Mysteries of the SININIS Sword – A 10th Century Original

[jeffreypurcell]

I haven’t seen many modern day sword makers who do what has been shown. I learn a lot from your videos, great work, well done.

[swordandshield]

After some discussion with a patron of mine, I have speculated that the blade inscription SININIS may mean this:
Salvatio In Nomine Iesu, Nomen Iesu Salvatio (est): Salvation in the name of Jesus, the name of Jesus (is) salvation.
Take this with a grain of salt, it is mere conjecture.

[LeonMc]

Love these long, academic studies on the sword, especially from the earlier medeival period.
Youre doing great work on bringing to light that the people of the past were just as intelligent and refined in their crafts as we are, whether its swordsmnaship, building construction, art, etc.
Those people were US, they just lived in a different time and understood the world differently.

[ZATIRIX]

Thank you for the insight. I've been looking at a lot of viking age sword and noticed the same and didn't want to believe the scewed pommel was due to poor craftsmanship. This actually helps me in my pursuit of crafting a sword.

[alu]

Love these "original" series very much! It is always interesting to see a properly made sword to know how it is constructed

[EattinThurs]

This is soo interesting it really gets a feeling for history and time, swordmanship is old...

[Ostarrichi]

Every second of this video is amazing!

[ggfan]

9:40 I would pay real dosh for a copy of that book

[andreweden]

When you uploaded this, I had already been hoping for a new Roland video, so I'm extra excited now that there is one! I've been busy today, so I didn't see it until now!😁

[JCOwens-]

I have been making & using my own swords for some years now & i have noticed that it makes a huge difference when the sword is custom fit to the dominate hand. All of mine are tailored to my right hand which gives me a level of control when moving dynamically that a completely symmetrical factory made sword simply cannot. Obviously my grips look symmetrical but when you pick them up one can easliy tell which edge is the leading edge. Which is another thing, people seem to think only of sabers having a front & back but so do double edged swords.

[ricardoartesao]

Congratulations!!! This is a most amazing video. Thank you for sharing! 👏👏👏👏

[richstone]

First rate presentation and extremely interesting. Thank you.

[TwentythreePER]

These are some of my favorite videos of yours. A very interesting sword indeed! The artwork of the reconstruction looks very good too I love the aesthetics of swords from this time.

[erichusayn]

Excellent video. I learned a lot. Thanks for sharing...

[andersandersson]

Thanks for an excellent video! Very interesting and well done. People from the past where skilled craftsmen and insightful and intelligent. They didn't have the same tool as we have access to today but made a great work. Respect!

[stephengarrett]

Outstanding observation very very relevant. Thank you.

[faramund]

As per usual a very good video! These kind of things are something we SHOULD know when recreating blades from the past.
It’s really quite interesting to learn these kind of things that you would otherwise totally miss out on!

[wilowhisp]

Thanks for posting this wealth of information. You're an exceptional artist, and I'm excited to get your book as soon as it's available.

[NorthernHistory]

This is interesting. But if swordmakers were concerned with ergonomics, any ideas as to why didn't they eventually move further in improving the gripping of this type of swords? Your theory also has the underlying assumption of a specific kind of grip; how do you know they gripped the swords this way, particularily in armor (with a mailed fist) for instance?

[nachtschattenmacher]

just making a replic of the Lesja sword from 2017 and was wondering why tang and "pommel"bar, are asymetrical and twisted. thank you!