german bollock dagger 15th century Viking oorbellen The bronze-plated end caps are

The bronze-plated end caps are shaped like weasel heads

Just like a real sword blade

3 mm thick

The wooden sword is based on two-handed swords from the 12th to 15th centuries

german bollock dagger 15th century Viking oorbellen The bronze-plated end caps areThis beautiful late medieval dagger is based on an original early 15th c. piece from Germany. This particular type of dagger, known as bollock dagger, ballock dagger or kidney dagger, owes its quite peculiar name to the characteristic shape of its hilt that terminates at the guard with two distinctive spherical egg shapes lobes or bulges. This reproduction features a single edged, unsharpened steel blade that tapers evenly from the guard to an acute