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"LaForge" short sword
purchased roughly around 1995
LaForge is a sword seller that I've seen at PARF (Pennsylvania Renaissance
Faire). While they sold a wide range of the usual off-the-shelf stuff,
such as United and CAS, they also had a forge on site and made their
own swords. These hand-made models appeared to be designed with more
of a reenactment or stage mindset, since they're dull steel (not polished),
and usually flat barstock construction.
I picked this one up since I didn't have any light short swords in my
collection. Sometimes the dull steel clunkers look great hanging on a
wall.
Despite the CoG being a relatively large distance relative to the
overall blade length, it's still fairly near, and the overall weight
is light enough combined with the leverage of a short blade to make
this feel very agile.
| Overall Length |
28 ¼ inches (71.75 cm) |
| Blade Length |
21 ¼ inches (53.98 cm) |
| Hilt Length |
7 inches (17.78 cm) |
| Blade Width at base |
1 ⅜ inches (3.49 cm) |
| Guard Width |
7 ½ inches (19.05 cm) |
| Center of Gravity |
3 inches from guard (7.62 cm) |
| Center of Percussion |
14 ½ inches from guard (36.83 cm) |
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