1095 is the plain high carbon steel: about one percent carbon, nothing else worth naming. Hardened to 54 to 58 HRC it holds an edge and still bends before it breaks, which is the trade every sword wants. No layered pattern, no etch, just steel. If the sword matters more than the surface, this is the tag.
Legends, Norse blades and one curve
The replicas run long. Grailwarden is an Excalibur replica at 45 inches overall with a 36 inch blade. Kingsbarrow is the Camelot king sword at 44 inches with a 35 inch blade. Fernstride is the ranger longsword, 42 inches overall with a 33 inch blade. The Norse and knightly blades are shorter and heavier in the hand. Longkeel carries a brass brazil nut pommel over a 30 inch broad fullered blade with a tan leather grip and a full scabbard. Bluerune is 38 inches with a blue leather grip and a scent stopper pommel. Ashenwheel is 36 inches with a disc pommel, a black leather grip and an etched fuller panel. Duneglint is the outlier, a deep curved single edged scimitar with a rosewood grip and a brass cross guard.
The invented blades sit in fantasy and movie swords and the historical ones in Viking swords. For what the hardness range actually means in the hand, read steel and hardness.
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Hand Forged
Heated, hammered and ground by hand.
Engraving available
Names, dates or Norse runes on most pieces.
