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10th December 2008, 03:20 AM
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Not my area but waht is the weight on this rapier like?
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10th December 2008, 09:05 AM
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Location: Madrid / Barcelona
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The blade *could* be genuine 16th - 17th c., but better pictures (short of direct inspection) would be needed. For the hilt, my bets go to "modern" (19th-early 20th c.) on stylistic, decorative and construction grounds (I agree with Ed in that there's a certain degree of... "pimp-ness"... in it
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10th December 2008, 01:54 PM
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Well, I guess I may have been an English Pimp in a past life, cuz I like the darn thingie...
I'll try to take more pics and weight the items next time I visit. BTW: Does anyone know of a mid 19th C. European armourer/s by the initials ISB? Best M |
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10th December 2008, 04:18 PM
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The blade looks ok to me but, my dear, that hilt.
You know, if it were cheap enough, I'd think about buying it, loosing the hilt and displaying the blade. |
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19th December 2008, 06:26 PM
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