Iron Sword Dubbed as 'Excalibur' Found Upright in ... Researchers believe that the weapon's small size and lack of a hand guard implies that it was used by an Andalusian horseman, Smithsonian ...

In the final stage, metalworkers add a decorated guard of iron or other metals at the sword's hilt. Next, carpenters fit the weapon with a lacquered wooden scabbard, which artisans then decorate ...