The wheel pommel is the flat disc of steel at the end of a medieval arming sword. It is not decoration. Put enough mass behind the hand and the whole blade wakes up, because the balance point moves back toward the guard and the sword stops feeling like a lever. Wheel and disc pommels dominated European single hand swords for three hundred years for that reason, and they are the shape most people picture when they picture a knightly sword.
The swords here
Overall lengths run 30 to 38 inches with blades between 24 and 31 inches, which is the practical single hand range. Most are knightly arming swords with a straight crossguard and a fullered double edged blade: one with a brass wheel pommel over an oxblood grip and a rune cut fuller, one with a red stone set guard and a steel mounted scabbard, one in brass with a Celtic knotwork guard and a tan scabbard, and several plain steel ones with brown leather grips and matching scabbards. The Norse side brings a pattern welded arming sword with a leather wrapped grip, a Viking sword with a steel wheel pommel and twisted brass wire, and a Damascus Viking sword with Elder Futhark blade runes and a timber scabbard. Etch work covers twin ravens, a valknut, a helm of awe, a serpent and a knotwork panel. Two carry rounded unsharpened points for display. There is also a disc pommel sword at 36 inches with an etched fuller panel, and flame bladed pieces with a Celtic cross pommel and a knotwork cut guard. Steel is plain 1095 high carbon at 54 to 58 HRC or forge welded 1095 and 15N20 Damascus at 58 to 60 HRC. Prices run from 349 dollars to 599 dollars.
Sharp or blunt
Two of these ship with rounded points because they were built to hang rather than cut, and that is a legitimate choice rather than a compromise. The difference between a display sword and a battle ready one explains what changes. If this would be your first sword, our guide to buying one covers balance, weight and the questions worth asking. The full single hand range is in arming swords, and the wider heavier blades are in broadswords.
Ransack Viking is a US company based in Chicago, Illinois. These pieces are handmade in the Czech Republic, then imported, inspected and shipped from Chicago. 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.
