The Fanciest Swords at the Royal Armouries

Or at least some of their fanciest Europen swords, that I got footage of. These are definitely eye catching, for different reasons. Some for the bling, some for their (practical) complexity, some for their unique and/or strange design. They don't all shop up with pictures, but these are the links I can find: The "Writhen" longsword, 1480 https://shop.royalarmouries.org/blogs... This article mentions how it inspired Durza's sword from the Eragon (2006) movie: https://royalarmouries.org/collection... Lavishly decorated court sword, 1800 https://royalarmouries.org/collection... Smallsword with snake-like undulating "flamberge" blade, 1775 https://royalarmouries.org/collection... Executioner's sword, 1700 https://royalarmouries.org/collection... Basket-hilt, 1540 https://royalarmouries.org/collection... Parrying dagger, 1595 https://royalarmouries.org/collection... Complex-hilted sword with extremely broad blade, 1550 https://royalarmouries.org/collection... ** Support the channel ** Help fund future videos, get bonus content and access to an exclusive Discord server:   / skallagrim      / @skallagrim   Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/skallswag/ If you want to join Bonfire to start selling your own merch: https://www.bonfire.com/welcome/07bb1... Other ways to support the channel by shopping through affiliate links: Kult of Athena, my favorite online store for reproductions of historical arms and armor, fantasy swords, etc: https://www.kultofathena.com/?koa=259 Purpleheart Armoury, for HEMA gear and practice swords: http://www.woodenswords.com/?Click=1799 ** Other social media ** https://bsky.app/profile/skallagrim.b...   / skallagrimyt     / skallagrim_yt