Here is my other hunting sword

[Triarii]

Originally Posted by urbanspaceman

My Hounslow Hangar has - along with a Passau Wolf latten - a date which actually corresponds to a local event in history:
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This was the date of the crowning of the sixteen year old Lady Jane Grey, who reigned for 9 days before being subsequently executed.
Because it said ANNO 1553 I was convinced it was a date, but it was a century before Hounslow were making these swords. Did someone date their blade to declare loyalty even after 100 years?
Fascinating stuff to grapple with.

Hi Urban. Any chance of a photo of the guard decoration please? I don't think I've seen one like that on a 'Hounslow' hanger before.

[urbanspaceman]

Originally Posted by Triarii

Hi Urban. Any chance of a photo of the guard decoration please? I don't think I've seen one like that on a 'Hounslow' hanger before.

It's Keith - by all means.



it is still a very sharp blade.

[urbanspaceman]

I always suspected - given the lack of a button - that the grip has a rebind; probably a working-life job and very well done.
Stuart Mowbray, Brit. Mil. Swords page 165 shows an identical hilt in the London Museum signed FECIT HOUNSLOE on one side and RECARDUS HOPKINS on the other. The blade differs however as does the grip which is spiral bound fish-skin. He does not identify Hopkins.
Another, page 164, with a "silver dot and trellis" hilt but otherwise identical is signed ANDRIA FERARA and has a stag grip.

[urbanspaceman]

Stuart wonders why there are so few "Made In Hounslow" blades on Hounslow hangars... Solingen blades seeming to predominate.
One of his examples is lavishly scripted "IN SOLINGEN ANNO 1644". Another with a 'cross and orb' features the palindrome 1551 and TOMIS AIALA. Yet another has ANNO 1414. Go figure!
Many of these swords are in York Castle Museum.

[Triarii]

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[Triarii]

Originally Posted by urbanspaceman

It's Keith - by all means.
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it is still a very sharp blade.

Thanks Keith. Much appreciated. I have two, one with the usual form of shell guard and the other identical to the one in Stuart Mowbrays work. Which means I missed the one that's similar to yours.