News 20 January 2012  NEW Limited discount offer. Four swords only for March. Contact us now to reserve yours. Training longswords 92cm bladelength. Featuring thumbrest on the one side of the ricasso and two tip formats: Standard, tapered or flat spoon tip (to accomodate a leather cover). Guard options: Straight, front swept, s-curved (sideways or front and back). Grip finished with resin treated core for improved traction and resilience. Flattened fishtail pommel. Price: R1 800 18 January 2012  NEW From the heart of the Winelands comes a sword that has a theme that captures the uniqueness of Stellenbosch perfectly. This sword will be available from March 2012 and is going to be a limited edition (only two will be made!), so book as soon as possible. The blade is 90cm long and has a strong diamond cross-section 45mm wide and 8mm thick at the base. The grip is a tooled leather with a vineyard theme and the sword will have a matching scabbard. The upper half of the grip features a twisted wire wrap. The decorated brass chape is matched by the scabbard mountings. Please contact us if you want to reserve one. Price: R7 500 27 December 2010 New pictures (Renaissance Italian twohanded sword) have been added to the gallery page. 15 October 2010 New pictures (gladius) have been added to the gallery page. 16 July 2009 New pictures have been added to the gallery page. 7 October 2008 Please feel free to inquire about a new range of affordable federschwerter and bucklers, as well as alternative designs for training longswords. 22 July 2008 Please be informed that we encountered technical problems with the info@nostro-swords.co.za account. As a result we lost some e-mails before being able to read them. This applies to all e-mails sent between 7th July 2008 and 18 July 2008. 22 July 2008 Introducing affordable munitions grade training swords for practitioners of swords and buckler (MS. l.33 etc.) at R1200 (ZAR). Here are some pictures of an example along with munitions grade buckler. The grips for munitions grade weapons are usually finished with a cord binding. The leather on this example is extra. 2 July 2008 A few more pictures were added to the Gallery and a new statistics page has been created to supply helpful information about a few projects. 2 April 2008 The calculation of the cost of Japanese style blades will now be a lot more convenient with the addition of the "Price Calculator". See also the updated table on the "Price Guide" page for more information.