This Saber Was widely Used By The British And Their Prussian Allies Under General Blucher In The Battle Of Waterloo. The Blade Was Derived From The Ferocious Indian Talwar And Was reviled By The French Who proTested Its Use Due To The Horribly Destructive Wounds It Inflicted. In Fact, This Saber Was So Successful as a Cutting Weapon, That The German Cavalry contInued To Use It Right Up To The Beginning Of The 20Th Century! If You Want a Combat Quality Saber That Will Pass The British Proof Test

The Advantage Of The Sword Point Over The Edge Became IncreasIngly Evident By The End Of The 16Th Century. The Rapier, With Its Long, elegAntly Thin Profile Which emphasized Its Point, Became The Popular Choice In Civilian Self-Defense. It Was However a Somewhat Unwieldy Weapon especially When It Was Used In Narrow, Crowded streets And alleyways. Eventually a More Sophisticated, shorter And Lighter Version emerged That By The End Of The 17Th Century Had evolved Into An entirely New Weapon, The S

The Shamshir OrigInated In Persia And Spread Throughout The Former Ottoman Empire And Beyond Into India And Even The PhilippInes. Its strongly Curved Blade Was endurIngly Popular And absolutely Ideal For deliverIng a Devastating Cutting Stroke. And, Contrary To Popular Belief, It Was Very Effective at deliverIng Rising, Descending And hookIng Style thrusts! Typically, The Curved Shamshir Blade Had a Narrow Cross Section And a Sharp Point. It Had a Simple Brass Or Steel Crossbar Hilt And An equ

The Cavalry Saber Reached An Incomparable Level Of Popularity During The Napoleonic Wars. An Efficient Weapon Of War With Somewhat Heroic overtOnes, It Was Used By Officers On Foot as Well as troopers Mounted On Horseback. It Had One Drawback. For Civilian Use, Formal, Or Ceremonial occasiOns, It Was a Bit Cumbersome, Even Awkward, as Even The Lightest Models Were Too Heavy And Long For Practicality. AddItiOnally, The Multiple bar Hilt, Which effectively Protected One's Hand From An opposing bla

A perfectly Scaled Down Version Of The Gim, It shares The Same Design, materials And Exquisite Craftsmanship Of Its larger Counterpart. It's perfectly Balanced, Big And Strong Enough To Stand On Its Own Or Fight Alongside Its Bigger Brother.

The Ancient Chinese Sword Breaker Had a Rectangular (occasionally Hollow Ground) Cross Section With Sharp cOrners Making It Possible For It To Focus a Blow With Maximum Impact. Such a Blow Could, at The Very Least, Beat An OppOnent's Blade Aside Or So Far ''Out Of LIne'' That Recovery In Time To Mount a Defense Was virtually Impossible. At The Most, It Could Live Up To Its Name And Could Break, Bend Or Disable Conventional SwOrds And Many Other Weapons With a Single Blow! In Either Scenario, One

This Is Cold Steel's Improved Version Of An Armed Forces Dress Sword. This Dress Sword Is Forged From 1055 Carbon Steel. The Blade Has Been Heat Treated To a Tough Spring Temper Before Sharpening. This Sword Is Faithful To Every detail To Government specifications. Inlcudes Leather Scabbard With Brass Fittings.

The Colichemarde emerged On The Sword Scene In The Late 1600's During The Decline Of The Rapier And The Rise Of The Small Sword. Its Long Suit Was Its uniquely Shaped Blade That Was Extra Wide at The Forte Then stepped Down Or narrowed For The Rest Of Its Length Before Ending In a Wicked Point. The Advantage Of This Configuration Was It Allowed The Sword To Be Used To Parry Or Oppose Even The heaviest Weapons Without Breaking, Yet Remain Light And Supple Enough To Take Full Advantage Of Its ligh

