BULL FIGHTING WEAPONS

drac2k · 10th August 2016, 02:55 AM

I would like to elaborate on the sword numbered 3.I had one that I was selling and it went off without any bids and I decided not to relist it because I rather liked it.A gentleman asked me if I would sell it,however, once it goes into my "black hole," of collecting, it usually never comes out.
After I informed the man that I was keeping it, he was most kind and told me that he was from a Mexican family of bullfighters and wrote to me the following:
".....the most valuable are from Valencia and Toledo Spain....there is some that are made in Mexico.....many for the tourist souvenir type,the markings are different....due to the lack or have a limited temper on the metal...not all are to be used in the bullfight for obvious reasons.
There is a history of why this sword has a cross member....or cruzeta.
In 1934 a famous matador named Juan Belmonte was ready to dispatch a bull ...in the process the animal moved the head violently and the matador lost his grip on the sword...the sword ended in the public sitting on the grades...killing a man.
There was another publicized incident,the matadors were aware of the dangers of the long swords and another fatality...this time the matador Ignacio Sanches Mejias had a leather strapped to his wrist holding the sword like a polo mallet, he lost control of the sword when stabbing the bull,he was gored and killed....
The authorities in Madrid Spain, opened a contest to find a solution to these issues.....out of 46 samples they selected 8....the new designs were tested in the slaughter houses and one was approved...the model that is used up to now is similar to the one you have...."
That is the sword #3;I thought that this was an interesting perspective that some might find useful.

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10th August 2016, 02:55 AM	#2
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,255	I would like to elaborate on the sword numbered 3.I had one that I was selling and it went off without any bids and I decided not to relist it because I rather liked it.A gentleman asked me if I would sell it,however, once it goes into my "black hole," of collecting, it usually never comes out. After I informed the man that I was keeping it, he was most kind and told me that he was from a Mexican family of bullfighters and wrote to me the following: ".....the most valuable are from Valencia and Toledo Spain....there is some that are made in Mexico.....many for the tourist souvenir type,the markings are different....due to the lack or have a limited temper on the metal...not all are to be used in the bullfight for obvious reasons. There is a history of why this sword has a cross member....or cruzeta. In 1934 a famous matador named Juan Belmonte was ready to dispatch a bull ...in the process the animal moved the head violently and the matador lost his grip on the sword...the sword ended in the public sitting on the grades...killing a man. There was another publicized incident,the matadors were aware of the dangers of the long swords and another fatality...this time the matador Ignacio Sanches Mejias had a leather strapped to his wrist holding the sword like a polo mallet, he lost control of the sword when stabbing the bull,he was gored and killed.... The authorities in Madrid Spain, opened a contest to find a solution to these issues.....out of 46 samples they selected 8....the new designs were tested in the slaughter houses and one was approved...the model that is used up to now is similar to the one you have...." That is the sword #3;I thought that this was an interesting perspective that some might find useful.