Italian? Rapier

urbanspaceman · 10th December 2017, 08:47 PM

Magnificent piece by the way. Considering that six months ago I had no connection with the sword world I am rapidly becoming desirous of a variety of examples, and a rapier like yours is on the list.

Foxbat · 10th December 2017, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by urbanspaceman

Magnificent piece by the way. Considering that six months ago I had no connection with the sword world I am rapidly becoming desirous of a variety of examples, and a rapier like yours is on the list.

Thank you! I did processing similar to what you did, it made the detail somewhat more visible, thanks for the hint!

There appear to be some characters along the way, perhaps things like I, L or Y. And the termination symbol looks interesting.

Foxbat · 10th December 2017, 09:31 PM

Regarding the oval detail - the arches with "teeth" were very typical of Italian marks from the 15th all the way to the 18th centuries, but I was not able to find this particular combination.

Perhaps an eye with eyelashes around it?

10th December 2017, 08:47 PM	#1
urbanspaceman Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Tyneside. North-East England Posts: 736	ps Magnificent piece by the way. Considering that six months ago I had no connection with the sword world I am rapidly becoming desirous of a variety of examples, and a rapier like yours is on the list.

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10th December 2017, 09:31 PM	#3
Foxbat Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 69	Regarding the oval detail - the arches with "teeth" were very typical of Italian marks from the 15th all the way to the 18th centuries, but I was not able to find this particular combination. Perhaps an eye with eyelashes around it?