The Viking Norse Viking Ulfberht Sword is a Edged - European first produced in 1034. It carries a scarcity score of 99/100 based on tracked survey data, with 8 active listings currently on the secondary market and a global benchmark price of $87,374.
This sword belongs to the Ulfberht type, a group of pattern-welded, high-carbon steel blades produced across the Frankish and Viking world roughly between the ninth and eleventh centuries and identified by the inlaid inscription '+VLFBERH+T' set into the blade's fuller. Metallurgical analysis of surviving Ulfberht blades has shown that many were forged from unusually pure, high-carbon crucible steel, likely sourced through long-distance trade routes reaching toward Central Asia, giving these swords a strength and flexibility superior to most iron blades produced in contemporary Western Europe. The consistent inscription across finds spanning a wide geographic range, from Scandinavia to the river trade routes of Russia, suggests either a single influential workshop or a closely guarded manufacturing tradition whose products were highly prized and widely traded among Viking-Age warriors. Dated to the eleventh century, this sword falls within the later, mature phase of Viking Age sword production, when such blades represented both formidable weapons and significant markers of wealth and status.
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