Executioner Sword

Perl · 16th January 2026, 07:45 PM

How about this one ?
107 cm , 2.2 kg

corrado26 · Yesterday, 09:01 AM

I assume this is a contemporary original. The completely nonsensical saying, dated 1633 and intended to give the tool a meaning, alone speaks for the time of its creation.

Perl · Yesterday, 02:49 PM

Yes, that is my conclusion too, as well as details etc., in addition, the Latin is misspelled which is said to be common at the time, it is probably German made.

corrado26 · Yesterday, 06:02 PM

The blacksmith was certainly not a trained expert on the Latin language and its orthography

Victrix · Today, 12:29 PM

In those days full literacy was probably constrained to the priesthood and legal counsels. The inscriptions are meant to say “Glory to God in the highest” and “St Mary patron of Thorens church.” My first guess was that it’s an execution sword of one of the catholic church city states where the head of state had to dispense punishments to maintain law and order. But there is in fact a castle Thorens in France where this sword may have been used. Struggled a bit with the word “Thorensis” which I take to mean “of Thorens.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Thorens

16th January 2026, 07:45 PM	#1
Perl Member Join Date: Jan 2026 Posts: 2	Executioner Sword How about this one ? 107 cm , 2.2 kg Attached Images

Yesterday, 09:01 AM	#2
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,256	I assume this is a contemporary original. The completely nonsensical saying, dated 1633 and intended to give the tool a meaning, alone speaks for the time of its creation.

Yesterday, 02:49 PM	#3
Perl Member Join Date: Jan 2026 Posts: 2	Yes, that is my conclusion too, as well as details etc., in addition, the Latin is misspelled which is said to be common at the time, it is probably German made.

Yesterday, 06:02 PM	#4
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,256	The blacksmith was certainly not a trained expert on the Latin language and its orthography

Today, 12:29 PM	#5
Victrix Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Sweden Posts: 771	In those days full literacy was probably constrained to the priesthood and legal counsels. The inscriptions are meant to say “Glory to God in the highest” and “St Mary patron of Thorens church.” My first guess was that it’s an execution sword of one of the catholic church city states where the head of state had to dispense punishments to maintain law and order. But there is in fact a castle Thorens in France where this sword may have been used. Struggled a bit with the word “Thorensis” which I take to mean “of Thorens.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Thorens