The sword has a tang length of 23 cm ... Applying clear paint for a glossy finish on the burned black wood handle, enhancing the brass hilt - Creating a sheath from gilded metal and wood, covered ...

In fact, there is one object that stands out above all the others, it is a sword that is very well preserved The sword was found in the tomb of a man and the hilt is ... made of wood and leather ...

Experts are now almost certain that a partly gilded hilt found in a wreck off the North Carolina coast held the sword of history's most feared and notorious pirate - Blackbeard. It was discovered ...

Two examples of Roman spatha swords discovered in the cave; each spatha features a wooden hilt and handle, and some are wrapped in leather or rope. Iron blades measure approximately two feet long.

Neutron tomography slices through the hilt, showing the blade is attached ... This isn’t the first instance of altered black market sword artifacts. The study’s authors note similar ...