Schiavona pommel

[urbanspaceman]

I absolutely agree it is a composite.
In truth, the schiavona I always wanted featured a very broad double edged blade with a broad fuller or multiple fullers.
Somebody out there may recognize one of these.


The attraction of my sword blade was that hilt made me suspect that GRGUR was specifically commissioned to hilt that rapier blade and not that it was all simply put together by any random smith with any available suitable parts.
The quality of the blade and the significance of the markings at the ricasso were what made me think that. It has been suggested that those markings refer to the Circle of Twelve, but I haven't been able to figure out what that means. Were they the bodyguard of the Doge (No, not Elon!)
I'd still rather have my initial specification, but acquiring one in this fine condition did not prove possible at the time when this appeared.