Fencing, Dueling and Rapiers in Spanish Colonial California

midelburgo · 23rd January 2022, 03:21 PM

The colichemarde in question arrived, and it had a couple of nice surprises (the original description was very poor). Indeed Spanish with two inscriptions:

M O N T E E N TOLEDO
D E P E D R O V I E L

Possibly Pedro Biel was the first owner. The blade originally was a rapier one, and only later transformed as a colichemarde. Hilt is filthy, but it could be silver. I will make pictures later.

23rd January 2022, 03:21 PM	#11
midelburgo Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 263	The colichemarde in question arrived, and it had a couple of nice surprises (the original description was very poor). Indeed Spanish with two inscriptions: M O N T E E N TOLEDO D E P E D R O V I E L Possibly Pedro Biel was the first owner. The blade originally was a rapier one, and only later transformed as a colichemarde. Hilt is filthy, but it could be silver. I will make pictures later.