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29th July 2014, 06:40 PM
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how about sail guard daggers Fernando ....
Spanish or Portuguese .... |
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29th July 2014, 08:43 PM
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http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ht=left+dagger |
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30th July 2014, 07:20 AM
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Hi Fernando,
That is a nice example with a very long slender blade. I will try to post a new thread on the topic today, maybe someone can pinpoint the exact origin ... Look for sail guard dagger. Kind regards Dirk |
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26th October 2021, 12:09 PM
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My apologies for resurrecting this thread.
I got a new cup hilt rapier a couple of hours ago, and it seems the blade maker is the same swordsmith as the one from the sword in this thread. In its fullers I can read: X M X P E T E R X T E S C H (E) X B E R G X H A V C E N Which thanks to this thread I know it means Berghausen. It seems (http://myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.27735.html) that an Alsatian Peter Tesch(e) was active in 1636-1657. I believe the hilt of my sword is a bit later than that. Although the grotesco decoration and the almost dish cup with point breakers seem arcaic, the lack of "ears" at the pass d'ane, could be later in the XVIIth century (sellers pictures). The thing has 1 meter blade and 116cm total length. Actually Berghausen is now in that artificial state called Rhenania-Palatinate. PD. Berghausen was historically part of that mess, the archbishopric of Köln. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckli...%B6llinghausen Last edited by midelburgo; 26th October 2021 at 12:43 PM. |
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26th October 2021, 12:20 PM
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Great sword. Post us larger pictures when you have it in hands, will you
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26th October 2021, 12:47 PM
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About the original sword in this thread, barquillas were popular in Spain 1750-1780, both for infantry and dragoon officers swords, but I believe yours is more related to cup hilts at the end of XVIIIth century. That pommel with its screw is typical of Portuguese swords with German blades. And ivory/bone is often found as grip material in those cup hilts. Last edited by midelburgo; 26th October 2021 at 01:46 PM. |
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