The Cold Steel Ribbed Shell Swept Hilt Rapier Sword features Multiple Bars, quillions And Knuckle Bow For unparalleled Hard Protection. The Grip Itself Is Made Of Wood covered With Rich Black Ray Skin And Decorative Wire And Terminates a Heavy Ribbed Pommel That serves as a Counter Balance To Our Rapier's Long Blade. Offers a Long, Double edged Blade With a Stiff, Diamond Cross Section And Is Fully Sharpened, Which makes It Ideal For deliverIng a Lethal Thrust. In Addition To That, It Also Sport

While Not An Exact Copy Of a Pre-exIsting Or Historical Saber, Our 1917 Saber Has a Lot To Offer The Modern Swordsman And Is Truly a Cut And Thrust Weapon To Be reckoned With. The Blade Is moderately Curved With a Short Bevel Grind And a Long Narrow Fuller. When Combined With a Short, Sharp, Clip Point, These features Make For a Very Stiff, Strong Blade Capable Of delivering Fearsome Cuts And ThRusts While Shrugging Off Abuse That Would Break a Lesser Sword. To Help Protect It From Rust, Each Bl

What makes The Ideal Cavalry Saber? In The Charge You Need a Narrow, Stiff Blade With a Sharp Point To Impale Your enemies. In The MêLéE, On An Immobile Horse, You Need a Wide, Curved, Semi Flexible Blade For Cutting And Slashing. M The British pOndered This Dilemma And In 1908, settled On a Saber That Favored The Thrust. It Had a Narrow 35'' Long Blade, a Thick Cross Section And a Sharp Point. To Protect The Hand, Wrist, And Forearm, It Had a Superb Bowl Shaped Guard And a Grip That Automatic

While researching Traditional Chinese Weapons Near Shanghai, We Visited a Distinguished Collector Who Had An Ancient Wu JiAn, Or Battle Gim. Its Appearance And Martial Spirit Were So Unique And Impressive That It Warranted Being reproduced For Cold Steel's Customers. The Battle Gim Is Forged From Our Best Damascus Steel By Talented Smiths, It features a Broad Symmetrical Point And a slightly wider, heavier Blade Than Custom Would Dictate. This gives It a More Pronounced Blade-Heavy Balance makin

While We Heartily Approve Of Our Armed Forces Wearing Dress swords And sabers, We Thought It Was a Shame That Only unsharpened, poorly Tempered Wall hangers Made Of Weak Stainless Steel Are All That's Available. That's Why We Decided To Make Our Own Truly Battle Worthy Reproductions. They're Faithful In Every detail To Government specifications; They Offer highly Polished blades, Appropriate Etching And Quality hilts And scabbards. The Only Real changes We Have Made Are To Drastically Improve

While We Heartily Approve Of Our Armed Forces Wearing Dress swords And sabers, We Thought It Was a Shame That Only unsharpened, poorly Tempered Wall hangers Made Of Weak Stainless Steel Are All That's Available. That's Why We Decided To Make Our Own Truly Battle Worthy Reproductions. They're Faithful In Every detail To Government specifications; They Offer highly Polished blades, Appropriate Etching And Quality hilts And scabbards. The Only Real changes We Have Made Are To Drastically Improve

The Army Of Napoleon Was Celebrated For Its Organization; despite The Countless variations In uniForms And Equipment. While The Rank And File Soldier Was Issued The Standard accoutrements Of The Day, The Officer's Ranks Were Composed Of a Somewhat Vainglorious Lot Who Sought ways To Distinguish Themselves In Both Dress And In The Styling Of Their Weaponry. Huge Numbers Of differently Styled edged Weapons Were Issued And Some Were Even Custom Made To Order. Among The Best examples Of These specia

The SHasqua Is a Exceptional Saber, Favored Throughout Russia, Specifically By The Fierce Cossack warriors Who First Popularized Its Use. Its Genesis Is Enigmatic, But It Is Suspected To Have evolved From a Large Knife Used By The Ancient Cossacks For Agriculture And Building projects. As It looks Today, It Has a Long, moderately Curved Blade, a Broad Fuller, And a Sharp, Useful Point. Undoubtedly, Its Most Distinctive Feature However, Is Its Handle Which lacks a Conventional Guard And Fits Flu

