The Chevalier
The Chevalier
Limited Edition Medieval Sword
Oakeshott Type: Xa
Time period:
| 1200 | 1300 |
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This sword has the following customizing options:
Made to order. Expected production time 4 months.
Specifications 
| Standard specification | |
| Total length: | 102 cm (40,31") |
| Blade length: | 86 cm (33,86") |
| CoG: | 11 cm (4,49") |
| CoP: | 57 cm (22,6") |
| Weight: | 1050 g (2,315 lbs) |
The Chevalier
The Chevalier is named after the French term for "knight" (from the French cheval = horse; Old French chevalier; from Late Latin caballrius, horseman; Middle English chevaler; Modern English, cavalier.)
A classic Medieval cruciform sword in design, with its long blade this would have excelled as a horseman's sword.
The Chevalier is classified as an Oakeshott Type Xa. Oakeshott describes the typical Type Xa as a broad flat blade of medium length with a narrow fuller (narrower than a typical Type X, but not as narrow as a Type XI), running the entire length of the blade.
The Chevalier's blade is inspired by a beautiful sword in the Wallace Collection (London) with a hollow-ground cross-section. Scholars generally have dated this sword to the 14th century, but Oakeshott in Records of the Medieval Sword argues that it is probably much earlier -- between 1050 and 1150 AD.
The hilt design is inspired by the famous miniature by Matthew Paris (a Benedictine monk and chronicler), c 1250. The pommel is a scalloped wheel resembling a flower, the guard is a flattened diamond in cross-section. The grip is standard with a diamond-pattern strap overwrap secured with pins.
Matthew Paris miniature c 1250
Though the point is narrow enough for thrusting, this is principally a cutting sword, designed for use against opponents in mail armour. This is a unique design for a Crusader era sword, elegant and yet still brutally functional.
A Limited Edition Hand Crafted Collectible Sword
This sword is offered in a limited edition of only 500 collectible swords worldwide.
Sword design/specifications ©2003/2007 Peter Johnsson.
