Artillery Officer Sword CIIIR Cypher Stainless Steel WKC

Artillery Officer Sword CIIIR Cypher Stainless Steel WKC

The WKC Royal Artillery Sword  is crafted in accordance with the Australian MOD specifications.
Made in Germany

In November 2005, WKC purchased the toolings of Wilkinson Sword Ltd. for production of various ceremonial swords incl. the Royal Artillery sword and scabbard.
Specifiation:

• Blade: A forged stainless steel  blade, hammered to the correct curvature. It is hardened to ca 48-52° HRC Rockwell, then well-tempered and hand-polished. Both sides are etched with the Royal Australian Artillery design. The acid-etching is so deep, that one can feel it with a fingernail. Dimension of the blade is ca. 870 x 25 x 6 mm.

• Guard: Solid brass, hand-polished, nickelplated.

• Grip: Handle is covered with genuine stingray skin, wrapped with 3 silver-plated wires.

• Scabbard: Your choice of a nickel-plated and hand-polished steel scabbard with 2 attachment rings, or real brown calf leather scabbard with 2 attachment rings.

• Included Accessories: Protective cloth bag, WKC certificate of Authenticity

WKC Solingen ceremonial swords and accessories, the oldest producing military sword factory in the world, and the last in Europe. Forge tradition! Since 1573 in Solingen.

WKC is the leading manufacturer of quality edged weapons worldwide with customers in more than 80 countries. More than 600 different types of ceremonial swords are manufactured mainly manually by skilled craftsmen like Schwertfeger, Damaszierer, Handschleifer and others. Apart of ceremonial military swords, WKC supplies a wide range of uniform accessories as well as collectibles, miniature swords and Japanese swords. WKC was the first company in the industry to be certified according to DIN ISO 9002.

What needs to be mentioned is the closure of the Wilkinson Sword factory in England in the year 2005 and Mr. Willms bought most of the machines, tools and parts that were for sale.