SPARTAN WEAPONS - Reimagining of an ancient classic ... it snaps securely into its heavy-duty leather belt sheath for storage and carrying while the handle has a brass lanyard hole to give ...

Three swords with iron blades were still protected in their wooden and leather sheaths, each measuring ... stalactite with an inscription written in ancient Hebrew script characteristic of the ...

Remarkably, parts of its leather-and-wood sheath and the beaver fur lining have also stood the test of time. The rounded knob at the end of the sword's handle, known as a pommel, also features a ...

KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--An iron sword that at more than 2 meters long ranks as the largest intact ancient blade ever ... originally housed in a wooden sheath, though from which type of tree ...