Build Your Own Messer

Our Messer features our hand ground single edged tapered Messer blade that is 1.25″ wide at the forte and .5″ at the tip. This blade is a faithful representation of the German Grosse Messers or “great knives” of the 14th through 16th centuries. Historically these blades were usually between 20″ and 28″ long. Our Messer Blade is longer than most extant pieces in an effort to maintain a realistic blade weight and width but still have a reasonable flex. Our Blades are made from high quality 5160 spring steel bar stock tempered to the optimal point where maximum toughness & durability meets hardness, 52 Rockwell C. This blade has a polished finish and the flex is centered just below the tip third of the blade. The edge is set to no less than 3.5 mm in width. This blade is offered in a blade length of 30″ measured from the tang shoulder to the tip. There are two options for flex, F3 and F4. F3 is softer and is legal for SCA rapier combat while F4 is less flexible, recommended for SCA C&T and HEMA combat.

The guard (with Nagel) is made from one piece of hardened Domex alloy steel and is formed and contoured for comfort and safety. The guard measures 8” from quillon tip to quillon tip. The nagel is 2-1/2” inches tall and curves back over the knuckles slightly.

We offer this sword with our coated aluminum contoured grips in lengths of 5” (Gross Messer) and 8” (Lang Messer).

These options are brought together by our steel Messer pommel with a recessed M8 x 1.25 threaded hex nut.

Finally, we offer two tip types: Normal Tip (NT) (+$0.00), the standard rounded tip that accepts a rubber blunt and Spatulated Tip (ST) (+$11.00), a swelled and rounded tip that offers tip width of no less than 5mm.

Allow 10 to 12 weeks to ship.

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