Blade cross cut shape description

[celtan]

Hi Guys,

Jim, I mean no disrespect, just trying to learn. But, weren't "hollow" blades _any_ blade with concave faces/mesas such as a triangular cross-cut (cc) estoc blade..?

Many swedish palasch blades were of hollow diamond cc.

Best

M

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

In the 18th century these smallsword type blades were called 'hollow blades'.
(Aylward, 1945, p. 38)