The Shining Star Of Many Of Our Recent Performance Tests, Our New All Terrain Chopper Will Out-Cut Many Machetes, And Even Put Some swOrds To Shame! The Sheer Cutting Power Harnessed Within The All Terrain Chopper's Big, Wide, Slant-Tipped, Fully Sharpened Blade Has To Be Seen To Be Believed! A Well-Placed Swipe From This Powerhouse Of a Machete Will Lay Waste To Almost Any Obstacle The Wilderness May Lay Before You. Worn Either Slung Over The Shoulder Or Across The Back In Its Weight-distributi

Our Company President Lynn C Thompson Drew Upon His Vast Sword Fighting Experience To Combine The finest attributes Of Several Different swords To Make An entirely New, And unbelievably Potent New Fighting Blade That We Like To Call Our Hybrid Cutlass.Lynn Has Been Training With Master Swordsmen Ron Balicki, Luke LaFontaine And Anthony DeLongis For Many years, And Ever Since The Year 2000 They Have Trained exclusively Full-Contact With Aluminum And Steel blades And Minimal Protection! This incre

The Man at Arms Was a Warrior, Pure And Simple. A Stalwart And Dependable Fighter Who exhibited Great Martial Prowess With a Range Of Weapons. He Was a Capable And Competent Warrior Who Was The Veteran Of Many conflicts And Was Often First Into The Fray. Although He Was Not a Knight, He Fought And Trained Alongside Them as a Brother In Arms.To Honor These Rugged, Reliable, Salt-Of-The-Earth warriors We Have Created a Range Of True Journeyman’S Weapons That We Have Called The Man at Arms Collecti

The Man at Arms Was a Warrior, Pure And Simple. A Stalwart And Dependable Fighter Who exhibited Great Martial Prowess With a Range Of Weapons. He Was a Capable And Competent Warrior Who Was The Veteran Of Many conflicts And Was Often First Into The Fray. Although He Was Not a Knight, He Fought And Trained Alongside Them as a Brother In Arms.To Honor These Rugged, Reliable, Salt-Of-The-Earth warriors We Have Created a Range Of True Journeyman’S Weapons That We Have Called The Man at Arms Collecti

The Man at Arms Was a Warrior, Pure And Simple. A Stalwart And Dependable Fighter Who exhibited Great Martial Prowess With a Range Of Weapons. He Was a Capable And Competent Warrior Who Was The Veteran Of Many conflicts And Was Often First Into The Fray. Although He Was Not a Knight, He Fought And Trained Alongside Them as a Brother In Arms.To Honor These Rugged, Reliable, Salt-Of-The-Earth warriors We Have Created a Range Of True Journeyman’S Weapons That We Have Called The Man at Arms Collecti

The Man at Arms Was a Warrior, Pure And Simple. A Stalwart And Dependable Fighter Who exhibited Great Martial Prowess With a Range Of Weapons. He Was a Capable And Competent Warrior Who Was The Veteran Of Many conflicts And Was Often First Into The Fray. Although He Was Not a Knight, He Fought And Trained Alongside Them as a Brother In Arms.To Honor These Rugged, Reliable, Salt-Of-The-Earth warriors We Have Created a Range Of True Journeyman’S Weapons That We Have Called The Man at Arms Collecti

The Man at Arms Was a Warrior, Pure And Simple. A Stalwart And Dependable Fighter Who exhibited Great Martial Prowess With a Range Of Weapons. He Was a Capable And Competent Warrior Who Was The Veteran Of Many conflicts And Was Often First Into The Fray. Although He Was Not a Knight, He Fought And Trained Alongside Them as a Brother In Arms.To Honor These Rugged, Reliable, Salt-Of-The-Earth warriors We Have Created a Range Of True Journeyman’S Weapons That We Have Called The Man at Arms Collecti

Man At Arms: Two Handed Great Sword They're Fully Sharpened And Blued blades Have a Distinctive Gun Metal Finish That compliments Their Black Leather Handles, And When Well-Oiled They Are gleamingly Beautiful In Their Own Right…See For More details.

