I'm looking at Historic European Martial Arts, from manuscripts and trainers to sharp reproductions and antiques.
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The most important article that I have ever made!
"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."
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Superb! Absolutely superb!
Italian Sidesword, c.1550, blade made in Solingen
Total Length: 109.7cm
Blade Length: 95.5cm
Blade Width: 2.4cm
Blade Thickness: 0.46cm
Weight: 732g
from German Blade Museum in Solingen
Rapier with a dussack-like hilt, c.1650 - 1675, Solingen blade.
Total Length: 117.5cm
Blade Length: 102.2cm
Blade Width: 2.12cm
Blade Thickness: 0.7cm
Weight: 1258g
from German Blade Museum in Solingen
Rapier, c.1590 - 1610, Solingen blade.
Total Length: 106cm
Blade Length: 89.6cm
Blade Width: 2.5cm
Blade Thickness: 0.7cm
Weight: 1213g
from German Blade Museum in Solingen
Schiavona, c.1600 - 1650, Solingen blade.
Total Length: 108cm
Blade Length: 95cm
Blade Width: 3.5cm
Blade Thickness: 0.5cm
Weight: 1088g (so light!)
from German Blade Museum in Solingen
East Frisian State Museum
"The Armoury Chamber: Emden's Self-Assertion in Steel... The citizens of the independent trading city of Emden were ready to defend themselves."
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And these are the pics advertising the armoury. Not one local German boy shown. 🫤
Alas, just a fragment... 1st-half of the 1400s (!)
Discovered in France, Aquitaine, Gironde (Rauzan, place of discovery). For scale, the current length is 31cm.
Even as a fragment this sword has a beauty to it.
I just wanted to have a quick look at some basket-hilts mounted with long and broad blades.
There's something about this aesthetic that's hard to match, yet overlooked in media and the reproduction market.
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