Small sword; cut steel hilt, Colichemarde blade, for comments

fernando · 14th June 2021, 08:35 PM

Guys, adding a picture of the no longer broken point and the comparison of all three face ricassos, where we can (hopefully) see that one is not an arabesc but the blade smith signature.

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fernando · 24th August 2021, 11:12 AM

Some (silver) arrangement ... for the missing chain

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Jim McDougall · 25th August 2021, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by fernando

Some (silver) arrangement ... for the missing chain

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This looks like an English chiseled steel type c. 1790-1800 with 'Adams' pommel, most fashionable.

Peter Hudson · 25th August 2021, 02:14 AM

This following extract from the Leon Paul Treatise at https://www.leonpaul.com/blog/the-de...-part-1/spells out one of the main reasons why the Small Sword was developed... Fashion! ....

Or as he explains Quote "During the reign of Louis XIII (1610-1643), there emerged a fashion for wearing short coats, which could not be worn elegantly with the long and cumbersome rapier. A shorter lighter court sword was required and blades were gradually reduced in length until by the 1640s a completely new weapon had evolved: the small sword. "Unquote,

Regards, Peter Hudson.

14th June 2021, 08:35 PM	#1
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24th August 2021, 11:12 AM	#2
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Some (silver) arrangement ... for the missing chain . Attached Images

25th August 2021, 02:14 AM	#4
Peter Hudson Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 320	This following extract from the Leon Paul Treatise at https://www.leonpaul.com/blog/the-de...-part-1/spells out one of the main reasons why the Small Sword was developed... Fashion! .... Or as he explains Quote "During the reign of Louis XIII (1610-1643), there emerged a fashion for wearing short coats, which could not be worn elegantly with the long and cumbersome rapier. A shorter lighter court sword was required and blades were gradually reduced in length until by the 1640s a completely new weapon had evolved: the small sword. "Unquote, Regards, Peter Hudson.