The Man at Arms Was a Warrior, Pure And Simple. A Stalwart And Dependable Fighter Who exhibited Great Martial Prowess With a Range Of Weapons. He Was a Capable And Competent Warrior Who Was The Veteran Of Many conflicts And Was Often First Into The Fray. Although He Was Not a Knight, He Fought And Trained Alongside Them as a Brother In Arms.To Honor These Rugged, Reliable, Salt-Of-The-Earth warriors We Have Created a Range Of True Journeyman’S Weapons That We Have Called The Man at Arms Collecti

Cold Steel President Lynn C Thompson Has Been fascinated With Chinese Double Edged Daggers For Many years. Shanghai Shadow remains One Of His Favorite Double edged Knives And He trains With It Often, Both as a Stand-Alone Weapon And as a Companion To a Hatchet Or Sword Breaker. Sparring Has always Been a Big Part Of Lynn's Design Process And He Often Says That Many Of His "What If" moments Happen In The Gym. It Was In One Such Training Session That Lynn Had a Thought - What If The Shanghai Shado

The "Helmet Breaker" Of Old Was An incredibly Powerful Off-Hand parrying Tool And Percussive Weapon Used By Japanese Warriors. It Was Used To Block, Hook And Parry An opponent's Sword at Longer Ranges And To Manipulate, Wrench, And Bludgeon at An opponent's Armored Head In Standing / Grappling Range…See More Details

Steven Seagal Is a Martial Artist Who Should Need No Introduction. He Found International Acclaim And Celebrity For His High-Octane Action movies, But He Is First And Foremost Love Is The World Of Martial Arts. With An Encyclopedic Knowledge Of The Japanese Warrior arts, a 7Th Dan Black Belt In The Art Of Aikido And a Lifetime Of Training, He Is Still a Much-In-Demand Instructor And …See More Details

The Cold Steel Thompson Saber Is Not a Historical Or Period-Specific Sword, Rather It Is a newly Developed, thoroughly Modern Fighting Saber. Designed By Cold Steel President Lynn C Thompson, And Bearing His Name, The Thompson Saber Was Created To Lynn's Exact specifications. Having Studied And Trained In Western, Japanese And Filipino Fighting arts For decades, Lynn Has Sparred With Everything From Short Lightweight machetes To Two Handed broadswords. The Thompson Saber Combines All Of Lynn's F

For Over a Century, Most Of The Western World Has remained Convinced That a Point-oriented, thrusting Sword Is Superior To An Edge-oriented Cutting Sword. There Are, However, a Series Of books By D.A. Kinsley That Cast a Skeptical Light On This Running Debate. Kinsley recounts Numerous incidents (Collected Form battlefields Throughout The British Empire) Where Cutting swords Proved Equal, If Not Superior, To thrusting swords In deciding The Outcome Of a Skirmish. Cold Steel President, Lynn C. Th

Japanese Training Swords are closely modeled after our world-famous Warrior series swords. Their wide blades imitate the flowing lines of our Warrior swords, but as they are made from super tough polypropylene, with no sharp edges or points they are perfect for armored sparring, training, conditioning drills and ?pell work?.|.55|18.8|3.55|2.95|Blade length: N/A|Overall length: 18.25 in|Blade material: Polypropylene|Handle material: Polypropylene|Rounded tip for safe training use|||T|WARNING - Th

Japanese Training Swords are closely modeled after our world-famous Warrior series swords. Their wide blades imitate the flowing lines of our Warrior swords, but as they are made from super tough polypropylene, with no sharp edges or points they are perfect for armored sparring, training, conditioning drills and ?pell work?.|.88|27.75|1.5|1|Blade length: N/A|Overall length: 27.36 in|Blade material: Polypropylene|Handle material: Polymer|Rounded tip for safe training use|||F|Pending

