help please ! I'm being offered to buy a rapier...

Jeff D · 9th January 2005, 07:37 PM

Be very, very, very careful!
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Jeff

Rivkin · 9th January 2005, 07:53 PM

Thank you so much, yeap the second one is the guy (fake), who seems to still trying to rip off the people.

Thank you very, very much.

Can I ask another newbie question ? Is there a really good book on western european arms (solingen/toledo), XIII-XVIII century or so ?

I have couple of books but they all like "here is a sword of great king ..., especially important are these diamonds and the golden scabbard, but the sword itself is dull". I would really love to read more about what kind of tricks did they use and real combat weapons.

Sincerely yours,

K.Rivkin

Rivkin · 9th January 2005, 11:48 PM

WARNING !

I have some information that suggests that both of these sellers may be not what they present themselves to be. If you've been offered one of these rapiers, be careful.

Rather · 10th January 2005, 03:53 PM

Hi Rivkin,

I recommend following books. They mainly refer to European weapons, but there are also a few examples of blades from other regions of the world in the first one, it is about the collection of the German blade museum in Solingen. I do not know, if there is an English version available, most probably they are out of print. I suggest to contact a University nearby, the should be able to arrange interlending, if they don’t have them in their library.

Title: Kostbare Blankwaffen aus dem Deutschen Klingenmuseum Solingen Author: Heinz Robert Uhlemann
Publisher: Düsseldorf : Rheinland-Verl., 1968

Title: Blankwaffen, Vol. 2, Vom 16. bis 19. Jahrhundert
Author: Heribert Seitz
Publisher: Braunschweig : Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1965

Title: Blankwaffen : ein waffenhistorisches Handbuch ; Geschichte und Typenentwicklung im europäischen Kulturbereich / Heribert Seitz
Author: Heribert Seitz
Publisher: Braunschweig : Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1965

9th January 2005, 07:37 PM	#1
Jeff D Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: B.C. Canada Posts: 473	Be very, very, very careful! http://forums.swordforum.com/showthr...ighlight=green Jeff

9th January 2005, 07:53 PM	#2
Rivkin Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 655	Thank you so much, yeap the second one is the guy (fake), who seems to still trying to rip off the people. Thank you very, very much. Can I ask another newbie question ? Is there a really good book on western european arms (solingen/toledo), XIII-XVIII century or so ? I have couple of books but they all like "here is a sword of great king ..., especially important are these diamonds and the golden scabbard, but the sword itself is dull". I would really love to read more about what kind of tricks did they use and real combat weapons. Sincerely yours, K.Rivkin

9th January 2005, 11:48 PM	#3
Rivkin Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 655	WARNING ! I have some information that suggests that both of these sellers may be not what they present themselves to be. If you've been offered one of these rapiers, be careful.

10th January 2005, 03:53 PM	#4
Rather Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 72	Hi Rivkin, I recommend following books. They mainly refer to European weapons, but there are also a few examples of blades from other regions of the world in the first one, it is about the collection of the German blade museum in Solingen. I do not know, if there is an English version available, most probably they are out of print. I suggest to contact a University nearby, the should be able to arrange interlending, if they don’t have them in their library. Title: Kostbare Blankwaffen aus dem Deutschen Klingenmuseum Solingen Author: Heinz Robert Uhlemann Publisher: Düsseldorf : Rheinland-Verl., 1968 Title: Blankwaffen, Vol. 2, Vom 16. bis 19. Jahrhundert Author: Heribert Seitz Publisher: Braunschweig : Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1965 Title: Blankwaffen : ein waffenhistorisches Handbuch ; Geschichte und Typenentwicklung im europäischen Kulturbereich / Heribert Seitz Author: Heribert Seitz Publisher: Braunschweig : Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1965