anglo saxon sword feltwell 4th 5th century Sieraden and includes several small hooks

and includes several small hooks and notches designed to parry enemy weapons

making them well suited for smaller adults and women too

This type of axe head is classified as Petersen Type M

so it can show slight variations over the pictures shown

but around the fifth century it reached the shape as we know it today

anglo saxon sword feltwell 4th 5th century Sieraden and includes several small hooksThis beautiful spatha is a replica of an early Saxon sword found in 1961. The original, dated to the 4th 5th century, was found in the hypocaust (underfloor warm air heating system) of a Roman villa in Feltwell near Norfolk, England. Archaeologist believe the Feltwell Sword came to England with the first Anglian settlers. This beautiful reconstruction of the Saxon one handed sword has an approx. 61 cm long blade with a wide fuller and unsharpened