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4th February 2013, 07:10 PM | #1 |
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Rapier or smallsword PIERCED blade for comment
I've got thisone today. Sadly it seems shortened and attached to a funky corssguard and wooden hilt like for a toy.
The blade is gorgeous thou. I would say that it is pre 1700 from apperance. Can you poste some pierced rapier/smallsword blades for comparison? Any other comments? |
4th February 2013, 08:00 PM | #2 | |
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Hmmm, a puzzle! It could be pre 1700, it could even be mid 18thC or just beyond. It might have been shortened or adapted from the hilt end as well. How long is the blade from crossguard to tip now? ATB Gene Edit: Compare it with this section of a smallsword blade from the mid 18thC. Last edited by Atlantia; 4th February 2013 at 08:41 PM. |
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4th February 2013, 08:30 PM | #3 |
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I've got a childs smallsword (so the pierced section is proportionally shorter) from the mid 18th with a pierced blade of similar type. Here is that section.
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4th February 2013, 11:45 PM | #4 |
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Thank you Gene. The blade is 59,5 cm long. Tomorrow I will dissasemble it and see what is under that silly hilt.
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5th February 2013, 10:03 AM | #5 |
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Before you disassemble it, can we see the whole thing?
Oh, and I sent you a PM that might be of help to your research. |
5th February 2013, 01:10 PM | #6 |
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Not dated but ...
This one figures in page 28 of R.D.C. Evans work "THE PLUG BAYONET".
Mounted in a hilt with a cross guard with 'Helmet-Head' finials (a XVII century fashion) we can see a perforated blade measuring 356 m/m, (quote Evans) possibly a re-used section of a rapier blade. Pity he doesn't attribute a date to the blade ... for the sake of this discussion, i mean . |
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