French colichemarde

urbanspaceman · 19th May 2025, 08:44 PM

Thank-you for your help with this issue, it is much appreciated.
There seems to have been a rather wide variety of hilt styles with this pattern: mine (shown earlier) is different again with the pronounced double quillons.
What is most unusual is to have that French hilt on a Shotley Bridge blade.
I suppose French cuttlers could have access to London merchants during that period; let's face it, business is business, regardless of all else.
Do you happen to know what Matt had to say about it?
Anyway, thanks again. Keith.

19th May 2025, 08:44 PM	#10
urbanspaceman Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Tyneside. North-East England Posts: 618	Mysterius colichemarde hilt. Thank-you for your help with this issue, it is much appreciated. There seems to have been a rather wide variety of hilt styles with this pattern: mine (shown earlier) is different again with the pronounced double quillons. What is most unusual is to have that French hilt on a Shotley Bridge blade. I suppose French cuttlers could have access to London merchants during that period; let's face it, business is business, regardless of all else. Do you happen to know what Matt had to say about it? Anyway, thanks again. Keith.