12th January 2023, 08:46 PM | #11 | |
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Victrix thank you for these insightful entries! That is interesting about what Oakeshott said, do you recall which of his books this was in? He was always so informative in these kinds of minutiae which are seldom if ever noted in the other references. I would never have imagined that kind of support use, almost a hilt 'lanyard'. The use of the hilt in a 'knuckle duster' manner had not occurred to me, but makes sense in close quarter entanglement. I am curious about why Victorians would add this hole, surely to add authenticity to represent this curious old tradition. This seems to fall into the category that has haunted me for years, the notched blade tips on 18th c Austrian swords. |
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