Identification of rapier

[Tordenskiold1721]

Italian forms were at hand.

You were resonating correctly Jim ! Christian IV(1588-1648) was possibly influenced by his Italian fencing teacher Salvator Fabris(1544-1617). Whom wrote the first fencing manual written in Denmark in honor of Christian IV. Presented in 1605 and printed in two volumes in 1606. Scroll down to 1:2 and the history of fencing master Salvator Fabris and how he ended up as Christian IV's fencing teacher is well explained:

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We do find the type of pommel that we see on Christian IV’s Knighthood rapier in Norway who was part of Denmark from the wars that lead to the breakup of the Kalmar Union 1387 - 1523.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmar_Union

Rapier with likely provenance back to early 17th century in Norway. It is easy to imagine that the King set the style for the upper class/nobility and that they copied their sovereigns style as was common in the renaissance. This example is likely imported from Sothern Europe were identical examples can be found. We find a handful in Norway surviving up until today.

Thank you for your valuable and on target comments Jim ! I see we use the same literature

Best regards,

Arne