Thank you so much for the corrections, Matt.
My experience of reading about 'montantes', a term also used by Portuguese, comes from reading chronicles of the discoveries period, where this type of sword was used in Asia to clear the path in battle, handled by well trained nobility who mainly fought in front of their horde.
I have tried to give my mentioning ... a bit like the half sword styling, if i may say so. a figurative sense ... but i see that it was an unfortunate approach. On the other hand, i was perfectly convinced that the spikes were to propect the user's hand when (?) holding the sword by the ricasso. I stand corrected; will have to adjust my perspective on this one.
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