Tomas De Aiala sword blade.

Jim McDougall · 23rd May 2015, 03:00 AM

As always Jasper, your input here is outstanding and your experience with these weapons truly helps in better evaluating them and understanding key details. I very much appreciate your posting the example from Boccia & Coelho (my scanner is junk!).
As you note, and I misperceived, the tang on this blade does have the length to have been a rapier, and your assessment of date spot on.....
with that......Norman I think you quite possibly have a true Ayala!!

All the best,
Jim

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23rd May 2015, 03:00 AM	#29
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,192	As always Jasper, your input here is outstanding and your experience with these weapons truly helps in better evaluating them and understanding key details. I very much appreciate your posting the example from Boccia & Coelho (my scanner is junk!). As you note, and I misperceived, the tang on this blade does have the length to have been a rapier, and your assessment of date spot on..... with that......Norman I think you quite possibly have a true Ayala!! All the best, Jim