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9th February 2024, 06:04 PM
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Kosarice? Star shape pommel on Landsknecht swords
In 2014/15 in a thread posted by Jasper, the subject was Landsknecht swords with star shaped pommels. In going through the book, "Edged Weapons: Sabers of the Habsburg Monarchy 16th-20th Century" (Konipsky & Moudry, Prague, 1991, p.21), I found a schiavona hilt with one of these distinctive pommels matching a museum example shown in Jasper's illustrations (copyright to him so I hope OK to use here).
Somehow in scribbled notes I had noted that these star shaped pommels were colloquially termed 'kosarice' (a European, Croatian? pastry) and attributed the note to the Konipsky & Moudry reference). In rechecking this recently, I find there was no such reference in this book  but I cannot verify where I saw this. Perhaps it was Wagner (1967)? which I do not have at the moment. Can anyone help with this 'kosarice' term used for these star shaped pommels? Also trying to find this unusual marking, |
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9th February 2024, 06:41 PM
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 . Could have a different meaning in context ... like a pommel with a pastry shape ?  .. Last edited by fernando; 9th February 2024 at 07:22 PM. Reason: addition |
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9th February 2024, 07:52 PM
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Thanks Fernando, I fear I may have transposed this somehow (hmm, how could that EVER happen?).......so the term kosarice means basket? I MUST find the reference where I found this........and hope the Drambuie was not a factor in this 
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