A cannonball ... a pommel ... or what ?

fernando · 23rd December 2012, 03:19 PM

I have tried hard to take explicit pictures of this thing.
It came as a cannonball, one of those for grapeshot (diameter 4 cms. weight 280 grams).
But i don't know. To start, i wouldn't know that grapeshot balls could have a special shape.
This one has eight faces ... as if it were a pommel for a (sturdy) sword. But apart from a little (tooled) mark in one of the ends, i can find no traces of it being perforated to lodge a tang.
Any ideas Gentlemen ?

23rd December 2012, 03:19 PM	#1
fernando Lead Moderator European Armoury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,668	A cannonball ... a pommel ... or what ? I have tried hard to take explicit pictures of this thing. It came as a cannonball, one of those for grapeshot (diameter 4 cms. weight 280 grams). But i don't know. To start, i wouldn't know that grapeshot balls could have a special shape. This one has eight faces ... as if it were a pommel for a (sturdy) sword. But apart from a little (tooled) mark in one of the ends, i can find no traces of it being perforated to lodge a tang. Any ideas Gentlemen ? Attached Images