Looking for a rapier identical to this one.

VANDERNOTTE · 18th June 2013, 01:24 AM

i look for years to have one like this ..some people are luky
congratulation
jacques

fernando · 18th June 2013, 02:36 PM

Very nice and functional sword. If (remotely) not made in Toledo, it surely has all the Toledo appeal.
Here is a rapier by Gonzalo Simon, from the same period, only partly similar to yours, just to fill the gap until one with a closer resemblance pops up.
This one has 118 cms and weighs 1.120 grams.

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Dmitry · 18th June 2013, 07:53 PM

Yes, same time-frame, your might be 25-30 years younger than mine. Both are unassuming, working swords. Very good.

M ELEY · 20th June 2013, 07:53 AM

Very nice weapons, gentlemen. Congrats on owning two 'true' fighters.

fernando · 21st June 2013, 07:49 PM

Thanks Mark

Never know if these two met some time, somewhere.
I ignore where Dmitry acquired his example from, but mine, made in Toledo, 'emigrated' i wouldn't know when to America and was brought from somewhere in the USA to Portugal by a guy who eventualy sold it to me. Quite a boomerang effect, considering Toledo is some 400 miles from here.

Dmitry · 21st June 2013, 10:07 PM

Mine came from England. Could've been there for the last few hundred years, could've been from somewhere else. Rust doesn't know boundaries, and there was a lot of it.
This was the first time I used aluminum foil to clean it off, like someone suggested here. It was a good call! It's a lot cheaper than brass wool, works faster, and didn't seem to leave any scratches. It does stink when you rub it on steel, though.

fernando · 24th June 2013, 02:30 PM

I was lucky ... mine was clean as it is in the present pictures.
Aluminum foil ... i'll be damned; the same you use for wrapping sandwiches ?
How does it work ... folded in layers or making it a ball ?

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 4th July 2013, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dmitry

Mine came from England. Could've been there for the last few hundred years, could've been from somewhere else. Rust doesn't know boundaries, and there was a lot of it.
This was the first time I used aluminum foil to clean it off, like someone suggested here. It was a good call! It's a lot cheaper than brass wool, works faster, and didn't seem to leave any scratches. It does stink when you rub it on steel, though.

Salaams Dmitry: I do believe that was me... http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hop+techniques see #48

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

18th June 2013, 01:24 AM	#1
VANDERNOTTE Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 60	rapier i look for years to have one like this ..some people are luky congratulation jacques

18th June 2013, 02:36 PM	#2
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Very nice and functional sword. If (remotely) not made in Toledo, it surely has all the Toledo appeal. Here is a rapier by Gonzalo Simon, from the same period, only partly similar to yours, just to fill the gap until one with a closer resemblance pops up. This one has 118 cms and weighs 1.120 grams. . Attached Images

21st June 2013, 10:07 PM	#6
Dmitry Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 607	Mine came from England. Could've been there for the last few hundred years, could've been from somewhere else. Rust doesn't know boundaries, and there was a lot of it. This was the first time I used aluminum foil to clean it off, like someone suggested here. It was a good call! It's a lot cheaper than brass wool, works faster, and didn't seem to leave any scratches. It does stink when you rub it on steel, though. Attached Images

18th June 2013, 07:53 PM	#3
Dmitry Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 607	Yes, same time-frame, your might be 25-30 years younger than mine. Both are unassuming, working swords. Very good.

20th June 2013, 07:53 AM	#4
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,158	Very nice weapons, gentlemen. Congrats on owning two 'true' fighters.

21st June 2013, 07:49 PM	#5
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Thanks Mark Never know if these two met some time, somewhere. I ignore where Dmitry acquired his example from, but mine, made in Toledo, 'emigrated' i wouldn't know when to America and was brought from somewhere in the USA to Portugal by a guy who eventualy sold it to me. Quite a boomerang effect, considering Toledo is some 400 miles from here.

24th June 2013, 02:30 PM	#7
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	I was lucky ... mine was clean as it is in the present pictures. Aluminum foil ... i'll be damned; the same you use for wrapping sandwiches ? How does it work ... folded in layers or making it a ball ?