colonial spanish cup hilt rapier

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by fernando

Mind you Jim, i was not objectively proposing this sword was modified to serve a youngster, but trying to give a perceptional idea of its reduced dimensions in a relative manner.

I understand, what I said was that I had not considered that possibility as I had not noticed how small the size was and simply noting that there were indeed cases in some cultures which did have swords for youngsters.
I thought I had expressed that as a viable observation.


It seems in South America there are a number of traditional ceremonies which recognize the Spanish colonial heritage and costumes are worn by characters on processions or parades. I am not a cultural expert on these countries but it 'seems' I had seen such events in travel type excerpts.


In these kinds of anomalies all we can do is try to surmise what their use or intent was, and in that situation pretty much all possibilities can be considered.