Bastard Sword - Type XVIIIA w/ Oake Leaves

Sulowski, Mateusz

I’m a blacksmith and swordsmith from Poland. Mainly, I make swords between 11th and 15th century. I’m highly interested in medieval arms and martial arts. My passion with swords started because of a big coincidence – after graduation I have worked as an artistic blacksmith for many years. Due to my work, I have learned a lot about the techniques, which now I am using during swordmaking. Without this experience I couldn’t do what I do now. After many years of hard blacksmith work, I have started to think about making a sword for myself – I always wanted to have one just for fun. But it didn’t stop me at the beginning – swordmaking became my way to spend my every weekend and spare time after work. After a few months I have made lots of great swords and I had no idea what to do with them. Then I stated to make pieces for sale and on commission. I stopped being a blacksmith and started to be a swordsmith – my passion became my way of life. Since then I have spent all of my free time on developing new techniques, historical research and improving my work. I mainly focus on making swords. All of my swords are inspired by historical pieces or based on a few examples of similar swords. All my swords are fully functional: sharp, tempered and hand made.