A glaive is a single-edged blade mounted on the end of a shaft, closer to a sword on a pole than to an axe.Reach without weight forwardBecause the blade is long and relatively light rather than a heavy mass, a glaive can be moved and recovered far faster than an axe-headed polearm. It cuts on the sweep and thrusts with the point. The bardiche is its heavier cousin, with a long curved blade attached at two points down the shaft.Ours are hand-forged from high-carbon steel on hardwood shafts.Please check your local law before ordering.
These pieces are handmade in the Czech Republic by smiths who still work the old way. Ransack Viking is a United States company and ships every order from Memphis, Tennessee.
A polearm lives or dies by its haft, and the notes on oiling wood apply just as well to ash and rosewood shafts as they do to knife handles. The head is plain carbon steel, so the rust removal guide is the one to keep bookmarked.
16 pieces in this collection
Free US shipping
On every order, no minimum.
Hand Forged
Heated, hammered and ground by hand.
Engraving available
Names, dates or Norse runes on most pieces.
Ships from Memphis
Dispatched from our Tennessee warehouse.
