| The Slicing Sword | | | | made the movie a success even before it |
| The Spartan swords are familiar to most of us | | | | opened! With this sort of anticipation, it is no |
| today from the movie, 300. the move is the | | | | wonder that the movie brought in 71 million in its |
| story of a famous Spartan battle in which a mere | | | | first month alone! |
| 300 Spartan soldiers took on an enemy that | | | | The movie 300 brought the amazing story of the |
| outweighed them in numbers. With stunningly | | | | ancient Spartans to a whole new level of modern |
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| ancient Sparta , but also their amazing swords | | | | scenes. |
| and armor. | | | | The Spartan King, Leonidas, was the hero of the |
| Spartan swords are shorter than their other | | | | story, thrusting one mighty blow after another on |
| medieval counterparts; mostly because the | | | | his falling enemies. The sword wielded by King |
| Spartans fought on foot as compared to other | | | | Leonidas is the Spartan Lakonian. This is the most |
| armies that charged into battle on horseback. By | | | | historically accurate Spartan sword on the market |
| being foot soldiers, they needed the shorter | | | | today. The blade is approximately 14 inches in |
| swords because their range of attack was closer | | | | length and is made of a high quality stainless steel, |
| than if they had been on horses. A shorter sword | | | | complete with a leather wrapped grip and a |
| allowed them to thrust and stab with the force of | | | | beautiful, pure leather sheath. |
| their man muscle strength in addition to using the | | | | Another really cool piece of memorabilia from the |
| strength of the sword. Those on horseback | | | | movie 300 is a replica Spartan shield. It is 36 |
| needed length to reach their opponents. | | | | inches in diameter and weighs 17 pounds! It is a |
| In addition to a shorter length, the Spartan | | | | massive piece of metal that speaks volumes of |
| swords had to also be thicker in order to endure | | | | the Spartan fighting and defense styles. It is |
| the opposing force of the enemy's armor. The | | | | made of a stainless steel and antique brass |
| movie 300 created very accurate weaponry | | | | combination and comes with a certificate of |
| representing the true Spartan swords and armor. | | | | authenticity. |
| The movie 300 was originally marketed to a | | | | The movie 300 did wonders for the Spartan |
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