Kosarice? Star shape pommel on Landsknecht swords

Jim McDougall · 9th February 2024, 06:04 PM

In 2014/15 in a thread posted by Jasper, the subject was Landsknecht swords with star shaped pommels. In going through the book, "Edged Weapons: Sabers of the Habsburg Monarchy 16th-20th Century" (Konipsky & Moudry, Prague, 1991, p.21), I found a schiavona hilt with one of these distinctive pommels matching a museum example shown in Jasper's illustrations (copyright to him so I hope OK to use here).

Somehow in scribbled notes I had noted that these star shaped pommels were colloquially termed 'kosarice' (a European, Croatian? pastry) and attributed the note to the Konipsky & Moudry reference).

In rechecking this recently, I find there was no such reference in this book

but I cannot verify where I saw this. Perhaps it was Wagner (1967)? which I do not have at the moment.

Can anyone help with this 'kosarice' term used for these star shaped pommels?

Also trying to find this unusual marking,

9th February 2024, 06:04 PM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 9,946	Kosarice? Star shape pommel on Landsknecht swords In 2014/15 in a thread posted by Jasper, the subject was Landsknecht swords with star shaped pommels. In going through the book, "Edged Weapons: Sabers of the Habsburg Monarchy 16th-20th Century" (Konipsky & Moudry, Prague, 1991, p.21), I found a schiavona hilt with one of these distinctive pommels matching a museum example shown in Jasper's illustrations (copyright to him so I hope OK to use here). Somehow in scribbled notes I had noted that these star shaped pommels were colloquially termed 'kosarice' (a European, Croatian? pastry) and attributed the note to the Konipsky & Moudry reference). In rechecking this recently, I find there was no such reference in this book but I cannot verify where I saw this. Perhaps it was Wagner (1967)? which I do not have at the moment. Can anyone help with this 'kosarice' term used for these star shaped pommels? Also trying to find this unusual marking, Attached Images