a group of landsknecht swords with star-shaped pommels

cornelistromp · 28th March 2015, 04:02 PM

I recently got the Czerny sword, the one of post#5, through a detour in my collection.
It is a beautiful specimen, 189cm long and 45cm hilt with an almost 10cm star pommel.
inside the parry rings are impact plates with V-shaped notches,notches in the plate and inside the parry ring, probably to secure a blade of an opponent.
These thrust plates with notches are also seen @ some of similar type of two-handed swords in the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum - storage, Emden, Germany.

like the sword in #1 there is a Passau running wolf inlay at the blade.
attached some detail pictures of the sword.

best,
jasper

28th March 2015, 04:02 PM	#21
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,064	I recently got the Czerny sword, the one of post#5, through a detour in my collection. It is a beautiful specimen, 189cm long and 45cm hilt with an almost 10cm star pommel. inside the parry rings are impact plates with V-shaped notches,notches in the plate and inside the parry ring, probably to secure a blade of an opponent. These thrust plates with notches are also seen @ some of similar type of two-handed swords in the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum - storage, Emden, Germany. like the sword in #1 there is a Passau running wolf inlay at the blade. attached some detail pictures of the sword. best, jasper Attached Images Last edited by cornelistromp; 28th March 2015 at 04:37 PM.