Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria - Thomas Del Mar

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European Edged Weapons
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A RARE MILITARY SABRE IN THE EAST EUROPEAN
TASTE, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY,
PROBABLY STYRIAN
with curved blade formed with a double-edged hatchet
point for its last third, cut with a broad shallow fuller on
each side and struck with an eye lash mark (rubbed) on one
side, steel hilt comprising a pair of long straight tapering
quillons of near square-section, a pair of long langets
extending over the blade and into the grip, beak-shaped
cap pommel (the hilt lightly pitted), and retaining its original
leather-covered wooden grip
79.3cm; 31Din blade
A number of similar swords are preserved in the
Landeszeughaus, Graz. See P. Krenn 1997, pp. 34-37.
£800-1000
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A RARE MILITARY SABRE IN THE EAST EUROPEAN
TASTE, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY,
PROBABLY STYRIAN
with curved blade formed with a double-edged hatchet
point for its last portion, struck with the bladesmith’s mark,
a pair of crossed swords on each side, steel hilt comprising
a pair of straight quillons, one up-turned to form the
knuckle-guard, a pair of langets extending over the blade
and into the grip, thumb-loop, flat pointed pommel cap,
and retaining its original leather-covered wooden grip
81.2cm; 32in blade
£800-1000
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