A GERMAN FIGHTING TWO HAND SWORD LATE 16 TH CENTURY

Cerjak · 9th January 2016, 10:17 AM

There is a point not debated yet : the leather grip ,there is no doubt that grip it is an early grip and seems commensurate with the age from the blade.
I have well understood the opinion from ulfberth but I would like to remember to all how many swords were wrongly classified as 19 th century because of such details.
We have in this case the hilt ,grip & pommel who are correct model and patterns for the period ,so doubts persist .

9th January 2016, 10:17 AM	#16
Cerjak Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: FRANCE Posts: 1,065	There is a point not debated yet : the leather grip ,there is no doubt that grip it is an early grip and seems commensurate with the age from the blade. I have well understood the opinion from ulfberth but I would like to remember to all how many swords were wrongly classified as 19 th century because of such details. We have in this case the hilt ,grip & pommel who are correct model and patterns for the period ,so doubts persist .