A rapier for Christmas

[Chris Evans]

Hi Fernando,

What a wonderful piece - Thank you for sharing!

Originally Posted by fernando

...Point of balance 11,5 cms from the guard.

By guard, do you mean from the quillons, or where the loops end and the naked blade commences?

Any evidence of sharpening and if so, and if so, onwhich part of the blade?

Cheers
Chris

[Matchlock]

Great find, 'Nando,

And in perfect patina as well!

Best,
Michl

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Matchlock

Great find, 'Nando,

Thanks Michl

Originally Posted by Matchlock

And in perfect patina as well!

... And now already with a treatment of olive oil

.

[Chris Evans]

Hi Fernando,

Much appreciated your reply.

Cheers
Chris

[Norman McCormick]

Hi Fernando,
A real 'Christmas Cracker, you must have been have been extra 'good' this year. I'll just have to be satisfied with my wife's long legs in Christmas stockings this year, oh well "a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do". A really nice piece, the sword I mean.
Kind Regards,
Norman.

[celtan]

: )

Originally Posted by Norman McCormick

Hi Fernando,
A real 'Christmas Cracker, you must have been have been extra 'good' this year. I'll just have to be satisfied with my wife's long legs in Christmas stockings this year, oh well "a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do". A really nice piece, the sword I mean.
Kind Regards,
Norman.

[fernando]

Thank you Norman.
It's not a question of being good, but that of taking serious risks. For as much as i try and mix the new acquisitions with the existing ones, she always finds them out and claims for compensation, like buying new shoes or clothes.
So when i acquire a new piece i usualy calculate its price on a double basis

[celtan]

: ) : ) : ) : ) : )

Tell me about it. Mine saw yesterday my latest toys. She found my home office unlocked and came in: Couldn't hide a Napoleonic 2nd Emp Cuirass + 2 helmets amongst my swords .

Surprisingly, she liked them! But her bill will come soon...

Ces't la vie.

M

Originally Posted by fernando

Thank you Norman.
It's not a question of being good, but that of taking serious risks. For as much as i try and mix the new acquisitions with the existing ones, she always finds them out and claims for compensation, like buying new shoes or clothes.
So when i acquire a new piece i usualy calculate its price on a double basis

[Norman McCormick]

Originally Posted by fernando

she always finds them out and claims for compensation, like buying new shoes or clothes.

Fernando and Manolo,
"It's the same the whole world over"!!!!

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Chris Evans

...What a wonderful piece - Thank you for sharing! ...

Thank you for your precious opinion, Chris

Originally Posted by Chris Evans

...By guard, do you mean from the quillons, or where the loops end and the naked blade commences? ...

Measurement taken as from where the loops end. 7 more centimeters (ricasso) to the quillons.
The point of balance was also measured from the loops.

Originally Posted by Chris Evans

... Any evidence of sharpening and if so, and if so, on which part of the blade? ...

Let me see if i got you; there are edges starting right from the ricasso, with practically the same angle of (soft) acuteness ... nothing to cut one's hands.
... and no sign of having been (re) sharpened done during its life.

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