Pietro Hernandez swordmaker

[ulfberth]

hello all,

here are some pictures of another Pietro Hernandez Rapier, it was on sale once at Herman, as follows the discription. note this item is a twin rapier and of Italian origine, so as Fernando said tha Pietro is italian for Pedro, i wonder if that has anything to do with the name ...

kind regards
Ulfberth

Twins rapier Italian to 1600 single rapier of a pair of twins. Blade and container on the outside fully designed the inside plan, to be merged with its counterpart. The double edged sword with Ricasso, contrast in the top quarter, then with flattened Central Ridge. Signature embossed in the Groove "PIETRO HERNANDEZ". Much Spang-rapier tank for the left hand with s-shaped geschwungener, faceted pommel (older repair). On the approach of the donkey hoof broken two holes with thread, ironing on a hole. Faceted ball knob on the inside track for the Schwalbenschwanzverbindung. Gehilze with the remains of the winding handle. Length 134 cm.
Developed in the middle of the 16.Jhdts in Italy, twin rapiers were gathered together in a sheath and visually looked like a rapier. They could be separated in a duel to the surprise of the opponent to two functioning arms.
There are only 12 pairs of twins rapier and three individual pieces. Known specimens are in collections in Dresden, Vienna (New Castle), London (Wallace Collection), Turin and Rome (Collezione Odescalchi). The here offered rapier is characterized in the following ways from the pieces of his compare: it has by far the longest of all and is together with a rapier in the Dresden collection, and the Leningrad the only with a gouging in the blade. His weight is extremely easy with 848 g. Is a collection of world-famous pieces with reference data