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Jim McDougall 9th February 2024 05:04 PM

Kosarice? Star shape pommel on Landsknecht swords
 
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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,

fernando 9th February 2024 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall (Post 288475)
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Can anyone help with this 'kosarice' term used for these star shaped pommels...

Kosarice; Slovenian for baskets ;). Could have a different meaning in context ... like a pommel with a pastry shape ? ;):o.



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Jim McDougall 9th February 2024 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by fernando (Post 288478)
Kosarice; Slovenian for baskets ;). Could have a different meaning in context ... like a pommel with a pastry shape ? ;):o.



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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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