The Sellswords

03/25/2025

The Sellswords cannot wait for weekend 2 of The Viking Experience! We look forward to bringing Historically Accurate chainmaille, sharp weapons, blunted sport combat steel, and high realism LARP weapons and shields for Foam Fighting in your own Shield Wall!

We'll see you on the 29th and 30th!!

03/17/2025

In honour of St. Patrick's Day the new and improved thesellswords.com has launched our Irish Hand-and-a-Half Sword! What better way to celebrate than with a great blade to drive out the snakes! Link at the bottom!

The iconic sword of the Irish Gallowglass, seen frequently on the field in the hands of these feared Irish mercenaries from the late 15th through mid 16th centuries, this sword is light and fast for its size, thanks to its balance point of 3.5" past the guard, making it deceivingly deadly. Features a 5160 high carbon spring steel blade with a full tang and iconic Irish ring pommel, and includes a wood core scabbard wrapped in leather with steel bands at throat and tip.

Overall: 46"
Blade Length: 34 3/4"
Handle Length: 11 1/2"
Weight: 3 lb 4 oz
Point of Balance: 3 1/2"
Width at Guard: 35.6mm
Thickness at Guard: 1.5mm
Blade Steel: 5160

https://www.thesellswords.com/products/irish-hand-and-a-half-sword

03/02/2025

Quite a Glow Up in our first year 24-25! We have a busy couple of seasons booked, see you around the Carolinas, Georgia and beyond throughout 2025!

11/27/2024

Early Medieval Adventures!

Custom tailored maille and gear available at thesellswords.com or reach out to us directly!

10/28/2024

This comes up pretty much every day at the booth.

08/09/2024

We launched a limited version of our website! Taking orders for our much requested aluminum/silicone maille and will be adding new products daily so please check frequently! Also taking requests/suggestions for new products!

04/13/2024

Average Sellswords customer.

04/13/2024

02/07/2024

Nothing says "I love you" like a beautiful hand-forged sword! Let us help you find your perfect blade for any occasion! Message us today!

02/06/2024

See you next year!

No rest, No respite,

You can choose another event or come to one the biggest and best there is.

Next year a Buhurt tournament is bringing the Festival to the fight.

Inspired by Oscar de la Parra

02/05/2024

Thank you everyone for a wonderful first event at Carolina Carnage with and .international we cannot wait until next year!

02/02/2024

One of our Squires getting the Sellwords and Palmetto Knights tables ready for CAROLINA CARNAGE-North American Medieval Combat Conference Championship tomorrow!!

01/31/2024

Roman Maille, known as Lorica Hamata (lorica: "body armour" - hamata: "hooked", referring to the riveted rings) is one of the most ubiquitous forms of armour found amongst both the Roman Legions and their Auxiliaries for centuries. Like many Roman "innovations", this form of armour was actually appropriated from another culture, in this case the Celts. With minor design tweaks followed by mass produced in an early form of cottage industry, Lorica Hamata could be seen donned by Legionnaires from Londinium to the Levant. This knitted metal skin would go on to be one of the longest lived forms of personal protection in human history, from its original inception amongst the Celts somewhere around the 5th century BC all the way up to facial protection for tankers in WW1. Even today, modern participants in sports like Buhurt (Heavy Knight Fighting) find maille to be a pragmatic and even necessary addition to portions of kit to protect otherwise exposed gaps in armour.

-Here is your chance to own a custom tailored piece of history! This version of our Lorica Hamata is a based on examples from the 1st Century AD found in modern Germany and is appropriate for a wide range of Roman period reenacting. Send us a message for sizing and price quotes today!