A collector sword gift is a hard thing to get right, because the recipient usually knows more about it than you do. What makes the difference is honesty about the piece: a real forged blade, a named shape, a fitted scabbard, and somewhere for it to live when it arrives. This page gathers the swords that meet that test across every period in the catalogue.
What is on offer
The Roman group is three gladii at 27 and 28 inches overall with 20 and 21 inch blades, two in Damascus and one in plain high carbon steel. The knightly pieces run 36 to 38 inches: a Damascus arming sword that ships with its scabbard and belt, a knightly arming sword at 37 inches with a 31 inch blade, one at 38 inches with a 32 inch blade and its scabbard, and a medieval sword at 37 inches. Longer again come a Damascus bastard sword at 43 inches with a 33 inch blade and a Damascus longsword at 46 inches with a 35 inch blade. The Japanese blades are two katana at 40 and 40.5 inches, one pattern welded with a black ito wrapped tsuka and one with a clay quenched hamon and a runic compass tsuba, plus a wakizashi at 27 inches. There is a cavalry sabre at 33 inches with a three bar steel guard, and a Norse short sword at 28 inches. A hand made three tier oak display stand with a knotwork engraved crossbar sits with them at 179 dollars, which is the most useful thing on the page to buy alongside a sword. Prices run from 179 dollars to 695 dollars.
Giving it well
Buy the stand at the same time. A sword that arrives with nowhere to go ends up in a wardrobe, and our notes on display cover mounts and the mistakes that mark a blade. Racks and stands are in sword stands and displays. If the pattern is the draw, the folded steel blades are gathered in Damascus swords. For anything with a date attached, check timings first on our shipping information page rather than assuming.
Ransack Viking is a US company based in North Babylon, New York. These pieces are handmade in the Czech Republic, then imported, inspected and shipped from New York. Engraving is done in the US after arrival: text 19 dollars, symbol 39 dollars, family crest 49 dollars.
Free US shipping
On most pieces. Heavier and oversized ones carry a flat charge.
Hand Forged
Heated, hammered and ground by hand.
Engraving available
Names, dates or Norse runes on most pieces.
