Interesting Unusual Rapier for comments

katana · 2nd December 2011, 11:11 PM

Hi Gene

,
have you considered whether this is a 19th C dueling sword

.....sword schools (teaching traditional fencing ie rapier) and secretive (illegal) duelling were still popular early 19th -mid 19thC , in France but,especially in Germany ....

All the best mate
David

Atlantia · 7th December 2011, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katana

Hi Gene

,
have you considered whether this is a 19th C dueling sword

.....sword schools (teaching traditional fencing ie rapier) and secretive (illegal) duelling were still popular early 19th -mid 19thC , in France but,especially in Germany ....

All the best mate
David

Hi David,

Thanks for coming into this mate.
I haven't considered that possibility. Excellent, thank you.

Best
Gene

Atlantia · 28th January 2012, 09:19 PM

The Spanish Bilbo thread has thrown up an interesting development for this thread as well.
Valjhuns Klingenthal 'rapier' shows striking similarities in hilt style (One less quillion I know) to a sword pictured in Nandos last post:

broadaxe · 4th February 2012, 07:26 PM

Similar, but 19th century work. Dueling rapier is a possibility, but as I've researched that topic several years ago and met with one of the world's leading authorities (Maitre Jaque Castanet), dueling rapiers of the period usually had triangular stiff blade, the direct father of the olympic epee, with various hilts - mostly cup hilt.

28th January 2012, 09:19 PM	#3
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	The Spanish Bilbo thread has thrown up an interesting development for this thread as well. Valjhuns Klingenthal 'rapier' shows striking similarities in hilt style (One less quillion I know) to a sword pictured in Nandos last post: Attached Images

2nd December 2011, 11:11 PM	#1
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Hi Gene , have you considered whether this is a 19th C dueling sword .....sword schools (teaching traditional fencing ie rapier) and secretive (illegal) duelling were still popular early 19th -mid 19thC , in France but,especially in Germany .... All the best mate David

4th February 2012, 07:26 PM	#4
broadaxe Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 334	Similar, but 19th century work. Dueling rapier is a possibility, but as I've researched that topic several years ago and met with one of the world's leading authorities (Maitre Jaque Castanet), dueling rapiers of the period usually had triangular stiff blade, the direct father of the olympic epee, with various hilts - mostly cup hilt.