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17th June 2013, 07:12 PM | #1 |
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Looking for a rapier identical to this one.
I have recently purchased this nice rapier with a swept-hilt, which I'd date to the tail-end of the 16th - very early 17th c. Being that the hilt is of rather simple, sturdy, un-embellished architecture, I am thinking there maybe others out there. Straight-forward weapons like this were used by a nobleman's entourage, but not by a nobleman himself, due to the lack of decorations on the hilt. Perhaps a servant's or body-guard's weapon, or a dueling sword.
Blade is 104 cm. long, marked Sahagum on both sides, and was probably of Solingen manufacture. Rapier is a little bit on the heavy side, weighing in at 2.5 lbs., but not too heavy. It feels just right, and is nicely-balanced. |
18th June 2013, 01:24 AM | #2 |
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rapier
i look for years to have one like this ..some people are luky
congratulation jacques |
18th June 2013, 02:36 PM | #3 |
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Very nice and functional sword. If (remotely) not made in Toledo, it surely has all the Toledo appeal.
Here is a rapier by Gonzalo Simon, from the same period, only partly similar to yours, just to fill the gap until one with a closer resemblance pops up. This one has 118 cms and weighs 1.120 grams. . |
18th June 2013, 07:53 PM | #4 |
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Yes, same time-frame, your might be 25-30 years younger than mine. Both are unassuming, working swords. Very good.
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20th June 2013, 07:53 AM | #5 |
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Very nice weapons, gentlemen. Congrats on owning two 'true' fighters.
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21st June 2013, 07:49 PM | #6 |
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Thanks Mark
Never know if these two met some time, somewhere. I ignore where Dmitry acquired his example from, but mine, made in Toledo, 'emigrated' i wouldn't know when to America and was brought from somewhere in the USA to Portugal by a guy who eventualy sold it to me. Quite a boomerang effect, considering Toledo is some 400 miles from here. |
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