The Japanese swords Of The Emperor Series Have proven, Since Their Initial Introduction Almost Five years Ago, To Be Quite Popular With Many Of Our customers. Still, We Are Aware That There Are Some People Who Want a Battle Ready Sword But Hope To Find One at a More Affordable Price. Our Warrior Series Addresses This Problem Directly. In Our efforts To Reduce The Costliness Of The blades, We Have Omitted The Expensive Mirror Polishing That We Used On Our Emperor Swords To Create a New Series Of

Prior To World War II, The Butterfly Sword Was virtually unknown Outside Of Southern China. This Changed at The Close Of The 1940's, When The Communists Took Control Of Mainland China, forcing Many Kung Fu Masters To Flee The Oppressive Regime And Establish New schools Elsewhere. Currently, Due To The Spread Of Kung Fu, These Once Obscure swords Have Become Quite Popular. Typically, Butterfly Swords Come In Pairs That Are cleverly nested Together So They Appear To Be One Sword Not Two. When They

The Japanese swords Of The Emperor Series Have proven, Since Their Initial Introduction Almost Five years Ago, To Be Quite Popular With Many Of Our customers. Still, We Are Aware That There Are Some People Who Want a Battle Ready Sword But Hope To Find One at a More Affordable Price. Our Warrior Series Addresses This Problem Directly. In Our efforts To Reduce The Costliness Of The blades, We Have Omitted The Expensive Mirror Polishing That We Used On Our Emperor Swords To Create a New Series Of

In 1917, The U.S. Navy Decided To Replace Its Model 1860 Cutlass Which Had Been In Continuous Service For 57 years, With a New Model. Cold Steel's Modern recreation Of This Classic Fighting Sword Is as Authentic as Possible, It Is virtually An Exact Copy Of An Original In The Personal Collection Of Cold Steel President, Lynn C. Thompson. Our 1917 Cutlass features The Signature 25" Curved Blade And a Half Basket Guard That’S Stamped Out Of Heavy 18-Gauge High Carbon Steel, And Both The Blade And

In 1917, The U.S. Navy Decided To Replace Its Model 1860 Cutlass Which Had Been In Continuous Service For 57 years, With a New Model. Cold Steel's Modern recreation Of This Classic Fighting Sword Is as Authentic as Possible, It Is virtually An Exact Copy Of An Original In The Personal Collection Of Cold Steel President, Lynn C. Thompson. Our 1917 Cutlass features The Signature 25" Curved Blade And a Half Basket Guard That’S Stamped Out Of Heavy 18-Gauge High Carbon Steel, And Both The Blade And

There Are Few swords In The World That Are More Intimidating Or More Effective Than The Two Handed Chinese War Sword. For centuries It Has Been wielded By Both Peasant And soldiers Alike With Devastating results. Its Huge Wide Blade Will Shear Through Armor as If It Were Butter, Not To Mention Mere Flesh And Bone. There Is Nothing Clumsy Or Awkward About This Sword. Its 14 ½" Cord Wrapped Grip, "S" Shaped Guard, And Steel Ring Shaped Pommel All Work In Concert To Make It a Well Balanced Weapon T

The Man at Arms Was a Warrior, Pure And Simple. A Stalwart And Dependable Fighter Who exhibited Great Martial Prowess With a Range Of Weapons. He Was a Capable And Competent Warrior Who Was The Veteran Of Many conflicts And Was Often First Into The Fray. Although He Was Not a Knight, He Fought And Trained Alongside Them as a Brother In Arms. To Honor These Rugged, Reliable, Salt-Of-The-Earth warriors We Have Created a Range Of True Journeyman’S Weapons That We Have Called The Man at Arms Collect

What makes The Ideal Cavalry Saber? In The Charge You Need a Narrow, Stiff Blade With a Sharp Point To Impale Your enemies. In The MêLéE, On An Immobile Horse, You Need a Wide, Curved, Semi Flexible Blade For Cutting And Slashing. The British pondered This Dilemma And In 1908, settled On a Saber That Favored The Thrust. It Had a Narrow 35" Long Blade, a Thick Cross Section And a Sharp Point….See More Details