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Old 23rd December 2012, 07:56 PM   #6
Matt Easton
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You're welcome Dana,

See these examples of Italian spadoni from treatises:



Note the triangular shape of the projections, like yours - quite different to the more claw-like projections on German and Swiss greatswords.

A large Venetian example:


And if we want to look at Greatswords with these projections close to the hilt, check out this Brunswick state sword from 1573:



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