Sword for ID and comment

AHorsa · 1st December 2023, 07:35 AM

Congrats to that beautiful Dussägge! I am dreaming of owning such a sword one day. I would say it is South German, Styrian or Swiss. But as Jim mentioned, they were also famous in Northern Europe. My observation from auction descriptions etc is, that those with a rectangular pommel and the style like yours are mostly attributed to the above mentioned southern region, while those attributed to northern countries are a bit different in style. E.g.: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=22245

Triarii · 1st December 2023, 08:42 AM

That's a great sword in very good condition. I've been looking into them for a while to get a repro made (by a Czech) for a 1620s event on the continent next year, and excluding the heart and having a rounder pommel, its pretty much the same style.

Jim McDougall · 1st December 2023, 12:04 PM

Ahorsa, thank you for the note on the squared pommel, and its connection to the southern Germany regions. That helps define some of the regional variation in these.

1st December 2023, 07:35 AM	#1
AHorsa Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Rhineland Posts: 375	Congrats to that beautiful Dussägge! I am dreaming of owning such a sword one day. I would say it is South German, Styrian or Swiss. But as Jim mentioned, they were also famous in Northern Europe. My observation from auction descriptions etc is, that those with a rectangular pommel and the style like yours are mostly attributed to the above mentioned southern region, while those attributed to northern countries are a bit different in style. E.g.: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=22245

1st December 2023, 08:42 AM	#2
Triarii Member Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: Bristol Posts: 120	That's a great sword in very good condition. I've been looking into them for a while to get a repro made (by a Czech) for a 1620s event on the continent next year, and excluding the heart and having a rounder pommel, its pretty much the same style.

1st December 2023, 12:04 PM	#3
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,191	Ahorsa, thank you for the note on the squared pommel, and its connection to the southern Germany regions. That helps define some of the regional variation in these.