Ariel,
Someone once said, I have forgotten whom and when, that in the armouruíes many swords were not put together - for fear for an uprise! So they should only be assembled should a war be close! Sounds strange to me, as they were in a guarded armoury.
The missing disc on so many hilts is a big question mark to me as well, but someone (Tilly?) wrote that it had something to do with the hand size. I cant answer thais one, but to me it sounds very strange that a rather big number of these hilts should all of a 'sudden' turn up on the market.
I never visit e-bay, so I dont follow what is going on there.
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