Colichemarde English smallsword

urbanspaceman · 13th June 2021, 03:46 PM

A beautiful piece of work.
Where did the information come from regarding the retailer?
Do you, by chance, happen to know the price?

I have seen one missive from the mid. 1700s where a chap complains:
"...can't get a handsome sword for £5 or £6, so have ventured to £8 lOs .... ".
That is a retail price of over £2,000 today, but a lot more in the relative cost of manual labour.

The hallmarks on my WK boat-shell colichemarde (posted in an earlier thread) show: WK; Lion; Leopard; ?. I can't make out the date mark.

13th June 2021, 03:46 PM	#3
urbanspaceman Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Tyneside. North-East England Posts: 620	Georgian Bling A beautiful piece of work. Where did the information come from regarding the retailer? Do you, by chance, happen to know the price? I have seen one missive from the mid. 1700s where a chap complains: "...can't get a handsome sword for £5 or £6, so have ventured to £8 lOs .... ". That is a retail price of over £2,000 today, but a lot more in the relative cost of manual labour. The hallmarks on my WK boat-shell colichemarde (posted in an earlier thread) show: WK; Lion; Leopard; ?. I can't make out the date mark.