I identify swords in posts

And sometimes other wepons. Yeah it's a gimmick blog, so sue me. I'm not an expert, just an enthusiast. they/them

[memories-of-ancients]

Savoyard helmet, Northern Italy, circa 1620

from The Musee de l'Armee

[memories-of-ancients]

"Ulfbert" sword, The Netherlands, 700-1000 AD

from The Rijksmuseum

[sword-id]

Viking sword

[milksockets]

julie strain in femme fatales vol. 8 no. 5

[sword-id]

Longsword

[mizuthe-cat]

Positive affirmations for people who have side blogs

I am on the right blog

i have never reblogged anything to the wrong blog ever

this is the right blog

purple Tuesday

I have never made a post on the wrong blog

[memories-of-ancients]

Head of a ceremonial war hammer, France or Italy, circa 1550-1625

from The MET

[armthearmour]

A thoroughly fullered Storta,

OaL: 29.8 in/75.7 cm

Weight: 3 lbs/1360 g

Italy, ca. 1565-1570, housed at the Real Armería, Madrid.

[lokaror]

i would have made a great oafish guard.

[lokaror]

I was meant to be him.

[sword-id]

Hanger

[memories-of-ancients]

Sword with gold decorated hilt, The Netherlands, 775-825 AD

from The Rijksmuseum

[sword-id]

Viking Sword

[hollywood-vampires]

🗡️

[sword-id]

Longsword

[twirld]

"Joyeuse" in Hyacinthe Rigaud's portrait of Louis XIV (1701)

[sword-id]

Arming sword

[renard-des-marais]

[sword-id]

Bronze age swords

[miyuliart]

Gripping a sword overview

[thestuffedalligator]

I like how this is both art reference and a guide to more efficiently smite your enemies

[t-auto]

Tumblr is nothing if not practical

[cardiffart]

A zillion hours of hammering, skiving, dyeing, and Angelus paint later, finally finished my rapier hanger.

[sword-id]

Shell hilt rapier

[peashooter85]

Sword, Korea, 17th-19th century

from The National Museum of Korea

[memories-of-ancients]

Gilded and gold inlaid iron sword uncovered by archaeologists at the Filipovka Kurgans, Orenburg Oblast, Russia.

Sarmatian, 7th century BC

[sceptixfakemon]

you're coming down with me

[sword-id]

Longswords

[memories-of-ancients]

Bronze sword, Luristan, 9th-7th century BC

from the R.W. Norton Gallery