European Hunting sword- asian style...

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Originally Posted by francantolin

Thank's a lot for take out this old post !
Kind regards

Here some further examples from the second,third and last quarter of the 18th.century from Germany.I have taken them from the great book of Herbert Westphal , " Hirschfänger ,Zur historischen Entwicklung jagdlicher Seitenwaffen "
Mr. Westphal mentioned,that the brown marbled hilts were a specialized Solingen work.So they have produced these kind of hilts over a long time.It seems that they etched and painted the asiatic looking decorations.
Krünitz : " Das Färben und Beizen der Knochen und des Elfenbeins "