Cup-hilted rapier for comments

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by Chris Evans

Hi Marius,

What a beautiful sword, congratulations!

How long is the blade? From the pics it seems rather short...

Cheers
Chris

Overall length is 114 cm, which is reasonably good for this type and age albeit it may have lost a couple of centimeters to successive sharpening and repairs.

Anyhow, the geometry of the blade (slightly broader than later types) appears to indicate late 16th to early 17th century, I guess...

No idea about markings but I may post more as soon as I receive it and get better photos. I am also very curious of any punch marks on the ricasso.