Strange flamboyant blade rapier on ebay

fearn · 12th November 2008, 12:07 AM

Hi All,

Since I am a botanist, I do know exactly what you mean about it not looking like a realistic pineapple (image 1). It's a figurative pineapple (image 2, a modern finial).

If you modeled a pommel on a pineapple as we see it in the store, that bunch of leaves on the top would gouge your arm every time you brushed it.

Anyway, I think Jim was right in that it was a Tyler's sword, and here's an example from the web (image 3).

If anything, the hilt on this rapier looks more like something from Mars (see image 4: John Carter's sword from Edgar Rice Burroughs), not something from Asia, at least in terms of curlicue details.

My 0.002 cents,

F

Since I swiped the image, here's a link for the artist who made that martian longsword.

12th November 2008, 12:07 AM	#20
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	Hi All, Since I am a botanist, I do know exactly what you mean about it not looking like a realistic pineapple (image 1). It's a figurative pineapple (image 2, a modern finial). If you modeled a pommel on a pineapple as we see it in the store, that bunch of leaves on the top would gouge your arm every time you brushed it. Anyway, I think Jim was right in that it was a Tyler's sword, and here's an example from the web (image 3). If anything, the hilt on this rapier looks more like something from Mars (see image 4: John Carter's sword from Edgar Rice Burroughs), not something from Asia, at least in terms of curlicue details. My 0.002 cents, F Since I swiped the image, here's a link for the artist who made that martian longsword. Attached Images Last edited by fearn; 12th November 2008 at 12:19 AM.