Your thoughts on this rapier?

[werecow]

Originally Posted by ulfberth

Thank you for you'r kind words Werecow !
Yes I believe it is " the green man" although a bit with a brownish black tan.

All my plants eventually do that, so it's fitting.

Originally Posted by ulfberth

Now that you mention it, I have not seen this type of pommel with the green man on it before. Although it's not an uncommon type of decoration, it appears hilts to and suits of armour from the same period.

Yeah, I've mainly seen it on mortuary hilt guards.

Originally Posted by ulfberth

I did no know there was a collector who collects rapier this period in Leiden either. Here is a better picture taken in daylight, im not a good photographer certainly not with an 80 dollar cam.
Kind regards
Ulfbert

And as it turns out we already met. Microscopic world!