with a broad slashing blade to produce the definitive weapon of the Late Iron Age Celtic warrior. Found across the Celtic world from Britain to the Balkans, these talismanic blades were among the most personally significant objects a Celtic warrior could own.
Inspired by the distinctive short Xiphos associated with Spartan warriors and made famous by the film ‘300’, this piece captures the characteristically short Laconian blade that Spartan soldiers favoured — the blade they famously said was ‘long enough to reach the heart of an enemy.’ A blunt-edged carbon steel blade with leather-wrapped handle.
