large old sword with strange hilt ( crescent shape guard ?)

francantolin · 2nd April 2022, 07:11 AM

Nice sword !

The blade seems clearly earlier than the hilt.

It reminds me a pallash sword I have with an early european blade with a Passau wolf mounted on a 19th-20th nielled hilt and scabbard
( an old post, I will write the link)

The hilt work ( with niello on the circle ? ) and the shape make me think about Russian origin,
the curved/bent end of hilt remind me tatar swords,
just change the crescent guard with crossguard...

or maybe hungarian origin, a ceremonial/ gala sword
sadly without scabbard for see all craftmen work...

for the ''horns'' at the tips, it reminds me a too a ram but maybe a dragon shape with horns ( like William Blake's Red Great Dragon..)

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2nd April 2022, 07:11 AM	#8
francantolin Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 905	Nice sword ! The blade seems clearly earlier than the hilt. It reminds me a pallash sword I have with an early european blade with a Passau wolf mounted on a 19th-20th nielled hilt and scabbard ( an old post, I will write the link) The hilt work ( with niello on the circle ? ) and the shape make me think about Russian origin, the curved/bent end of hilt remind me tatar swords, just change the crescent guard with crossguard... or maybe hungarian origin, a ceremonial/ gala sword sadly without scabbard for see all craftmen work... for the ''horns'' at the tips, it reminds me a too a ram but maybe a dragon shape with horns ( like William Blake's Red Great Dragon..)